Talk:Shedd (surname)

Question
How does one contact the Shedd family for information? My mothers family is the Shedds, and we are located in the west Ga area. JasonTPowers (talk) 14:42, 23 February 2010 (UTC)Jason Powers
 * There are many Shedd families. Why don't you try Genealogy.com or check in at the Wikipedia reference desk. This page is for discussing improvements to the Shedd (surname) encyclopedia article, not for general questions about the family. Katr67 (talk) 01:32, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

origin of Shedd surname
in the King James Bible, Book of Numbers, the 3rd name listed is Shed'e-ur. check Abram(Abrahams)birth. Abraham left the land of his nativity, Ur of the Chaldees. thus the name is Shed of Ur. therefore Shedd is of Hebrew origin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.173.37.179 (talk) 18:50, 6 March 2016 (UTC)