This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: astarte00 Surnames: Burke Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.burke/1441.1664/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You might want to look up articles about the "Irish in Iowa" are you sure it was Bloomington Ill and not Bloomington Iowa? It's hard to find since it is now literally a "ghost town". Also within the 1870 Census of the area is riddled with misspellings and use of common names such as "Andy" rather than "Andrew". It almost forces you to read through the entire census listing. Hope this helps Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.