In recent years voluminous amounts of Ogle genealogical material has been collected by selected assistant editors, editorial coordinators and researchers from the membership of the Association. As editor-in-chief, Wayne has received material and analyzed data on more than 80,000 Ogle descendants, their spouses and hundreds of ancestral lines.

Inputting and formatting the data in computer form has been a difficult and time-consuming task.

A huge amount of work on existing records remains to be done—mostly editing and proofreading by the editorial review board—prior to actual publication. Editors want to include every family line possible, but the project can no longer be delayed.

With the following exceptions, new material is no longer being added to the family history. The exceptions are: Corrections to existing data; updates to existing files; and ancestral lines of old or new members of O/OFA whose family data have not been included in our master records. This measure is deemed necessary in order that the family history project can be brought to a close with the publication of the Ogle book (which may require two or more volumes). The final date for submission of photographs for the book will be set as publication date approaches. Notwithstanding the foregoing, everyone descended from any Ogle line is urged to submit his or her family records, including ancestors and descendants, in order that raw family data can be held in storage and later added to the master record.

Anyone not a member of O/OFA, who wishes to have his or her genealogy included in the book, should join the Association and provide Wayne with the necessary data - the more complete the data, the more valuable the final published product. Membership in O/OFA is not compulsory in order to have family data added to the forthcoming book, but many have benefited in numerous ways from the membership experience. For more information on how to join the O/OFA, click here.

Historical or genealogical information concerning any branch of the Ogle family that has not already been submitted to the editors should be forwarded without delay. Some withhold information on the grounds that they "don’t know who their Ogle ancestors are." O/OFA records are so extensive that editors are frequently able to locate those "missing links." Editorial coordinators who have accumulated and withheld information on specific branches of the family "until more information comes in" or "until the records are complete" should no longer delay the submission of these materials.

Send all records to:

Wayne Ogle
4 Oceans West Blvd., Apt. 502-C
Daytona Beach Shores, FL  32118
Phone: 904-756-6256
E-mail: waynelung@aol.com