"Jennie Shingfield" <jennie@put+my+surname+here.com> wrote in message news:lf%w8.10588$z%3.2194305@monolith.news.easynet.net... > Hi > > I couldn't find anything in the faqs about this, so apologies if this is a > newbie question. > > I'm attempting to locate all people with the Shingfield surname that are > currently living. I've already used the UK Info CD (trial version) to find > all 64 families in England from telephone and electoral role details. > > Looking at USA and Australian 'phone book' websites, there appears to only > be 2 people in the US called Shingfield! I find this hard to believe and was > wondering if anyone had any suggestion on finding more detailed searches. > > I've also tried the variations Shinkfield and Shinfield, but to no avail. > > Can anyone help! :) > > US Ellis Island immigration records 1892-1924 find zero listings for all three spellings! US phone listings at Ancestry.com find zero for SHINGFIELD, 2 for SHINFIELD and 3 for SHINKFIELD. Robert Jerin