This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schafernolte, Schaefernolte, Schaefer, Shafer, Schaffer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wg.2ADE/4684 Message Board Post: If anyone knows of these names or other variants, please contact me. My greatgrandfather was Frederick W. Schaefernolte, 2/6/1849-1/28/1923 and I think he or some cousins may have been in Adams County. They were German, I think from Lippe.