I have read all of your alls Barkman messages. From what i have heard from our Barkman reunion, there are 3 very large Barkman families that came over from Europe. They all have 3 main settling areas(Canada, New Jersey area, and Kansas Area. Yes some have come from england and various other areas, but they all stem from one family eventually. We have found this family to originate in Ruckenau, Russia and Neustaedterwald, Prussia. We have our Barkman family traced back into the late 1700s in Prussia. Although we are not quite sure how your families are attatched to ours we have been told from prior generations that everyone in America is related. I would appreciate any info in the possible connections to our Barkman Tree.