This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rabbitnz02 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.monroe/5409.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hello I do not know yet. I have just begun research on this line of my family. What I do know includes my great great grandmother Ida Schicker was born in Switzerland and I assume her 2 sisters were also. I have not found them on a passenger ship list yet but do know they travelled to New Zealand sometime before 1888. I found Joseph Leonz Schicker mentioned in a newspaper article that year. He is buried with his wife Maria. On Ida's marriage certificate her parents are listed as Joseph Leonz Schicker and Mary Gasser. I am waiting to receive his death certificate with the hope of his birthplace being Baar, Zug, Switzerland. After researching a man with the same name who could be his father, the line goes back to the 1400s in Switzerland. Of course, each generation had large families so any thing is possible. I will let you know what I find out. Tracey Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.