Excerpt from The History of the Wagenseller Family in America: With Kindred Branches In presenting this volume of family history to the public and especially to those most interested in its con tents, the author feels a great pleasure, but mingled with this he finds a strong under current of regret. The data long ere this should have been collected and preserved. Now, alas! We know not how much has been lost. The information now obtainable concerning the revered founder of our family in America is very meagre, butwe still hope that time and research will yet reveal some important ih formation so much coveted. The argument was used by some of our good friends that the publication of this vol ume should be delayed in order to secure more time and hence additional Opportunity to make further research. This idea is a good one, but in order to get the book pub lished, it was necessary not only for the author to con tribute his services, but to select a time and Opportun ity to publish the book at a minimum cost in order to avoid the unfortunate condition of a losing venture, which, even with the strictest economy, is not yet assured. With allthis the author was compelled to rob his business of much valuable time in order to accomplish this result. Hence, any additional delay would militate too much up on time that requires a more substantial reward. It is a pleasure, then, that so much has been accomplished, but a regret that so much must be left unearthed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.