I have a Great Grand Uncle Nicolaus (John) AUER who was born in Baltimore, MD in 1859 to Frederick AUER & Louisa BECKMANN. (John) married Mary ELLEN or LARKIN the 6th of December 1880 in New York City and they had 8 known children. I would like to clear up the mystery of her maiden name. If anyone on this list knows anything about this family, please e-mail me. I have been able to trace the Auer's back to the 1600's in St. Wendel, and Vallendar, Germany. The other NYC family surnames I'm interested in are: ATWOOD, BICKERSTAFF, BIGGERMAN, CALVER, GROESBECK, HOGG, PRICE, SCHNATTERBECK/SCHNADERBECK, STEHLING/STELLING, STOCKMAR, WICKWARE, ZEDER and a few more I'm probably not remembering at this time. Peggy Dunn