Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/711 Surname: Burtch, Burch, Perry ------------------------- Found a couple of families with some similarity to yours... In 1850 in Whiteside County (not by township) Joanna M. Perry 33 F $700 VT Harrison D. Birch 16 M NY Thomas J. Birch 15 M Ind. Eliza 12 F ILL Ira S. Birch 5 M ILL in 1860 these families were in Garden Plain Twp. as: Burtch, Jefferson 25 M Ind Farmer Mary 26 F Ind Perry, Johanna M. 43 F VT Burch, Ira 16 M IL one household away was: Burch, Harrison 27 M NY Farmer Elizabeth 23 F England Wm. A. 3 M IL Thos. J. 2 M IL John F 1 M IL