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Re: I want to know more Burki's

purkey_david — 2011-08-04 05:59:49Z

My family name is Purkey and for many years the family has been trying to determine our roots. There is a large concentration in Tennessee and scattered about the US. However, no one really has a clue where we came from (Germanic is generally agreed) or when we arrived in the US. While on business in Switzerland I ran across the the name Burki. Our family always suspected our name was changed over time (Purkeypile, Burkeybile, Burkey, Perky, ect). Any information on any connections to the Tennessee Purkeys would be helpful.

Bürgi/Bürki DNA Project

ScottParkey — 2011-01-10 06:06:26Z

I have recently created a DNA project for direct patrilineal descendants of anyone with the surname Bürgi. Even if you don't have proof that you descend from anyone with that name exactly, if you think your surname could possibly be a variant of it, you are encouraged to join! (I realize that there are multiple different origins for the surname "Burki"--to be clear, this project is intended for those of suspected Alemannic German origin, as opposed to, say, Afghani origin).

It is a Y-DNA project, so only men can test; any women wishing to participate will need a male relative who also descends directly on the paternal line from the Bürgis to test. You can test through Ancestry and then join the group; that will add the results to the group automatically. Or, if you test through another company (like Family Tree DNA), it is possible to manually enter your results.

We do have some preliminary results: descendants of Ulrich Bergey, an early Mennonite immigrant to America, match one another and have the haplogroup R1b1b2a1a2c; descendants of John Burcky, a later Mennonite immigrant to America, and descendants of Hugh Parkey, a suspected descendant of earlier Mennonite immigrants to America, match one another and have the haplogroup I2*.

The project is located here: http://groups.ancestry.com/group/burgi

Re: I want to know more Burki's

DonOwens20 — 2010-05-11 18:08:04Z

I have a bare single line of Burki's going back to abt 1650. This was done for a distant Ohio relative many years ago by a genealogist in Switzerland. Would be happy to send you a copy of what she was told but have to find them - they seemed to have escaped from their appointed file. Also, I would rather send it via snail-mail - don't trust my computer skills yet.
Don

Re: I want to know more Burki's

annielb85 — 2010-05-06 03:11:03Z

My family was from Switzerland but the Burki changed to Burkey after the move

Re: I want to know more Burki's

GOLDENEYES1199 — 2009-08-12 01:58:48Z

AOA HOW R U MR FAWAD, ITS ANWAR KAMAL BURKI FROM PKISTAN, CITY DERA ISMAIL KHAN,I M DISTRICT SPORTS & TOURISM OFFICER,WHERE R U FROM,BROTHER ITS MY FIRST TIME TO CHECK THE THIS WEB SITE,,WAITING

History

ameerburki — 2008-10-09 08:25:50Z

Hello my name is Ameer Barak Khan Burki i wanted to tell that the burkies were usually from Afganistan and we have our own language called ormuri,so that is why we burkies are also been called ormares

Re: I want to know more Burki's

iburki — 2008-08-21 13:32:35Z

I was very supriced that there are so many people with the name Burki.
I live in the Netherlands and there are just a few people with this name.
But to know that there are so many Burki's in the States is amazing.
My Father is Jacobus Burki and he told me that we are related to the the German side.
Greetings Ireen

Re: I want to know more Burki's

MeganOertel — 2008-07-15 01:34:29Z

My mother's maiden name is Burki and we live in the US. Maybe there's some information that I could give you.

Re: I want to know more Burki's

miandaburki — 2008-06-09 00:49:25Z

My last name is bürki. My grandfather left to Switzerland (Bern) in 1900 your name was Niklaus. I'm lives in Argentina

Re: I want to know more Burki's

DonOwens20 — 2006-12-31 02:54:53Z

Heidi,
Did Johannes' wife die during the passage from Switzerland to the USA?

Re: I want to know more Burki's

DonOwens20 — 2006-12-31 02:52:36Z

My greatgrandmother, Madgalena Burki, immegrated to Ohio, USA in about 1852. She married Johannes Fischer/Fisher from the Bern, Switzerland area in Ohio after his wife died during the passage on the same ship as the Burki family. He had 2 sons from his first marrage. Both Johannes and Magdalena died abt 1879 - he in Ohio after she died in Indiana. It is not known if Magdalena's father was living in 1852.

Let me know if this makes sense in your gelealogy.

Re: I want to know more Burki's

busintow — 2006-10-22 01:49:11Z

My grandfather was a Burki from Switzerland, I believe his father might have been a Johann Gottfried Burki married a Ida Rosa Hanni.

Heidi

Re: I want to know more Burki's

jroethlisberger1 — 2006-05-09 18:23:01Z

My name was bürki before I get married and we are from Switzerland (Bern),
We are looking forward to find family Bürki in USA but it is really
difficult to find out.

I want to know more Burki's

2003-02-22 16:34:21Z

I was going through the net and all of a sudden i thought to my self why not check out my last name out in the yahoo search. I was amzed to know that Burki's are from every where ranging from Holland, Switzerland , Germany , United States , Pakistan , India , Canada and so on. And i dont mean that they migrated there. They are from there . If any one is intreseted pls contact me . One more thing is that we have a very user friendly name :-) good luck to u if u are a Burki or not a Burki

Are the living BURKIS mostly muslims?

2000-09-07 16:23:46Z

I belong to the Burki family and we have our own Ancestory tree going back almost a century. I am realy interested to find out more about their descendants converting to Islam. Whatever the case maybe, I am greatly interested in finding more about much chersihed BURKI surname! :)
cheers,
Moody