July 2006 Supplement

Another Hand on Mine; The Amazing Story of Dr. Carl K. Becker, the Pennsylvania Doctor Who Gave Up Everything To Become a Missionary Doctor in Congo by William J. Petersen
This inspiring story of a Lancaster Co., Pa., native, despite all odds, dreamed of going to medical school and ended up deep in the heart of Congo’s Ituri forest amidst witch doctors, superstitions, and rampant leprosy. Read of many answered prayers!
Item #2991. 229pp. illus. Author, 2005 reprint of 1967 ed. $14.99.

Aren’t We Having Fun Dying?!
by Gertrude M. Slabach
Mom Slabach found out she was dying of cancer and shares her story here with love and power! Walk with her through her pain and calling out to God right up to Heaven’s door. The story’s candor and transparency certainly contribute to its power.
Item #2983. 136pp. illus. Author, 2005. $12.95.

Beside the Still Waters
by Grace Wenger Ebersole
A collection of devotional meditations on the experiences of this mother/grandmother living near Chambersburg, Pa. They share her own life coupled with Scripture and provide insights and encouragement for your daily walk with God.
Item #2993. 60pp. Author, 2005. $8.00.

Carmack’s Guide to
Copyright and Contracts
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Written for genealogists in layman’s terms, this book helps us to determine what rights we have to our own genealogical discoveries; when do we need to ask someone’s permission to reprint their work; what are works in the public domain and how do we find them; and can we tape lectures without the speaker’s permission?
Item #3010. 119pp. index. Gen. Pub. Co., 2005. $15.95.

The Descendants of Peter and
Sophia (Lauer) Ruth
by Jack Akerboom and Anna Ruth Salzman
This encyclopedia of family history on the Ruth family is a collection of thousands of names representing years of research. Early history of both the Ruth and Lauer/Lower family is traced to Germany. The Peter Ruth/Roodt family arrived in Pa. in 1733. In 1761, Peter Ruth of Cumru Twp., Berks Co., Pa., was naturalized declaring he had observed communion at Hain’s Church in Berks Co., Pa. Children married: Epler, Hain, Krick, Moser, and Schell.
Item #1327. 1,004pp. hardcover. Author, 1994. $17.50 plus an additional $3.00 to postage.

Directory of the Weaverland
Conference Mennonite Churches
This is the fifth edition of members and their families who attend the Weaverland Conference Mennonite Churches located in Pa., Va., Mo., N.Y., Wisc., and Ia., along with maps identifying where each church is located. Names and dates of parents and children, address, phone number, and church name are included for each family. The Appendix lists all ordinations from 1750 through 2004 in the Weaverland Conference.
Item #3003. 772+40pp. hardcover. 2005. $22.95.

Early Landowners of Pennsylvania:
Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Fayette County, Pennsylvania
by Sharon and Angus MacInnes
This atlas presents warrantee maps of tracts which the Penn family, and then the Commonwealth of Pa., sold to the first settlers of Fayette Co., Pa. Starting in 1907, draftsmen drew connected maps from the original deeds of the earliest purchasers of tracts completing about one-third of Pa. counties before the project ended.
Item #3011. 406pp. index. Closson Press, 2005. $30.00.

Early Ohio Settlers
This collection of Ohio genealogical records (on a CD) refers to over 165,000 individuals and contains everything from vital records to biographies of early Ohio settlers. It is based on marriage records, cemetery inscriptions, genealogies, censuses, biographies, tax lists, newspaper abstracts, and vital records—some dating as early as 1787 when the Northwest Territory was opened to settlement, or from 1803 when Ohio became a state. It includes the 1810 Ohio tax list, and valuable reference books on Ohio.
Item #3012. CD. Gen. Pub. Co., 2005. $29.99

Family of Peter and Elizabeth
(Yoder) Hershberger (1810-2002)
by David Miller
The Amish-Mennonite Hershberger family descend from Immigrant Christian Hershberger who came to America in 1737 with his family and settled in Berks Co., Pa. This impressive volume covers the descendants of Peter and Elizabeth (Yoder) Hershberger who had four children. Frequent surnames in the index include: Beachy, Bontrager, Burkholder, Byler, Chupp, Coblentz, Gingerich, Hochstetler, Kempf, Lambright, Lee, Lichty, Mast, Miller, Mullett, Petersheim, Raber, Schlabach, Schrock, Schwartz, Shetler, Shrock, Slabaugh, Stutzman, Swartzen-truber, Troyer, Wengerd, Yoder, and Zook.
Item #2997. 1,100pp. index. hardcover. Author, 2002. $39.50 plus an additional $3.00 postage.

Forgotten Pennsylvania Textiles of the 18th and 19th Centuries by Marjie Thompson, Kathleen L. Grant, and Alan G. Keyser
Identifies tablecloths, hand towels, grain bags, and coverlets that were weaved in southeastern Pa. and place them into their historical context within the Pa. German community.
Item #3006. 46pp. illus. Linen Press, 2005. $15.95.

Genetic Genealogy
DNA Testing Dictionary
by Charles F. Kerchner, Jr.
Definitions of words, terms, acronyms, abbreviations, and pronunciation guide for esoteric words used in Genetic Genealogy DNA testing to aid traditional genealogical research. Contains hundreds of definitions and figures—all a great resource for beginners in this rapidly evolving new field created by genealogists by using genetics, and in particular DNA testing, to aid their traditional genealogical research.
Item #3013. 70pp. illus. Author, 2004. $9.95.

From
Switzerland
to America
by Joan Landis
A delightful collection of full-color folk-art paintings showing the author’s Landis family heritage from Anabaptist Hans Landis (1553-1614) of Hirzel, Switzerland, who was beheaded as an Anabaptist preacher. The author also includes paintings on her immigrant, Johannes Heinrich and Elizabeth (Hirt) Landis, who came to Pa. in 1717 and was baptized in 1723 by Peter Becker. Widow Elizabeth married Henry Endt and moved to the Ephrata Cloister. Son, Henry Hirt Landis moved to Ringoes, N.J. Paintings of Ringoes plus descendants of families moving to Va. and Ohio are beautiful!
Item #2984. 16pp. full color throughout. Masthof Press, 2005. $9.95.

History of the Church of Jesus Christ—Namely the Old Evangeli-cal and Mennonite Churches
by John Bartch
First published in 1898 in German and now for the first, it is translated into English. Subtitled “From the Time of the Apostles to the Present,” it traces the history of the Christian Church beginning at the time of the Apostles and continuing to Constantine to Peter Waldo to the Reformation and Menno Simons to today.
Item #3000. 146pp. illus. 2005. $9.95.

Katie’s Last Book—Katie Yoder Lind
ed. by Margaret
Shetler, Loren Lind, and Mary Ellen Lind
Fascinating stories about Katie’s grandmother, mother, and aunts, and their “made from scratch” recipes of the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn to know her grandparents, Jacob K. and Catherine Yoder, with the genealogy of the extended Yoder clan. Enjoy following their family trip from Iowa to Oregon and back in the rear seat of a 1918 Model T Ford.
Item #2992. 334pp. hardcover. Editors, 2005. $20.00.

Katya
by Sandra Birdsell
In this compelling and beautifully descriptive novel, the story of a girl in czarist and revolutionary Russia naively believes her privileged lifestyle as the dau. of a prosperous Mennonite Russian overseer cannot be destroyed. In fact, her illusions are cruelly shattered when the Bolsheviks and the Russian peasantry aggressively turn against the affluent German-rooted Mennonites. When most of her family and friends are murdered, she learns the harsh lessons of survival. This historical novel of the Russian Revolution is a reminder of a permanently vanished place, time, and way of life.
Item #3005. 373pp. hardcover. dust jacket. Milkweed Ed., 2004. $24.00.

The Lehman Family, 1556-18th Century; Langnau,Switzerland, in the Emmental
by Joyce Lemon Dunn
This reference book on the Lehman family traces families from 1556 to today referencing a lot of early European records with commentary on other Lehmans and their relationship. Frequent surnames include: As(ch)hliman, Bürcki, Gerber, Hofer, Hofstetter, Jost, Moser, Müller, Neüenschwander, Rötlisperger, and Schwartz. Two large fold-out genealogy charts also appear at the back of the book.
Item #2978. 168pp. index. Masthof Press, 2005 reprint of 2003 ed. $10.95


Let These Stones Speak: A Genealo-gical Guide to Lancaster County’s Families Based on
Cemetery Research: Volume 4—Millersville Borough
by Darvin L. Martin and Regina Christ-man Martin
These four CDs contain over 12,000 photos of every tombstone in Millersville Borough, Lancaster Co., Pa., arranged alphabetically and by location for 18,953 persons buried in the following cemeteries: Bethany Lutheran, Grace United Methodist, Herr Family, Millersville Mennonite, St. Paul Lutheran, Ziegler Family, and Zion Reformed.
Item #2994. 4 CDs. Historic Impressions Press, 2005. $59.95.

Letters of the Amish Division:
A Sourcebook
translated and edited by John D. Roth
with the assistance of Joe Springer
The letters included in this source collection have a long and complicated history written in the heat of controversy in the so-called Amish division of 1693. They circulated as a means of defending or attacking specific positions. Long after the tensions of the division subsided, these continued to be read by Amish and Mennonites.
Item #3008. illus. Mennonite Hist. Soc., 2002. $10.00.

Margaret’s Print Shop
by Elwood E. Yoder
A third generation printer, Margaret runs a small print shop in Germany in 1525 when she is asked to print literature for the Lutherans and Anabaptists. This historical fiction will introduce you to Conrad Grebel, George Blaurock, Hans Hut, and other early Anabaptist leaders. Will Margaret accept believers baptism and join the Anabaptists?
Item #2990. 328pp. Herald Press, 2005. $14.99

MennoFolk2; A Sampler of Mennonite and Amish Folklore
edited by Ervin Beck
Seventeen studies of folklore that represent small subgroups of Mennonites and Amish including bedtime stories, horse-trading stories, variety of nicknames, etc., take us on an intriguing journey. Menno-Folk; Mennonite and Amish Folk Traditions (#2852, $15.99).
Item #3016. 232pp. Herald Press. $15.99.

Mennonite
Family
History—2004
A bound set of the four MFH issues published in 2004 along with the every-name index provides a good reference set of genealogical data assembled in one unit.
Item #3002. illus. 2005. $22.50

Mirror of the Reformation
by Titus B. Hoover, Sr.
In an effort to share the beliefs and teachings of early Anabaptist leaders, this book includes chapters on the ban, shunning, baptism, Menno Simons, co-elders of Menno Simons, Dirk Philips, etc.
Item #2981. 90pp. Author. $4.95.

New Moon Over
Slick Rock Hollow
by Martha Stoltzfus
Subtitled “Notes in the Life of a Mountain Preacher’s Wife,” this book is a collection of the author’s life in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Martha’s husband, Wesley, died several years after Martha wrote her first book, Hope in the Deepest Hollow (#2276 which sells for $12.50).
Item #2979. 220pp. Author, 2005. $12.95.

Pennsylvania Biographies and
Genealogies, 1600s-1800s
This CD names 315,000 individuals who lived primarily in southeastern and southwestern Pa. during the colonial and early federal periods. Historical sketches, essays, biographies, and genealogies of these early Pa. families (mainly Quakers, Scotch-Irish, and German) are the ancestors of hundreds of thousands of individuals living today. Books included on this CD: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pa. (Jordan), Pa. Genealogies, Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Egle), Ohio Valley Genealogies (Hanna), A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny Co., Pa. (Cushing), A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks Co., Pa. (Davis), Biographical and Genealogical Sketches from Central Pa. (Godcharles), A Biographical History of York Co., Pa. (Gibson), A Biographical History of Lancaster Co., Pa. (Harris), A Biographical History of Greene Co., Pa. (Bates), Fayette Co., Pa. Biographies (Wiley), Families of Beaver Co., Pa. (Richard), Index to the Encyclopedia of Pa. Biography (Godcharles and Stock), Some of the First Settlers of the Forks of the Delaware (Kieffer), and Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks (Roberts).
Item #3014. CD. Gen. Pub. Co., 2005. $39.99.

Pennsylvania Births:
Dauphin County, 1757-1825
by John T. Humphrey
Dauphin Co., Pa., was formed in 1785 from parts of Lancaster, Berks, and much of present Lebanon Co. These birth records were primarily found in early German Reformed and Lutheran church registers. Each entry lists the name of the infant, the date of birth/baptism, the name of father and mother, and source or church record where information was found.
Item #2998. 323pp. hardcover. Author, 2005. $28.00.

The Ransom of Christ
by Peter Jansz and trans. by Titus B. Hoover, Sr.
Peter Jansz (1565-1636) of Twisk at Hoorn in Holland, wrote this book in 1624. Peter was born four years after Menno Simons died and became the leading elder as a gifted speaker explaining what it cost Christ to save us.
Item #2980. 240pp. 2003. $9.95.

The Relations of Milton Snavely Hersehy
by Lawrence Berger-Knorr
Milton Snavely Her-shey (1857-1945) had no heirs, but he had many Pa. German cousins (including many Mennonites). This book details the ancestry of Milton Hershey and nearly 10,000 relations spanning the 1500s in Switzerland to the present day. Most frequent surnames in the index include: Baer/Bar/Barr/Bear, Barkey, Beidler, Betzner, Bomberger, Brackbill, Brubacher/Brubaker, Bucher, Buck-walter, Cassel, Diehl, Dohner, Ebersole, Eby, Erb, Fox, Gehman, Good, Groff, Hackman, Herr, Hertzler, Hess, Hoover, Horst, Kauffman, Kendig, Kreider, Kurtz, Landis, Long, Martin, Mellinger, Meyer, Miller, Musser, Ober, Ranck, Shenk, Sherk, Stauffer/Stoffer/Stouffer, Strickler, Trump, Weaver/Weber, Wolf, and Zimmerman
Item #3007. 571pp. index. Sunbury Press, 2005. $29.95.

Records of the Lutheran Church,
Herschberg, Germany, 1755-1839
by Robert C. Greiner
The church records of Herschberg includes entries for baptism, marriage, death, and confirmation, and reveal the names of families who emigrated in the 1830s to Stark and Portage Cos., Ohio. Includes villages of residence, occupations, and illnesses.
Item #2999. 200pp. index. Author, 2005. $18.00.

The Revelation
by Beverly Lewis
Bittersweet and inspiring, The Revelation is a suspenseful fiction story of long-awaited forgiveness, undying love, and elusive second chances in Pa.’s Amish country. Concludes Abram’s Daughters series.
Item #3004. 345pp. Bethany House Pub., 2005. $12.99.

Testing the Spirits; A Handbook for
Applying I John 4
by J. Edward Kurtz
This book provides practical teaching on how to test spirits and gives examples of spirits being tested by explaining the I John 4 passage in the N.T.
Item #3001. 44pp. Author, 2005. $9.00.

Trailblazing in Penn’s Woods
by Carrie Bender
Dannie and Susie Petersheim delve into a box of books given to them by a neighbor and learn about Dorothea Marguerite who travels to America with her mother. Sadly, her mother dies at sea and Dorothea finds herself alone in a strange new land. Kind friends, Christian and Anna Herr give her a home in Grasdaudy Hans Herr’s house near Lancaster, Pa., before she travels westward with her uncle through the thickets of Penn’s Woods. A heart-rending capture by the Indians is followed by an exciting rescue by a young trapper whom she eventually marries.
Item #3018. 114pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2005. $7.95.

To the Latest Posterity; Pennsylvania-German Family Registers in the Fraktur Tradition
by Corinne and Russell Earnest
Traces the history of Pa.-German family registers made from 1720 to the present. Used to document marriages, offspring, and other family data, these registers also incorporate hand-illuminated decorative art. Includes a comprehensive glossary.
Item #3017. 192pp. illus. index. hardcover. Russell D. Earnest Assoc., 2005. $45.00.

Transatlantic Voyages, 1600-1699
by David Dobson
Using primary and secondary sources in Europe and America, Dobson has compiled evidence of voyages from Scandinavia, Germany, Netherlands, France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Island bound for North America and the West Indies from 1600 through 1699.
Item #3015. 114pp. illus. Clearfield Co., 2004. $12.50.

The Warrant Maps of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
by Geri Gilbert
This genealogical aid for researchers with Lancaster Co., Pa., ancestors (41 townships) is an important tool in the search for progenitors. Not only is each warrant map printed in this over-size book, an every-name index of everyone appearing on these early maps is published here for the first time! The author worked for many years in the Archives of the Lancaster Co. Courthouse and there discovered the usefulness and importance of using patent maps. For instance, it is possible, by adjusting the scale of current maps to overlay onto the patent maps, that we notice the boundaries of the properties from yesteryear appear as roads of today.
Listed information available on the tracts of land and shown in this book include: Survey Reference, Warrantee Name, Acreage, Warrantee Date, Survey Date, Patentee Date, Patentee Name, Patent Reference, Name given to land if applicable—not always given, and Coordinates.
Item #2982. 106pp. illus. index. Author, 2005. $32.00 plus an additional $2.00 for shipping.

Writing the Amish;
The Worlds of John A. Hostetler
ed. by David L. Weaver-Zercher
Four reflective essays by Donald Kraybill, Simon Bronner, David Weaver-Zercher, and John A. Hostetler himself are in the first half of the book about Hostetler. The second half reprints in chronological order fourteen key writings by Hostetler with commentaries and annotations by Weaver-Zercher.
Item #3009. 351pp. illus. hardcover. Pa. German Soc., 2005. $34.95.