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was owing to the utter indifference of some few to give their family records, and several families could not be found; yet in the whole he flatters himself that his efforts have been very successful, and must be very gratifying to the numerous descendants of those early pioneers who braved the toils and vicissitudes of the earlier settlers' life. The record from 1846 has been supplied by the personal visits of the compiler to the descendants living in the region of country where their forefathers originally settled, and he obtained his information from authentic sources. The lists of male and female emigrants are from the original papers on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth at Harrisburg. An appendix explaining in some cases the relationship of the early immigrants, etc., is added at the end of the Record, to which the reader's attention is directed. The historical sketch prepared by C. Heydrick, Esq., of Franklin, Pa., gives a faithful account of Caspar Schwenkfeld and his followers, and forms a very important part of the work. It is not, however, intended to take the place of the more elaborate work originally contemplated, the preparation of which, it is hoped, will, in some measure, be aided by our labors.

Those interested in getting up this work, indulge the hope that no one of the descendants will be so critical as to charge them with any dereliction of duty in not making it quite free from errors, for they issue it from the press with some diffidence, and hope that the errors may not be many.

W. A. YEAKLE,
C. A. YEAKLE,
JOSEPH YEAKLE,
CALEB HEYDRICK,
GEO. N. HEYDRICK,
WILLIAM YEAKLE,
FLOURTOWN, PA., July 5, 1879. CHARLES YEAKLE.