There have been many Umholtzes who have worked on gathering this information down through the years. In essence though, the beginning of an organized Umholtz genealogy occurred with Mrs. Aubyne E. Umholtz. Aubyne collected information for 30 plus years, from 1940 to 1971 when she handed it down to her daughter, Mrs. Aubyne Umholtz Dolifka. Aubyne, whom some of you know as "Sue" continued to compile and gather information until very recently. In her last compiled "book" she indicates that she stopped in 1988 when I was lucky enough to be the recipient of the information she and her mother had gathered. I still periodically receive updates from her so I view the 1988 date with much skepticism(smile). Since much of the information that we find in the genealogy had its origins in the work done by the Aubynes and their contacts I find it only fitting to acknowledge, as Aubyne(Sue) did, as many of these people as possible. The following is from Aubyne's(Sue) book.

In Appreciation

"I am indebted to many people for the information contained herein. Most of the information was by word of mouth, which was verified by three other persons, old Family Bibles, tombstones, obituary notices and Church Records. Some of the Churches are: Swatara Reformed Church, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1740 - 1863 (film # 132 of Dr. Anstaett); St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Penna.; Lykens Valley Lower Church; David's Reformed Church, Klinger; Upper Paxtuany Township, Dauphin County, Penna. 1774 -1844; and Haoffman's Reformed Church, Dauphin Cunty, Penna., 1781 -1855.

Mrs. Elizabeth Umholtz Williard for Church Records

Mrs Bonnie Umholtz Pollock of Massachusetts and California supplied us with the 1850 ands 1860 Federal Census Records. Also the information on her parents, grandparents and great grandparents.

Raymond Scheib of Valley View, Penna. for information on most of the Scheibs throughout the book.

Mrs. Helen Emanuel of Aspers, Penna., for information on Esther Umholtz, who married Daniel Emanuel , and their family.

Mrs. Helen Catherine Umholtz Edmondson of Tyrone, Penna. for information on Michael Umholtz II, whose family went to Juniata County, Penna. and then on to Tyrone, Penna., where they settled.

Mrs Adah Aleine Mastin Smith, of Athens, Mich. for information on John Umholtz and Joseph Kelly Umholtz, who settled in Illinois.

Mrs. Grace Anderson of Kenosha, Wis. and Mrs. Leora Banner of Frederick Maryland, for information on Susanna Umholtz, who married Daniel Lautenschlager.

Mrs Leo Umholtz of Elizabethville, Penna. for information on Levi Umholtz and his family.

Joseph William Brown of Bera, Ohio, for information and pictures of Josiah Umholtz and family. Also for maps of the original land grants.

Jacqueline Kay Umholtz and her mother, Evelyn Caldwell Umholtz of Admire, Kan. for information on Samuel Edward's son Edward Lloyd, who went west to Iowa and then settled in Harvey County, Kan.. Also the information they received on Christian Umholtz, the booklet made by Albert Earl Umholtz, showing that Christian went to Reno County Kan.. His family ten moved on to Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Alice Louise Umholtz Grisier for pictures and stories on te Kansas Umholtzes.

Carl Eugene Umholtz and his wife, JoAnn of Liverpool, Penna., for the information on Harvey C. umholtz and family, who settled in Sunbury, Penna.

Ward Umholtz and his wife Edith of Williamstown, Penna., for the "Coat of Arms" and the story about the "Umholtz Chair"

Thanks to Joseph Roger Umholtz of Ebensburg, Penna., who has taken over the job of "historian" to continue in making this book a reality and putting this information into the computer.

And thanks to all others who have contributed to this book.

Mrs. Aubyne E. Umholtz(deceased) "Umholtz Tree" from 1940 to 1971

and

Mrs Aubyne Umholtz Dolifka "Umholtz Tree" from 1971 to 1988"

In addition I would like to add the following names to the Appreciation List:

Twila Kay Umholtz Colville, my sister, for spending many hours lost in the Library at Penn State.

Hannah Umholtz Green, my aunt, for birth certificates and photos of Umholtzes, Wolfgangs and Moyers back to the Civil War.

Edith Ritzman Gillette for information on the descendents of Henry Ritzman and Sara Umholtz

I am sure there are others I am not remembering at the moment and as they occur to me I will attempt to add their names here. As you can see there have been many people involved in gathering Umholtz Familiy Information through the years. I hope that there will be many more in years to come. Those of us who enjoy learning about our roots owe all of thes peole a debt of gratitude.