This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burke, Downey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8366.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the direction. I'm not sure this is my family, in spite of the similarity in names. 'My' Daniel was born to John and Mary Burke in Pottsdam. Do you know of a local paper for that area?