Book of the Wilders
Edition: Third Printing
Publisher: Justin E. Wilder
Published: 1998
Place of publication: 1322 E Douglas Street Goshen, Indiana 46526
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1585
Copyright date: 1998
Description: Third Printing

Dr. E.M. Wilder compiled his revision of the old 1878 Book of the Wilders covering the
        descendants of brothers, Thomas and Edward Wilder who came from England to the
        Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1638. Harold K. Wilder arranged for the typing
        and printing and mailed out loose-leaf pages in batches from 1963 to 1969. He
        turned the material over to me and I arranged for a small second printing in
        1975 - 1976. This third printing is one large, attractive and durable hardbound
        volume of 1585 total pages. It includes the Introduction, Picture Section,
        Thomas Line, Edward Line, Supplement of Unattached Branches and a complete new
        Index.

        I have incorporated much new information that I have received through my correspondence with many
        Wilder descendants and others in the twenty-two years since the last printing.
        One-third of the text pages are either new material or retyped with changes.
        This includes additional data that had not been available to Dr. E.M. Wilder,
        as well as correction of many errors. I was able to verify corrections to some
        errors and omissions by referring to Dr. Wilder's original data sheets. I made
        changes when the source showed that the new data was more reliable than the
        old. The Introduction includes the latest information that is known about our
        Wilder ancestors in England. Many of the families in the Supplement of
        Unattached Branches are connected to their proper place in the main part of the
        Book.

        This is not an extension of Dr. Wilder's genealogy. I have not added information on families
        born since Dr. Wilder completed his work. That would have been a larger task
        than I felt I could undertake. The new data is basically information that Dr.
        Wilder could have included if he had found it at the time. My role is to
        provide a channel through which many contributors could make improvements to
        the new Book that Dr. Wilder spent years compiling and which "Cousin"
        Harold K. Wilder promoted, printed and distributed back in the 1960s.