This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burkey Rogers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CmG.2ACIB/71.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The answer to your question is no. Henry's father, Christian, emigrated to Tazewell Co, IL sometime in 1844/45 from Bavaria.