The publication of our quarterly Wertz Newsletter began in January 1991. At first these six to ten page communiques were the vehicles for updating our Wertz book, which was published by the Heritage Book Company in 1990. Initially, our primary focus was the Wertz, Wert, Wirt, Wuertz, Virts, etc. families who immigrated to Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War. But over the years, as more and more cousins contacted us, we have branched out to gathering and publishing information and queries from those seeking facts on later emigrants, and those who settled early in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and New York. Most of these families have descendants in Ohio and other mid-western states. And all have spread their branches across the Mississippi, many as far as the West Coast, and some into Canada. Articles on all of these families have appeared in several of our "Wertz Relations" newsletters.
As new cousins have joined our research family, many have asked for back issues of the newsletter. In answer to their requests, we have compiled and indexed the first thirty (1991 throuth 1999) issues and they are now available on our "Family Wertz" CD. (Visit the Family WERTZ CD section of this web page to view an overview of the CD.)
We now have over 150 subscribers, and many others who have visited with us a time of two. If you are not receiving our newsletter, a complementary copy is available to all who send us their line of ancestry and snail mail address. Those who wish to subscribe, can do so by sending a $5.00 check, which covers postage and handling, for a full years publication, to Carolyn Choppin, Post Office Box 472411, Aurora, Colorado 80047.
