This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CmG.2ACIB/2.12.13.14.1.1 Message Board Post: I cannot tie in your Peter (b. 1850 Johnstown) with my line. Sorry. Many of the Burkeys I have seen from the Johnstown area have been from the Amish Mennonite families of Berks and nearby Counties. Many of them spelled the name Berkey. You may want to look at the Amish Genealogies. I copied a few pages in my research before deciding my line was from elsewhere. I found it at the DAR Library in Washington, DC. There are a few named Peter. The most likely (from the portion I have in file) is Peter (BK21428) b. ca 1851. He marrried twice - no spouses named. He was the 8th child of Peter Berkey (BK2142) and Sarah "Sallie" Wolford. BK2142 was b. 1795 m. ca 1805 and d. 1862. He was known as "Big Peter" and "Young Peter". No places are mentioned. There is another Peter in these genealogies who was in Johnstown though. He is BK21415, b. 1822 and d. 4/16/1907. He m. Anna E. Porter. A footnote says that he was known as "Captain Peter" and was on "the first packet through Johnstown". He was the 5th of 9 children of John Berkey and Anna Berkebile. No children are given for him. A third possibility is Peter Berkey (BK214161) b. 4/28/1847and m. Lydia Stutsman b 1844 -d 1912. Many of these Berkeys were in Somerset Co. PA and later in IN (Jackson County). Another place to look is The Berkey Book by Ruth B. Reichley. I heard she published a second book but have not seen it. The NGS Library in Arlington, VA has a copy of Berkey Book. I hope this helps. Contact me directly, if you can't locate these genealogies and I will copy what I have for you. ...Jim