Burg Family History
- Burg Name Meaning
- German (also Bürg): topographic name, from Middle High German burc ‘fortification’, ‘castle’, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places called Burg. German: from a short form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart). Dutch: short form of Vanderburg. Dutch: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Burgo. Jewish: variant of Burger. Probably in some cases an altered spelling of Burgh.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 347,692 Historical Documents with Burg on Ancestry
- 186,097 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 34,785 Census and Voter Lists
- 56,345 Military Records
- 9,081 Immigration Records
- 61,384 Member Trees
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Number of Burg families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burg families
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2 2 - 2 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Burg census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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