BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

History of the Society

The BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY was founded over ten years ago, in 1989, by Doug Burgum. He had been brought up believing that his family were the only Burgums. The name was that rare! Then one rainy day in Manchester, he looked in a telephone directory and found a listing for the name. Two, in fact.

Who were they?

Doug searched more telephone directories and began writing letters. He contacted Burgums all over the UK, and later in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, South Africa and the United States of America. He began researching the various families, linking them where possible. He published the results of his research in a quarterly journal, revealing the amazing stories he was uncovering. There were still only limited numbers; the name is rare. However, the membership of the BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY steadily grew. There are now over one hundred members of the Society throughout the world.

The BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY is an offical one-name study and is a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies.

The BURGUM FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY Journal is now 46 volumes old and continues to publish the results of Doug's work as well as news from the various Burgum families spread around the world. Doug is also an airline pilot and has been lucky enough to meet many of his distant cousins around the world. He has continued to creat a massive database containing the names and dates of all the Burgums (and Burghams). It is a monumental task and his work is far from over. However, he has discovered some amazing stories along the way and some of those stories are published here on this website.

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