This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shaffer, Snyder Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3hGBAEB/1414 Message Board Post: I am searching for the German area of origin for George Shaffer, he immigrated through New York Port about 1820, lived in Colombus, Ohio for several years then to Indiana, for several years and settled in Van Wert Co., Ohio in 1830. He married Margaret Snyder, who with her brother Jacob were on the same ship with George Shaffer. I have four generations of this family available. Geoge A. Winch