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FOREWORD
This genealogical research of my wife?s	ancestry, the resurrection of vanished generations,
is a	completely absorbing and fascinating pursuit. It is exciting	and thrilling to bring alive her
ancestors? vital part in the continuing advance of the frontiers that have been so significant in the transformation of our country from the virgin wilderness of 350 years ago, peopled only by the savage Indian, into a great nation.
The heroism in the lives of these ancestors on successive frontiers ?? fraught with hard labor and plain living, the terror of Indian warfare, and the turmoil of the Revolution and other wars	? runs like a bright thread through our	country?s history.
Their blood drenched the frontier and	the battlefield as	they helped open the uncharted
wilderness, subdue the savage Indian, and win freedom from the British.
In this amateur quest, I have relied first on the Birmingham Public Library and its rich store of material in Southern history and genealogy. This department enjoys a national reputation, which has been achieved under the leadership and guidance of the highly competent and obliging Miss Jessie Ham and her accommodating staff. Mr. Fant H. Thomley, the library director, was also very helpful.
And my memberships in the historical and genealogical societies of the States of interest proved to be both productive and pleasant.
The principal ancestral families under present research are: Armstrong, Bennett, Brinson, Bryant, Carroll, Coburn, Culpepper, Dale, Gilbert, Heidelberg, Holloway, Kuykendall, McClammy, Morehead, Sanders, Stringer, and Williams.
We have not burdened the chart with footnotes but the detailed records are conveniently available in my files by families, and I will gladly share this information with interested families.
It is our plan to revise the chart from time to time as additions and corrections are available, and I cordially invite correspondence.
The study is presented as a memorial to the forebears and as a source of pride to the living generations.
REVISIONS
I publish this revised study of my wife?s patriotic American ancestry with deep satisfaction and our family shares her pride in these early American ancestors who forgot Europe in their greater love of America; and whose blood had been transmitted to generations now living?and in which the excellences of all are cominged. And while each generation dies and their bodies return to dust, yet they live on through their blood and character in the following generations.
There have been four printings of my earlier study of the STRINGER FAMILY AND KIN, total 1,000 copies, which have been distributed with my compliments to libraries, state archives, genealogical and historical societies and interested individuals. This wide publicity over the intervening year has brought many contacts and valuable information.
This revised issue, as of June 1, 1967, includes corrections and additions to the genealogical chart, developed through continuing research and information from these numerous new contacts; an expansion of ?COLONIAL ERA?; a new chapter entitled ?PIONEERS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI?: several recent family group pictures; and, responsive to inquiries about my own background, a sketch of myself.
ALVIN WARD VOGTLE
Original study June 1, 1966. Revised study June 1, 1967.
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