This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stephan, Alsdorf, Paffendorf Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZJBAEB/148.1 Message Board Post: I too have a great, great, grandfather named Frederic Stephan. All I know is he was born in France - we think Alasac region. I have him on a 1880 census from New York. Any help would be nice.