Hi Ann, The town of Shipley is North of Bradford and as you say could very easily be the place that your Family name originated. Before you start with family history might I suggest you acquaint yourself with as much information that you can about your first ancestor that was born in England and try and find him on a relevant census if they came to Canada in the 1800's. That will tell you where he came from and you then have a starting point. There are indeed mailing lists that deal with with surnames (i.e. Shipley in your case) but this one covers a much wider approach to family history. This one covers the area in and around Bradford Yorkshire which as I said includes Shipley. I hope this helps and if I can be of help again please feel free to e-mail off list. Kindest regards. Elaine Pickard. Ottawa. Canada. List Admin.