This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harberts, Harbes, Brinkima Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Jh.2ADE/1009.1 Message Board Post: Fran, My time frame is about 24 years earlier but their may be a connection?? Johann Harberts was born in 1837 in Hanover Germany and came to Illnois. He settled near Freeport, Il. and after the civil war married Sena Brinkima. They had 2 sons and George and Ernest. In 1859 they moved to Riley, County , Kansas. I am trying to find out if he came to America with other family members... Any help is appreciated Laura