In a message dated 1/21/09 6:31:06 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: canes80 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.b > urlington/2982/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I was recently able to connect my Webb line from England thru the English > census records. It records the marriage of John Webb (my gggrandfather) to > Amelia Shinn in Warwickshire England in 1841. This is exciting for me because > this was a brick wall for many years. This raises a question for me, Since Shinn > is fairly popular in Burlington Co., Did My Webb/Shinn line decide to come > to the Delaware Valley (they first settled in Philadelphia, then to Audubon > NJ) at the urging of other Shinn relatives who had already immigrated? Do any > of you Shinn researchers have any info on where and when the Shinn clan > immigrated to Burlington? > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would > like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and > respond on the board. > For the answer to your question you need to check out "The History of the Shinn Family in Europe and America" by Josiah H Shinn A.M. found at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikegoad/html/john_shinn_senior.htm It talks of John Shinn Senior who came to West Jersey in the 1680's and talks of his family as well as those whom he left behind in England. Rather than a scan of each page of the book, this is a text version so you can cut and paste information into your records as well as do a word search. Good Luck Rick ************** Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital. (http://news.aol.com/main/politics/inauguration?ncid=emlcntusnews00000003)