A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS
To all of you who have contributed pictures, data, and documents to the Family CELLE, a heart felt thanks. More than most fields this requires the efforts and contributions of many many people. Without your help and input it never would have happened.
Much of what you have sent made it on this volume, but occasionally we received some records that we felt will work better with the information we are including on the second volume. So please be assured, we have found great value in all your contributions, and if you didn't find them here, look for them on "The Family CELLE" Volume 2. And please continue to send us your original documents, stories, and pictures. As long as we receive them by May of year 2000, they will make it on the next publication.
Ours is an on going endeavor. As long as the research continues, and there are cousins who are willing to share their treasures with others, we will continue to combine their information with the results of our efforts and, when appropriate, publish it for the benefit of all our family.
Again, our many thanks to all who have contributed their time, talents, and materials to the SELL family research and the creation of "The Family CELLE" CDs. Our greatest joy comes when someone contacts us in an emotional high and thanks us as they explain that they found "the missing link" in one of our newsletters or CD Libraries. Thank You! And remember, if you haven't found your "missing link" it just may be in the next book, on the next page, buried in the next chest, or even on the next web page.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE:
Early in the creation of "The Family CELLE" it became obvious that a second volume would be necessary. Following the completion of the first CD Carolyn finshed her never before published "Celle Family Book". For years she has distributed bits and pieces of it, but never the complete work. In addition, we are working on modules that will cover the Sell Family Frakturs, Sell Family Reunions, Past and Present, the Amish Sells, Sells in the Limelight, (family members that have made their mark on the world), and much more.
In the summer of 2000 we published "The Family CELLE" Volume 2. Together these two CDs make the most comprehensive library of Cell/Sell family history every compiled.
If our cousins find "The Family CELLE" Family History Library beneficial, and as more records are uncovered, the collective work of all our extended will determine the contents and time frame of "The Family CELLE" Volume 3.
In the meantime, Happy Hunting: Michael and Carolyn Choppin
