This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURCH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3gG.2ACEB/955.3.1 Message Board Post: Linda & Vickey I don't know whether our BURCH's are connected, but I'm intrigued by the similarities with my family. My father was the youngest of 11 children born to Enoch Arden and Anna Marie BURCH. Their eldest was Leslie Burch, born about 1885, probably near St. Louis, MO. Their eighth child was Joseph Leonard Burch, born in 1903, in Hannibal, MO. Leslie Burch left home, at an early age, and travelled with "wild west shows". During those years, he went by several different "stage names". When he died in 1966, in KS, he was going by the name of Arthur Enoch Burch. Leslie was apparently married 3 times, and had at least 8 children. I have quite a bit of information about Leslie, his siblings and parents, and descendants of all. Efforts to identify parents of Enoch Arden Burch have not been successful. Enoch was born in Illinois, but lived most of his life in Missouri. Does any of this seem familiar to you? Do you think there may be a family tie? Perhaps a picture would show a family resemblance? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Art Burch