ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This project would not have been possible without the contributions of each every member of the family. A special thanks goes out to the following people:

Ken and Frances Martin, for their years of exhaustive research toward completion of their branch of the tree, for all the ’John Barwick’ Photos, and the ‘spackle’ where there were holes to fill,

(Auntie) Ann Barwick Wutkowski, for providing us with the links to her branch of the tree,

(Aunt) Nancy Barwick Megal, for her incredible memory, and the support she continued to give me throughout this endeavor,

(Uncle) Leroy Barwick, for managing to preserve the old family photographs from as far back as 1880, so that we could connect with faces instead of just names, and for his overall exuberance toward the search,

Christine Barwick, for making a trip to Portage and Marathon Counties to bring back photos of the Barwick grave markers and archived records,

To Teri, Mickey, and Randy, for jumping in and helping to gather the entire Barwick family in one place at one time,

To all the present and future Barwick/Barwig descendents that will help make this history a continuing work in progress,

Grandma Bertha, and the other Barwig ancestors whose spirits were always present to keep me focused,

My Wife, Bobbi, for letting me have all the extra time on the computer and the Internet,

and, last but not least,

my Mom and Dad, for being the inspiration for this project in the first place, and reminding me that, as it always was with them, family comes first, last, and in between.