Dear Austin Families, the sister of my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Goodwin Gräter was Jane Goodwin Austin. She was the author of many historical novels as "Standish of Standish", "The unknown Nobleman" etc.etc. She lived for some years in Concord Mass in a writers colony with Hawthorne, Luisa Allcot etc. As our family came in ca 1842 from USA to Germany contacts have been broken by time. I try to re-establish contacts to "unknown" relatives in Massachusetts. I have already found John A. Goodwin, grandson of the brother of Jane Goodwin Austin - the Lowell politican and speaker of the Mass parliament in ca 1861. My question: Is there any descendant left of Jane G. Austin ? Is there any place where her letters etc has been stored ? These letters, if there are any, could provide us with some knowledge of our Gräter Family. with best regards Rudlieb Gräter Langenfelde 66 24159 Kiel Germany