This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burkey Berkey Wohlford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CmG.2ACIB/69.2.1 Message Board Post: Billi Thanks for your reply. Since I posted the letter I did "discover" Peter's line back to the 1600s. My g grandfather Peter Burkey was born in 1850 or 51 in Paint, Somerset Co, PA. His father was Peter Berkey, also known as Big Peter. This line goes all the way back to Leonard Burgi, from the Swiss/French border. Big Peter was also a Dunkard minister, who broke rank by preaching in English, rather than German. For reasons that I dont know, when my ggrandfather Peter Berkey moved to Muncie,Indiana in the 1870s, his name changed to Burkey. He did not stay in the Dunkard religion. There are many Peter Berkey/Burkeys in PA so it can be challenging at times. There is a very good on-line database that has all the members from the Berkey book in it. I think it's called Kidron. Check my other messages as i have posted it in either Berkey or Burkey message boards. If you want to find everything yourself , then dont look at this database and spoil all your fun. It has about 5000 Berkeys, 3000 Burkeys and a 1000 or so other spellings as well as a lot of other PA families. Most likely the answers you are seeking are in there. I am typing the above from memory so if something is out of place, let me know and I will dig out my notes. Bye Thanks for your interest. I will check out your two web sites.