Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a Complete Genealogical Family Register: With Biographies of Their Descendants From the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time
Consequently during the winter of 1872 he Visited among the connection in Bucks, Co., Pa., collecting such facts, and data as were accessible. It was the original intention to prepare a history of his own branch of the family only, but having been deeply interested in the work himself, he also naturally awakened a like interest in individuals of the other branches. It was then decided to make the history a general one, by collecting, and introducing all facts that could be so arranged without making the work too expensive and voluminous. The actual work however of compiling this history was not begun until the spring of 1888. The task, an arduous one, was undertaken none too soon.
It should have been begun years ago, while there were yet living those of the third generation, who could have given more satisfactory information of the early ancestors that would be of great interest, and value to the work. But which with their demise is forever lost. Already the ancestral thread was lost to many who were unable to trace their lineage farther than to the grandfather, or were totally unaware of the fact that they were in any way connected with the Fretz family.
Had the author been aware of the gigantic pro portions the work would assume, in tracing the branches and whereabouts of many of the descend ants, and collecting the necessary information, it is more than probable the work would never have been undertaken. It is to be regretted that the records are not more complete in many of the branches. Owing to a lack of interest in the matter, some, for reasons best known to themselves, failed to respond to inquiries for information concerning their respect ive families, thereby causing these defects.
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