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be given approximately only, and traditions in the
different branches of the family in regard to the
same event do not always correspond. . . .
The design has been to to present but
a brief work. To extend the genealogies beyond the
fifth (American) generation would make this work quite
extensive. The author considers his duty at least
partially discharged in furnishing a concise statement
of his subject, which may form a trunk upon which
branches of individual families may easily be grafted
by future genealogists.
Meyer, Henry, "Genealogy of the
Meyer Family." Cleveland, Ohio: Lauer &
Matill (1890).
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My father, Walter Logan Fry, undertook to
bring the Fry family genealogy and history up to date in
the later days of his life; and he gathered books, records,
and information from his brothers and sisters, and other
sources, both public and private. As was the case with his ancestor, Henry Meyer,
it may have been for his "own use and satisfaction;"
but whatever the motivation, he never got it organized in such
a way as to advance it to publication.
During the period 1978-80, following his death,
I studied the materials and created a pedigree chart; and
still have a large, now tattered, chart made from ten, taped
together sheets from a legal pad. The project then again
became dormant.
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