Resources:
The Wisher-Shaffer Project
Shenk/Shank/Schenk family tree
DeCarrico-Speer and allied family resource

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Linage in text form
Ulrich SCHENK.......................1564-1565
Michael (SCHENCK) SCHENK..........22 JUN 1590
Michael (SCHENCK) SCHENK..........21 SEP 1639
Christian Stauffer SCHENK.........05 JUN 1662
Michael Brackbill (Schenk) Shank.........1695
Michael SCHENK....................1718 - 1726
Henry (SCHENK) SHANK..............26 DEC 1758
Jacob Reiff (SHANK) SHENK.........29 JAN 1793
Jacob Shank.......................12 May 1819
Amos Shank........................03 May 1865
Wilmer O Shank....................22 Mar 1887
Weldon B Shank....................07 Dec 1913
Wilmer T. Shank, Sr...............29 Jan 1945


Sources:
1.Title: Descendants of Abraham Breneman
   Author: Charles D. Breneman
   Publication: Published by Author in Elida Ohio 1939, Reprinted by Selby Publishing 1988
   Repository:
   Call Number:
   Media: Book
   Text: Date of Import: Jul 11, 2000

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   1.Type: Book
     Author: Davis, Richard W.
     Periodical: Schenck Family of Switzerland, Germany and America
     Publication: Provo, UT, Unpublished
     Location: in DMVD library 
   2.Text: Lindale cemetery, Rockingham Co, VA, photocopy, personaltranscription. 
   3.Type: Book
     Author: Shanks, J. Arthur
     Periodical: The Shanks from Piquea Creek
     Location: in Mennonite Historical Society library, Lancaster, PA
     Media: photocopy 
   4.Type: Book
     Author: Shank, James T.
     Periodical: The Shank History: Descendants of Daniel P. Shank
     Publication: 1980
     Location: in Mennonite History library, Bluffton, OH
     Media: photocopy 
   5.Text: Communications from Dr. Richard Yoder (deceased and hisgenealogical files in Wayne Co, OH public library, Wooster),photocopy. 
   6.Text: Communications from Virginia Driver, Route 4, P.O. Box 68,Waynesboro, VA 22980, 1991, original letter, photocopy. 
   7.Text: Letter from Harry E. Reiff to Dr. Richard Yoder, 1989, original. 
   8.Text: Summary by Dr. Richard Yoder of Christian Shank's lineage,photocopy. 
   9.Type: Book
     Author: Breneman, Charles D.
     Periodical: Abraham Breneman Family History
     Publication: Mennonite Pub House, Scottdale, PA, 1939
     Location: in Wayne Co, OH public library, Wooster
     Media: photocopy 
  10.Type: Book
     Author: Brunk, Harry A.
     Periodical: History of Mennonites in VA, 1727-1900
     Publication: McClure Printing Co, Staunton, VA
     Media: personal abstract 
  11.Text: U.S. and VA Censuses, Rockingham Co, VA, personal abstract. 
  12.Type: Book
     Periodical: The Mennonite Encyclopedia
     Publication: Mennonite Brethren Pub House, Hillsboro, KS, 1959
     Media: photocopy 
  13.Type: Periodical
     Author: Showalter, Timothy
     Title: Fifty Mennonite Leaders
     Periodical: Gospel Herald
     Media: photocopy 
  14.Type: Book
     Author: Rockingham Co, VA Historical Society, Harrisonburg
     Periodical: Rockingham Records
     Publication: Garrison Press, Harrisonburg
     Media: personal abstract 
  15.Type: Book
     Author: Wayland, John W.
     Periodical: Virginia Valley Records, Rockingham Co, VA Supplement
     Publication: Genealogical Pub Co, Baltimore, 1985
     Media: personal abstract 

   2.Text: Lindale cemetery, Rockingham Co, VA, photocopy, personaltranscription. 
   4.Text: Letter from Harry E. Reiff to Dr. Richard Yoder, 1989, original. 
   5.Type: Book
     Author: Davis, Richard W.
     Periodical: Schenck Family of Switzerland, Germany and America
     Publication: Provo, UT, Unpublished
     Location: in DMVD library 
   6.Type: Book
     Author: Shanks, J. Arthur
     Periodical: The Shanks from Piquea Creek
     Location: in Mennonite Historical Society library, Lancaster, PA
     Media: photocopy 
   7.Type: Book
     Author: Breneman, Charles D.
     Periodical: Abraham Breneman Family History
     Publication: Mennonite Pub House, Scottdale, PA, 1939
     Location: in Wayne Co, OH public library, Wooster
     Media: photocopy 

   1.Type: Book
     Author: Davis, Richard W.
     Periodical: The Stauffer Families of Switzerland, Germany and America
     Publication: Provo, UT, 1992
     Location: in Wayne Co, OH public library, Wooster
     Media: photocopy 
   2.Type: Book
     Author: Davis, Richard W.
     Periodical: Schenck Family of Switzerland, Germany and America
     Publication: Provo, UT, Unpublished
     Location: in DMVD library 
   3.Type: Book
     Author: Shanks, J. Arthur
     Periodical: The Shanks from Piquea Creek
     Location: in Mennonite Historical Society library, Lancaster, PA
     Media: photocopy 
   4.Text: Communications from Dr. Richard Yoder (deceased and hisgenealogical files in Wayne Co, OH public library, Wooster),photocopy. 
   5.Text: Summary by Dr. Richard Yoder of Christian Shank's lineage,photocopy. 
   6.Type: Periodical
     Title: Pa Lists of Residents
     Periodical: PA German Society Pub. Selinsgrove, PA
     Media: personal abstract 
   7.Text: Material from Mennonite Historical Society card files,Lancaster, PA, 1992, photocopy. 


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Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants project

  Name: Michael SCHENCK 
  Given Name: Michael 
  Surname: Schenck 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 1692 in Osthoven, Germany 
  Death: Mar 1759 in Lancaster Co, PA 
  Burial: Unknown 
  Note: 

     REFN: 38
     From George Shank's Research:


     NOTE: The following is taken directly from THE SHANKS FAMILY OF PEQUEA 
     CREEK by J. Arthur Shanks, 205 S. Broadway, Providence, KY. Repository: 
     The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, 
     Lancaster, PA 17602-1499, Phone: (717) 393-9745. Internet=use a search 
     engine to find the Society.
     .
     Michael Shank, our ancestor, was the eldest son of the Christian 
     Shank who died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1724. Michael and 
     his wife Mary, came to America, along with his father and his brothers 
     and sisters, as part of the large group of 363 Mennonites who settled on 
     Pequea Creek (pronounced PECKWAY) in Lancaster County in September of 
     1717.

     Michael and Mary must have already been married and needing their 
     own land when they arrived in Philadelphia, because he immediately made 
     application to William Penn's Commissioners of Property for 200 acres. A 
     warrant, now recorded in Harrisburg in Book D, Volume 82, at page 159, 
     states that on 27th of September in 1717 Commissioners Richard Hill, 
     Isaac Norris and James Logan granted Michael Shank the right to take up 
     and have surveyed to himself "in or near the township of Strasburg the 
     quanity of 200 acres of land that has not been already surveyed, nor 
     appropriated, nor is seated by the Indians". Being required by the terms 
     of Penn's warrant to settle on unoccupied land, Michael selected a tract 
     on the banks of the Pequea Creek, only a short distance downstream from 
     530 acres of land that his father Christian and Benedict Brakebill had 
     jointly bought from John Funk only two days earlier on September 25, 1717. 
     Michael's land was surveyed out to him the following spring on June 4, 1718 
     by Issac Taylor. Although the Indian tribes had roamed this area for hundreds 
     of years, Michael Shank thus became the first white man to ever live at this 
     site. Taylor, Penn's surveyor, allowed Michael 250 acres of land, it being the 
     custom to allow additional acreage to the amount requested for the development 
     of roads which, of course, were non-existent in those days. A plat of the 
     land, showing Michael Shank's name may be found in the Pequea township map 
     of early settlers which was prepared by the State of Pennsylvania in 1933.

     For anyone interested in seeing this first homestead of our pioneer 
     Michael Shank, it can be easily found today. it lies partly in Strasburg 
     and partly in Providence townships (formerly old Martic twp). Another 
     survey on April 12, 1740 and recorded at Harrisburg in Book D., Volume 
     82, page 15 shows that the north boundary of the 250 acre rectangular 
     tract runs almost directly east and west and lies no more the 50 feet 
     south of the spot where the Big Beaver (Beaver Dam) Creek empties into 
     the Pequea. The land extends more the three fourths of a mile southward 
     from this point. The present day crossroads community of Herrsville is 
     located just off the northwest corner of the tract. About 200 yards 
     south of the community, the rural Herrsville Road crosses Pequea Creek. 
     Looking to the east from the bridge one can see what was once the land on 
     which Michael Shank built his first rustic home in America. Although not 
     proven, this is quite likely the birthplace of John Shank, one of 
     Michael's older sons and our ancestor who will be discussed in a 
     following article "John Shank (c1718-1791)".

     Some light is shed on Michael's early life and circumstances on 
     Pequea Creek by a deed, not made until April 7, 1740. The foregoing 
     survey of 1740 would have been made in connection with the transaction. 
     Many early deeds were never recorded or were lost and this 1740 deed was 
     made in order to clarify the title to the land. The deed was made by 
     Thomas Penn, Richard Penn and John Penn; all sons of William Penn; and it 
     is recorded in Lancaster County Book A, Volume 9, page

Father: Christian SCHENCK b: 16 Jun 1662 in Hinton, Eggiwil, Switzerland 
Mother: Barbara BRACKBILL b: Abt. 1667 in Germany

Marriage 1 Mary YEENEY b: Abt. 1695 in Manheim, Germany

     Married: Abt. 1710 
     Note: REFN1860

Children

   1. Jacob SCHENCK b: Abt. 1715 in Lancaster Co., PA
   2. Michael SCHENCK b: 1715 in Lancaster Co, PA
   3. Johanne John SHANK b: Abt. 1717 in Pequea Creek, Lancaster Co., PA
   4. Christian SCHENCK b: 14 Nov 1719
   5. Henry SCHENK b: Abt. 1722
   6. Margaret SCHENCK b: 1725
   7. Adam SCHENCK b: 1727
   8. Tobias SCHENCK b: Abt. 1734

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Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants
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  ID: I38959298 
  Name: Christian SCHENCK 
  Given Name: Christian 
  Surname: Schenck 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 16 Jun 1662 in Hinton, Eggiwil, Switzerland 
  Death: 22 Nov 1724 in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 
  Immigration: 24 Aug 1717 Philadelphia 
  Event: National Origin Swiss-German Mennonite 
  Note: 

     REFN: 36
     Notes from George Shank's research:


     NOTE: The following is take directly from THE SHANKS FAMILY OF PEQUEA by 
     J. Arthur Shanks, 205 S. Broadway, Providence, KY. Repository: Lancaster 
     Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa. 
     17602-1499, Phone; (717) 393-37945. Internet=use a search engine.
     .
     Christian Shank (Schenck) and his three sons and three daughters 
     arrived in America in the year of 1717. They were part of the contingent 
     of 363 Swiss-German Mennonites who had assembled around Mannheim, Germany 
     and who had sailed in three small ships from Rotterdam, Holland in June 
     of 1717. The rather large group was under the leadership of Benedict 
     Brackbill, a well known Mennonite preacher and teacher. In Volume 3 of 
     the Pennsylvania Colonial Records, at page 29, there is an account of the 
     three ships masters, Captains Eyers, Tower, and Richards, belatedly 
     reporting the 363 passengers in to the authorities on September 8, 1717. 
     I have corresponded with a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania genealogist, 
     Martin H. Brackbill, who is a direct descendant of Benedict. He states 
     that the three ships arrived at Philadelphia, apparently together on 
     August 24, 1717.

     Although not positively proven, research indicates the Christian 
     Shank was born near Basel Switzerland about 1665. As a child he was 
     likely a member of one of the four Schenck (Shank) families who were 
     Mennonites and who, hounded by the Roman Catholic Church for their 
     religious beliefs, fled into Germany from Switzerland in 1671. As 
     previously stated, the names of the heads of these Schenck families were 
     included in the list of those Swiss Mennonites who were living at 
     Osthoven, near Mannheim, Germany in 1672. Although nothing positive is 
     known of the wife of Christian Shank, Martin Brackbill, the genealogist, 
     suggests that Benedict
     Brackbill's sister Barbara, may have been married to our ancestor 
     Christian. No 
     research has been undertaken by me on the early years of Christian Shank, 
     so the 
     foregoing is partly speculative. It should be noted on Christian's 
     chart, however, 
     that he named one of his daughters, Barbara, and that the name was 
     carried on down in later generations. This would add some substance to 
     the speculation that Christian Shank's wife was Barbara Brackbill.

     There is a deed recorded in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in Deed 
     Book WW, on pages 300 through 305, which is a vital document in the 
     genealogy of our Shank family and of Christian Shank in particular. This 
     lengthy deed gives the first good solid proof of the circumstances 
     surrounding our first American ancestor. The document, although not 
     written until January 7, 1758, traces the title to 265 acres of land 
     located in Lancaster County and recites that Christian Shank and Benedict 
     Brackbill, on September 25, 1717, jointly, with half interest for each, 
     bought the 530 acre tract of land that had been patented to John Funk in 
     1711. This would add a bit more weight to the possibility that Barbara 
     Brackbill was the wife of Christian, it appearing that some sort of 
     family relationship did exist between the Brackbill and Shank families. 
     The Funk tract was right in the midst of the 6400 acre tract granted to 
     the Mennonites in 1710. The historical marker located at the 
     intersection of Hans Herr Drive and Penn Grant Road further corroborates 
     the location of the property. Maps and surveys of early Lancaster 
     County, prepared by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1933 show the 530 
     acre tract to be rather long and narrow and extending over three fourths 
     of a mile in a north and south direction. Located on Pequea Creek 
     (pronounced PECKWAY), it is on today's map at the west city limits of 
     Strasburg in Strasburg township. Pequea Creek runs through the northern 
     part of Christian's land, as well as through the farm of Christian's son 
     Michael, who was also located 



Father: Michael Schenck JR b: 21 Sep 1639 in Eggiwill, Rothenback, Canton of Bern Switzerland 
Mother: Anna STAUFFER b: Abt. 1641 in Eggiwill, Rothenback, Canton of Bern Switzerland

Marriage 1 Barbara BRACKBILL b: Abt. 1667 in Germany

     Note: REFN1853

Children

   1. Michael SCHENCK b: 1692 in Osthoven, Germany
   2. Henry SCHENCK b: Abt. 1693
   3. Margaret SCHENCK b: Abt. 1694
   4. Jacob SCHENCK b: 1696 in Germany
   5. Anna SCHENCK b: 1699
   6. Barbara SCHENCK b: in Germany

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Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants
Updated: Sat Aug 25 15:48:43 2001    Contact: Dale Shank  

  Name: Michael Schenck JR 
  Given Name: Michael Schenck 
  Surname: Jr 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 21 Sep 1639 in Eggiwill, Rothenback, Canton of Bern Switzerland 
  Death: Aft. 1707 in Ibersheim, Palatine Germany 
  Burial: Unknown 
  Note: 

     REFN: 26
     Notes from George Shank's research:

     All of their children were born at Eggiwil. It appears that at one point 
     they lived in Dirmstein, Germany. In December 1671 they went to 
     Oelitshoursch in Germany and in January 1672 to Ibersheim in the Pfalz 
     area near Worms, Germany. This included: Michael_Jr and his wife; his 
     father Michael_Sr.; her paternal grandfather Christian; and their four 
     children. From Ibersheim all of them, except his wife who passed away, 
     went to America in 1717.
     A question that arises is that of Michael_Jr's children. The 
     letter, from which I took this information, leads me to believe that he 
     had four children, all born at Eggiwil. Later it makes a comment that 
     "...1st 4 chdn were b. at Eggiwil." This would seem to indicate that he 
     might have had more children, but nothing else in the letter indicates 
     this to be true. It would be possible that before the move to America 
     that he remarried and had other children. However, the letter that I 
     have does not indicate such.

     A little about Anna, Michael_Jr.'s wife. She was the daughter of 
     Hans Stauffer and Magdalene Neuenschwander (Eggiwil Parish Reg). Her 
     paternal grandfather was Christian Stauffer (see above). Christian was 
     an Anabaptist preacher and historian who contributed to the "Martyers 
     Mirror". He was imprisoned at Thun in 1644 and exiled in October 1671. 
     Before she died in 1707 she left local money to her brother Hans Stauffer 
     in Ibersheim.



Father: Michael Schenck SR b: 22 Jun 1590 in Rothenbach, Canton Of Bern, Switzerland 
Mother: Anna STAUFFER b: Abt. 1602 in Zimmerzei, Eggiwil, Bern Switzerland

Marriage 1 Anna STAUFFER b: Abt. 1641 in Eggiwill, Rothenback, Canton of Bern Switzerland

     Married: 21 Sep 1660 
     Note: REFN1826

Children

   1. Christian SCHENCK b: 16 Jun 1662 in Hinton, Eggiwil, Switzerland
   2. Hans John SCHENCK b: 4 Dec 1664 in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland
   3. Barbara SCHENCK b: 14 Apr 1667 in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland
   4. Michael SCHENCK b: 4 Jan 1669/70 in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland

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Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants
Updated: Sat Aug 25 15:48:43 2001    Contact: Dale Shank  

  Name: Michael Schenck SR 
  Given Name: Michael Schenck 
  Surname: Sr 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 22 Jun 1590 in Rothenbach, Canton Of Bern, Switzerland 
  Death: 1672 in Ibersheim, Worms, West Palatinate, Germany 
  Burial: Unknown 
  Note: 

     REFN: 1
     Notes from George Shank's research:

     Michael_Sr. lived at Hinton in the village of Eggiwil, where all of his 
     children were born. He was among the large group of Anabaptists that 
     were expelled from Emmenthal Valley in October 1671. Among these were 
     his son Michael_Jr. and his daughter Barbara and their families. 
     According to the Anabaptist refugee list dated 1 Jan 1672, he was living 
     in Ibersheim, Pfalz, Germany (about 8 miles north of Worms, on the west 
     bank of the Rhein River). It appears that he was 81 years old at the 
     time. Also, he may have had as many as 17 children. Of those, at least 
     three were Anabaptist; Michael_Jr, Barbara, and Johannes. Michael_Jr. 
     was referred to as "his obedient son" and was with him in Ibersheim. His 
     daughter Barbara and her husband returned to Eggiwil, Switzerland within 
     a year. Johannes appears never to have left Switzerland.

Father: Ulrich SCHENCK b: 1564 in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland 
Mother: Annali Ritz RYTZ b: 1568 in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland

Marriage 1 Anna STAUFFER b: Abt. 1602 in Zimmerzei, Eggiwil, Bern Switzerland


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  Name: Ulrich SCHENCK 
  Given Name: Ulrich 
  Surname: Schenck 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 1564 in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland 
  Death: in Emmental, Bern, Switzerland 
  Burial: Unknown 
  Note: 

     REFN: 3
     Notes from George Shank's research:

     This is all of the information that I have on Ulrich. Please note that 
     under religion I list him as Anabaptist/Mennonite. The Catholic church 
     referred to the people that had broken away as Anabaptists. This was 
     because they did not believe in child baptism, but rather that people 
     should be baptized as an adult. Individual groups of these people often 
     referred to themselves by their leader's name. Such would be the case 
     with Peter Waldo of Holland. He separated from the church is 1160 and 
     his followers became known as Waldenses. In 1536 Menno Simon, also of 
     Holland, became the leader of a branch of dissenters, mostly Dutch and 
     Swiss, and they became known as Mennonites. Of course, the largest and 
     possibly the best known of these groups is the Lutherans that followed 
     Martin Luther. 

     I refer to Ulrich, his son Michael_Sr., and grandson Michael_Jr. as 
     Anabaptist/ Mennonite. After we came to America, starting with Christian 
     b1588, I use the term Mennonite for religious affiliation. This will 
     hold true up through Christian b1662. After that I am not always sure of 
     a person's particular religious affiliation. It must be understood that 
     once we started moving around in America that the chances of moving to an 
     area that had you particular religion were slimmer and slimmer. This 
     would be especially true if you moved as an individual family instead of 
     as a group of families whether related or not. A group of families could 
     simply start their own church and continue their religious practices. 
     The individual family usually attended what ever church was in the area 
     that they moved to. This is why you will find your family name 
     associated with almost any mainline church in the country. Yes, this 
     would include Catholic, the very group that we broke away from.



Marriage 1 Annali Ritz RYTZ b: 1568 in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland



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Notes from George Shank's research: No detailed notes listed on 
Michael married to magdalena - note dates are different than above

Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants
  Name: Michael SCHENCK 
  Given Name: Michael 
  Surname: Schenck 
  Sex: M 
  Birth: 1715 in Lancaster Co, PA 
  Death: 1777 in Lancaster Co, PA 
  Note: REFN: 45 

Father: Michael SCHENCK b: 1692 in Osthoven, Germany 
Mother: Mary YEENEY b: Abt. 1695 in Manheim, Germany

Marriage 1 UNKNOWN MAGDALENA b: 1718

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Our Family Lineage
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DeCarrico-Speer and allied family resource.
Contact: A. Carrico    
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http://www.cnnw.net/~hangar18/ged/index.html    personal home page
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Shenk/Shank/Schenk family tree
Contact: Michael DeCarrico  
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Bradford, Schenk Families
Contact: Jan Van Doren  
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Family ancestry and decendants   
***I have not explored this one yet ***
Contact: John Myers  
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Brent L. Rodes Family 
***I have not explored this one yet ***
Contact: Brent Rodes  
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Our Family Lineage   

***I have not explored this one yet ***
****** Has one more generation before Ulrich (1565)**** 
    (which means I need to renumber stuff)
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The Wisher-Shaffer Project
Contact: Mike Johnston  
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Shaffer
Contact: Patricia Moore Shaffer  
****** Has one more generation before Ulrich (1565)**** 
    (which means I need to renumber stuff)
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Ulrich Schenck 1564, 600+ descendants    - lots of good narative -
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meadows
Contact: milette mackay  
****** Has one more generation before Ulrich (1565)**** 
    (which means I need to renumber stuff)
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Vermilion Co, IL Database
Contact: Susan Allison-Willmott  
****** Has one more generation before Ulrich (1565)**** 
    (which means I need to renumber stuff)
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Note: Contact on this line is cwshank@mindspring.com who has extensive notes and history.
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Shank Family
Contact: Charles W Shank 
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****** Has one more generation before Ulrich (1565)**** 
    (which means I need to renumber stuff)
Appears to be the most accurate - lots of research and detailed notes
-this looks like one to scrub the list with
but stops at about Michael SCHENK b: 21 SEP 1639
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Gardner/Shank/Campbell
Contact: Robert E. Gardner  
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 -- some early stuff - looks sketchy 
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Brent L. Rodes Family 
Contact: Brent Rodes  
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**nothing really new - but does have Urlich (1565) married two times -(once to Annali and the 2nd time to Anna - who knows but worht checking out
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Burton Family Online
Contact: David Burton     
Home Page: Burton Family Online  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~davidaelred/index.htm
several ore kids to add to Ulrich (1565) family
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Smith/Eldredge/Hilton/Bond
Contact: Paul Eldredge Smith  
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**this one may be interesting - i need to translate it from german - 
lot of similiar names and middle names of schench - need to find out if 
shank's emmigrated to SWZ from germany??
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