Would there by chance be a listing for John Christopher Shockey, aka Johann Christoffel Schacke, some time between 1775 and 1796 or one for Anna Marie Shockey some time after 1796? Les Shockey At 09:54 AM 9/30/2006, you wrote: >I don't really know what is the actual earliest...but there are some >in the 1700's.... West Virginia genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/ Jackson County genealogy page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvjackso/JACK.HTM