CALL FOR VOLUME COORDINATORS

To all of you out there doing research--get involved by helping publish YOUR Tritt line!  Our effort is to publish all known descendants of Hans Peter and Christian Tritt, and that includes YOU!  That said, each future volume of Tritt Family History needs "coordinators" to head the effort in preparing that volume for publication.  Are you interested in being involved with YOUR volume?

Here's what being a coordinator means.  You (and other researchers of your line) would work closely with your editor, and would be in charge of compiling the content of the book: Preparing the genealogical data, finding pictures, writing or assigning chapters to be written, ect.  The editor is mainly in charge of layout and proofing/rewriting, but will help to guide you.

Don't feel overwhelmed if you've never done anything like this before--the editor will help!  All you need to start is familiarity with the research you've done on your line, and a desire to get involved in publishing it!  Keep in mind that you don't need to worry about making anything look or sound professional.  That's the editor's job.  And there is a group of Tritt researchers who meet annually that can help you.

This is a really neat project to be involved with, and as monograph coordinators for Volume II, we're really enjoyed learning about the publication process.  Even more rewarding than that, however, has been the deep connection that we have developed with our ancestors.  Working on this book has helped us to see past the dates and places; and the same can happen for you!  Learning your ancestors' life stories, collecting their pictures and studying their time periods will help you to form a stronger bond of love for those who have gone before.

Contact Connie Tritt at either ctritt@comcast.net or 7 Ironstone Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015-9705 for more information or if you would like to volunteer.

TRITT HISTORY VOLUME III

"The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things..."
-from Alice In Wonderland

And so it has.  The time has come to speak of the contents of volume three of our continuing effort to put together the history of the Tritt Family descendants.  Volume III will contain most of the material we have collected thus far pertaining to the descendants of Henry Tritt (1744-1793), son of Christian Tritt (1719-1801), our immigrant ancestor.

The direct line of descendants to present day Berks County residents has been fairly well explored.  However, siblings and their lines of descendants are a work-in-progress and will continue on to publication.  These lines show the spread of the Tritt/Trate/Trait family to include Chester, Lancaster, Adams and York Counties as well.

Evidence has shown a history of weaving and weavers in the family that has been at the forefront of a fledgling industry as the area was being settled.  Some living today may have in their possession some items that have been produced by their own forefather's business.  This, in itself, would make a wonderful storyline for additional color and interest for inclusion in the book.

For this reason, we are asking for your input of memories and stories to add to the book.  Whatever it is that you remember or have heard about your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and their families, their particular habits, life patterns and/or idiosyncrasies, will be of particular interest in adding the color and flavor of the times in which they are living.  Please think about this and get it down in writing.  It will be important to YOUR descendants.  Your stories, true or not - we will never know otherwise.

Along with the above, religion played an important part in the everyday life of our ancestors. Most times, the chosen activity has been in the Lutheran or Reformed faiths.  This also is in our interest to bring forth, for their faith had an influence on the way they conducted their lives; and the way they lived is what we are interested in.

Being today, to record for posterity, what remembrances you may have of times past - or present.  Save them for your children by having them included in this book, which may also tie them to a much greater picture.  And, speaking of pictures, these are also a magnificent asset to any history publication. Dig them out and send us a copy - or we'll make a copy for you.

Send anything you produce to E. J . Trait, 2518 Vuelta Grande, Long Beach, CA 90815.