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/VEH.2ACIB/359.2 Message Board Post: My Busch ancestors were near yours (in Herford, Westfalen, Prussia) and are likely related. Johann Heinrich (Henry) Busch was born about 1815 and his wife Elizabeth Henrietta about 1815. They came to eastern Iowa (around Burlington) first in 1854 but eventually settled in Henderson County, Illinois. I have no certainty on the parents of Johann Heinrich Busch. At one time using LDS microfilms of the church records I deterimined that he was a son of Peter Busch. At this point I'm not certain. When did your Busch ancestor arrive in the U.S.? Where did they settle? Thanks, Carolyn