Hi Sarah, The Indiana State Library has an awesome database which lists seven other BURK and 2 BURKE marriages before 1850 in Putnam county. You might well find that some of these link up with your James M. I have Burk(e) ancestors in Decatur Co Indiana and have found this database very helpful. It is located at: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/Indiana/genealogy/genmenu.html Valerie Lewis ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Surname Resource Webpages: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURK/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKS/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKE/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKEY/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOURKE/ ========================================================