Thanks for the notes. My ggrandmother was the only Burkey to move west. The rest stayed in the Ohio area. Now there are a few in Florida that I write to. Gail In a message dated 06/08/2009 11:01:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, marto051@comcast.net writes: Don't think our families are directly tied together, but I currently live in the Steubenville OH area. There are Burkey families still in this area and farther north in Youngstown. My grandparents, Joseph and Hazel (Coppersmith) Burkey were from Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania. ----- Original Message ----- From: "why so serious" <why_so_serious@me.com> To: burkey@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 7:17:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [BURKEY] Looking For Assistance I think my father and his parents lived in stubenville, ohio. Their name is joanne and bill don't knw ggrandfather or mothers name ------Original Message------ From: GWATK98@aol.com Sender: burkey-bounces@rootsweb.com To: burkey@rootsweb.com ReplyTo: burkey@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BURKEY] Looking For Assistance Sent: May 25, 2009 3:51 PM I have traced my Burkeys from Met, Bern, Switzerland. The family came about 1835 to the Clarington, Ohio area. They later moved to Switzerland Township of Monroe Co., OH. Their original name was written as Burki (Johann Ignatius Burki). After coming to Ohio, the name was spelled as Birky, Birkey and Buky--depending on how someone else wrote it. Later the children wrote the last name several different ways--Burkey, Bergy, Burgy, etc. My gggrandfather used the Burkey spelling. Gail In a message dated 5/23/2009 6:54:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, why_so_serious@me.com writes: burkey@rootsweb.com **************We found the real ‘Hotel California’ and the ‘Seinfeld’ diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com. (http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000004) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BURKEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Sent on the Now Network� from my Sprint® BlackBerry ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BURKEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BURKEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004)