All of us need roots. It is interesting to see what has grown from ours during
the past eighteen years since the publication of "Descendants of Johann Peter
Lembrich" in 1974. We are glad to share what we have learned with you, our dear
friends and relatives, now scattered to many parts of the world. This organized
root system can be an introduction of the Lembrich descendants to each other.
We hope you will enjoy using the book. There are several spellings of the
family name: Lambright, Lembright, Lembrich, Lemberich, Lembrecht, Lamberech,
Lemperig. In the census records we saw yet other spellings.
If you are acquainted with other family record books, this one needs little
explanation. Each descendant is given a number when he or she first appears in
the record. It appears before the name. The number following a name refers to
the parents of that person, and tells where to find them. Sometimes stillborns
and some other children who died soon after birth, were not given numbers. In a
few cases letters were added to numbers to handle late alterations to the
manuscript. Even with great effort, because of the enormity of this project and
our human fraility, it has been very difficult to be totally consistent and
correct. If occupations were listed for both spouses, we listed first the
occupation of the name appearing in capitals. The same is generally true for
religious affiliations, although in this case, there is more irregularity. If
both partners indicated the same religious affiliation, we listed it only once.
The descendants of each of the eight children brought to the USA by Peter are
recorded in separate sections of the book. We have provided an index at the
back of the book. Here married couples will appear twice; once with the name of
the descendant first, followed by the marriage partner's name and also in the
reverse. The number following the names in the index refers to family, or
entry, not page.
In the interest of using less space, we have used abbreviations extensively.
Here is a list of some we used.
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