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Introduction
Years have passed and as some of you know, this project got bogged down for various reasons (one of which was the sheer volume of material you all sent me in response to the first draft), -- I became frustrated knowing I had all that wonderful material and at the time could not continue with the project. It is just now that I am resuming work on the project. I assure you that sooner or later more than is now covered will be and everybody whose picture is missing will be included .I apologize to those who sent so much material but which I still have not the time to do justice to.
The project includes gathering the information (amply done), integrating that information into the original text written by Pauline Shernicoff, and scanning or otherwise incorporating all those wonderful pictures (in progress now), which is my idea of what will make this a more interesting book for kids of future generations to browse, and maybe even read. Without interesting photos and family tree diagrams (and things like that), books like this tend to get shelved and forgotten.
Present Goals
This release is a special edition produced for the April 20 celebration of the birthday's of Yvette, Pauline and of Jules. It precedes a 1rst release for general distribution which will follow.
Another goal is to set up a mechanism for maintaining the Chayt Family History Database, begun, largely by Toby Hanover, and now being updated by (this work is in a standard GEDCOM database).
Finally it would be nice to periodically update this book, which requires the skills of a publisher but which is can be done by any competent contemporary computer user with a flair for publishing. I will try to do this as long as I can - but solicit the assistance of the youngsters in the family who might really enjoy doing this. I will teach anyone willing to make the commitment whatever I know of the skills.
Conclusion
In conclusion let me say that with the proliferation of home Personal Computers, and access to PCs and to the Internet World Wide Web, I am hoping to hear from some of the younger generation who are conversant in this stuff, and would have an interest in carrying on this project, both with me, and after I'm gone! To that end, after I would like to see this a living document, always due for a new edition, as the years go by and things change.
I hope someone will take up this job after me.
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