Hi Charlotte, While I am not able to travel and am not a direct descendent of the SHOCKEY line, I connect to Jacob SHOCKEY and his wife Anna FREED. Their daughter, Magdalena, b. ca 1773 PA, d. 1833 OH, md ca 1788 MD to Henry Burns b. 21 June 1764 PA, d. 1844 Ohio (Darke County or possibly Miami County) They had a sone, Daniel BURNS, b. 7 Nov 1792 PA, d. 23 Aug. 1864 Iowa, he married Eva Anna HITTLE (I do not have a date as yet) she was b 29 Feb 1796 PA, d 20 March 1880 Iowa They had 5 or 6 known children, one of them, Anna A BURNS, b. ca 1819 Miami County, OH, who married 1) Jacob BECK, 2) John Arnold REIBER, B. 29 Dec 1823 Perry Co., Pa, d 31 Jan, 1898 Iowa, he served in the Civil War from Iowa. They had a daughter Anna Amelia REIBER , b. 1 Jan 1859 Iowa, d. Aug 1940 Iowa Anna A REIBER married 1 Jan 1876 to Edward Frost POWELL, b 10 Oct. 1854 Wisconsin, d 3 July 1911 Iowa Anna Reiber POWELL and Edward Frost POWELL are my great-grandparents. A distant connection to the SHOCKEY family, but a connection nonetheless. If anyone has any family stories that have been passed down thru the generations, I would enjoy hearing from you. Thanks Mikki