This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schafer, Shaffer, Sheffar, Shepherd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3hGBAEB/1375 Message Board Post: We have traced our branch of Canadian Schafers back to Gottlieb Fredrich Schafer (born about 1775) and Barbara Traub (born about 1780) in Wuerttemberg, Germany, but we have only one line for them. Our ancestor was their son Wilhelm Christian Fredrich Schafer. We have no siblings for him as yet. The question we are asking is: "Do any of you connect up with our ancestor?" If you do, or even if your branch even came from the Lowenstein, Weinsderg, Evangelisch, Eberstadt, Neckarkreis, or Wuerttimberg, areas of Germany, we would love to hear from you.