This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Melcher, Abbett, Mattern Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADE/362.78.130.743.748 Message Board Post: I have just started researching, but this is what I have found out. My father, Dennis Melcher, is Charles Norman Melcher's son. Charles Norman Melcher would be Louise Melcher Paul's sister. Their parents are William and Lydia Abbett Melcher. I don't have anything else for William Melcher, but Lydia's parents were Joseph S. Abbett and Henrietta Mattern. Let me know if you have any more information as I will post any new information that I may find.