This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abitz, Becker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2EC.2ACE/3209.3 Message Board Post: I have a Gustav Abitz and his son Ernst who married a Becker in 1917. They lived in the Athens, Marathon Co., area. The Beckers originated in the part of Germany you mentioned so perhaps this Abitz family did too. If you have information about Gustav or Ernst Abitz, please write. Good luck. Marilyn