Growing up, one of the joys of any child was to sit down with an elder and look through the family photo albums. Little stories would be told and a child would laugh at the "funny clothes." With the advent of the digital world, photo albums are becoming a thing of the past. A small child can't sit down and "browse" through photographs on a computer. It's just not the same. The photographs within this album were not even in an album, but had been scattered among various boxes of family papers, and some were in the hands of other family members. (And those family members are to be thanked for sharing their treasures.) Some of the photos were in bad shape. Some were not identified. Every effort has been made to restore the photos and correctly identify each person. However, errors may have occurred. Here, in this book, are the remains of our Gingerich family albums. Sit down and page through this "album" and share with your family. Again, a hearty "thank-you" to those who were so kind as to share their treasured memories.