Acknowledgements

This genealogy is the product of many long hours of researching public and private records of all types, careful questioning of family members, and exhaustive and persistent letter writing.  No genealogy is ever finished, and this one is revised almost continually.  Please check back frequently for new information. Many organizations and persons have been helpful in the preparation of this document, but the following deserve special recognition: General Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Family History Center, Louisville, KY Filson Historical Society Library, Louisville, KY Sons of the American Revolution Genealogy Library, Louisville, KY Zivilstandsamt, Einsiedeln, Switzerland Volumes 2 and 3 Kenneth Akers, Indianapolis, IN Elizabeth Fawcett, Louisville, KY Pfarrer Sigurd Fröhner, Nossen, Germany Robert Peege, Greenwood, IN Dietrich Schaupp, Morgantown, WV Clemens Schreiber, Schlüchtern, Germany Albert Wilhelm, Louisville, KY Volumes 4 and 5 Elizabeth Katzman, Louisville, KY Alma Leachman, Louisville, KY Dr. Wolfgang Grams, Oldenburg, Germany Elizabeth MacGregory, Okatie, SC Shirley Manring, New Albany, IN John Speier, Fort Lauderdale, FL Udo Thörner, Vörden, Germany Volumes 6 and 7 Colette Ameling, West Union, IA Sister Constance Halbur, Milwaukee, WI Jürgen Hausfeld, Münster, Germany Ann Kaufmann, Atlanta, GA Falk Liebezeit, Diepholz, Germany Carol Meiners, Coon Rapids, IA Frank Meiners, Louisville, KY Mildred Ramsey, Louisville, KY Thelma Schmidhauser, Carpinteria, CA Dr. Paul Steinbicker, Florissant, MO Dorothy Wagner, Westbrook, MN Robert Weithofer, Lancaster, CA Peter Weymar, Bad Laer, Germany Volumes 8 and 9 Dr. Bradley Arthaud, San Antonio, TX Roena Bayes, Bryan, OH Barbara Hodalski, Saratoga, FL Joan Purtee, Portsmouth, OH Bernice Robinson, Eugene, OR Venus Nell Routh, Wichita, KS Jerry Titus, Kokomo, IN Dr. Ralph Tucker, Georgetown, ME Volumes 10 through 13 August Birchler, Louisville, KY Donald Birchler, Bloomfield Hills, MI Joseph Birchler, Louisville, KY Norman Birchler, Lacon, IL William Birchler, Albuquerque, NM Annemarie Fässler, Alpthal, Switzerland Peter Guetig, Louisville, KY Amelia Kelly, Chicago, IL Rita Litchfield, Shelton, WA Priscilla Porter, Evanston, IN Annette West, Acworth, GA Rudolph Zehnder, Denver, CO Volumes 14 and 15 Swantje Hutten, Oldenburg, Germany Evelyn Kaiser, Louisville, KY David Kraft, Elizabeth, NJ Robert Schauffele, Los Angeles, CA Gregory Schwarz, Lebanon, NH Marjorie Smith, Louisville, KY Volumes 16 and 17 James O’Boyle, Denver, CO