Looking for any info on these descendants~ I'm just discovering that my descendant, Thomas Shane, was most likely on one of the Palatine ships in 1738 (Queen Elizabeth). I knew from family bible records that he immigrated here to PA on a ship, and that his brother did also, supposedly 10-years later. This info is fuzzy at best as it was written in a family bible by the 89-year old daughter of Jacob Shane & Susannah (Swartz). I was able to find a Johannes Shane, on the Ship William in 1737, so this may very well be his brother. What bothers me is that he is not on the Palatine Project list. If he did in fact come 10-years later, then I have no idea what ship he was on. These were grown "men" not "boys" when they came over, and Thomas was unwed as far as we know. The family of Michael and Nancy/Mary? (Dedric) Shane began in, or around, Berlin Germany after 1695. *see following. I was able to print page copies out of a book called, "Names of foreigner who took the oath of allegiance...." These page images were found on www.archive.org In this text, he was "Thos. Shane" , 38. In your list, he was Johan Thomas Shon (with the dialect marking above the 'o') and a Shene in the comments, which makes sense since he was born in Germany. I will talk about that... In the Oath of Allegiance text, Johannes Shane is part of the list entitled, "List of Foreigners Imported in the Ship William, John Carter, Master, from Rotterdam. Qualified Oct. 31, 1737." What I do know about Thomas (my 1st generation grandfather in the new world) is that he was born in Germany (Berlin?) about 1700. His father was Michael Shane b. 1673. Michael emigrated (willfully?) to Berlin at 22-years old in 1695, where he eventually married a German girl named Nancy Dedric?. [the Dedric surname could be spelled entirely different]. Michael and Nancy had (3) sons and (1) daughter. Thomas basically "disappeared" for 10-years until "possibly" showing up in a 1748 Berks Co, (Colebrookdale/Colebrokdale Twp.) PA land application warrant. If this is "my" Thomas, then he must have settled in Berks Co., because he owned land in the same township in 1766. There was also a "Peter Shane" with land adjoining his, but I am not certain if they are related. It's possible, since we know Thomas had a son, Jacob Shane (my grandfather) of Muncy Creek Twp., Lycoming Co, b. c. 1765 in PA, and Jacob's 1st son was named Peter Shane (my grandfather). **After browsing a Berks Co website, I found an old bio that talks about two brothers: Thomas and Peter Shane! If I can tie them to (Berlin) Germany with an Irish father, Michael, and Thomas to a son Jacob from Muncy Creek, then I have found him** **The SHANE surname has often been spelled this way since Thomas arrived in 1738, and has remained SHANE since the 1800's. I read that many boys were named Johan(n)--followed by their given and surnames. I noticed in browsing the 1748 ships on the Palatine ships website, there was a Johan Peter, and a Johann Michael, etc. I would love to know any methods to find my Irish-German family records in Germany? I wish I could know why Michael left Northern Ireland? What happened to my grandfather Thomas after he left the Port of Philadelphia. I am guessing he may have had to work off his trip. Then again, at 38 he may have had some money, but he just disappears it seems for 10-years, so I tend to lean toward the "indentured servant or redemptioner" theories. I played around with some migration paths the early settlers and immigrants may have taken from the Port of Philadelphia. The Telpehocken Path-Perkiomen Path goes right near Colebrookdale Twp., Berks Co. and connects to the Great Shamokin Path leading right through Muncy Creel twp, Lycoming Co, where Jacob Shane settled.