Re: Jacob Schaff, Bavaria>IL
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In reply to:
Jacob Schaff, Bavaria>IL
2/03/00
Hi Barbara,
I noticed you have information about the Schaff's in the old country.My branch of the Schaff family made their way to the U.S.A. by way of The Ukraine in the late 1800's.As the story goes, there were 3 Schaff brothers in Germany/Bavaria or whatever it was called in the early 1800's.Apparently 1 brother went to the U.S.A., 1 brother went to the Ukraine and 1 brother stayed home.I haven't been able to prove or disprove the story but I was wondering if you could tell me generally where the Schaff's originated in Europe and were there a lot of them?It's hard to imagine with the numbers of Schaff's I'm finding just in the U.S. that they all descended from 3 brothers?
Anyhow, if you have any background on this I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Glenn