This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer, Schlemmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1343.1.1.1.1.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ruth, I don't see here if I ever replied but seeing your name, I would hope I had somewhere. Someone related to a Shaffer and Newman?(I think) family sent me a photo of a lady who's name was Schelemmer and a friend of a Shaffer of her Mom's. She didn't know of any relationship, but seeing you with that name and asking about Shaffer, maybe there is more to it than she thought. I know Mom mentioned Newman to me, but I don't think I have found my connection there yet either. I would probably be overwhelmed or Rootsweb would kill me, if I were to post all the surnames Mom mentioned connected to us, I have over 400 and so many remain a mystery. I found many in the paternal side for my Mom, but the Shaffer side is lost to me but my Grandmother. Perhaps someone of the 2 friends married a person from each side of the family names Shaffer and Schlemmer. I believe she sent me the picture to hopefully find it a home. I hadn't given up the hope it would give me a lead to my own Shaffer line too.