This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vollenweile,Shepherd,Phillips Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Sh.2ADI/960.984.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, I have a question. Our great grandfather was Erasmus Shepherd married to Barbara Vollenweile. On two birth cert from 1854 and 1856 says she was from Basal Switzerland .They had two son's born in La. Have any one heard of this family? My email is [email protected] Thanks for the time. Mary Jane Phillips Texas City,Tx