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This is a helpful and practical guide for researchers to deal with German names both within Germany and when they have been transplanted into America. Much more information including various...

John Slonaker (1779-1814) of Arna, Switzerland, m. Verena "Fannie" Lichty (1781-1868). They had 6 children: Barbara Slonaker m. David Sommers; Peter Slonaker m. Jacobina King; John Slonaker m. Barbara Schlatter;...

This is the story of emigration from one Swiss village, Affoltern am Albis. The reasons for this emigration were twofold: the Mennonites left for religious reasons; the Reformed left for...

Christian Augspurger (1782-1848) of France m. Katharina (Kathryn) Hauter (1784-1847) of Bavaria. Both died in Butler Co., Ohio. They had 14 children together. Frequent surnames: Baughman, Iutzi, Kennel, Kinsinger, Schrock,...

This issue contains the following articles and [surnames]: From Central France to Central Illinois: Locating Our "Missing" Families [Risser, Roth, Zimmerman, Bertrand]; From Zimmermann to Zimmerman: Eight Generations of an...

The Nicholas Stoltzfus House is a treasure for the thousands of descendants living today. Each year more and more people come to visit as it is considered to be one...

This every-name index to the 1911 Mast Family History (item #382) by C. Z. Mast, was compiled because the original book's index was not complete. Researchers using the first book...

To Europe in 1908, around the world and on a cattle boat to Europe in 1952, this booklet tells the story of Amish traveler Jonathan B. Fisher. Fortunately, Fisher kept...

Filled with wholesome true stories of the author's daughters growing up in Ontario, Canada, these tales will warm you and draw your heart to the Father. Pour into the souls...

The AAZ (General Emigration Newspaper), published from 1846-1871, included lists of emigrants. Only part of the multitude of entries about Germans abroad were selected for this book, namely those in...

Geared to elementary school-age children, this chapter book is about a young squirrel who is nuts about genealogy. The tale describes a concept of genealogy record-keeping; but, more importantly, it...

Collection of poems inspired by the beauty of God has blessed our earth. Poems: He's Alive, The Prodigal, and The Ten Commandments, are especially inspirational. (181pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2006...

Prior to 1813, these townships were actually in parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Dauphin Cos., Pa. These tax lists cover East Hanover, Hanover, and West Hanover Twps. for the period...

Each family group record in this impressive volume includes the name(s) of the immigrant(s), ship arrival data, European villages of origin (including earlier Swiss residences where given), data on each...

The emigration from Grossgartach brought immigrants to Pa. before 1727. One of the emigrants from this village was an ancestor of President Dwight David Eisenhower, and several other immigrants were...

Early tax records contain a wealth of sociological, historical, and genealogical information and help to identify population and economic changes of our ancestors. This collection of records in what is...

An illustrated and well-annotated overview of the English, German, and Swiss architectural designs found in southeastern Pa. You'll view houses, barns, furniture, smokehouses, icehouses, springhouses, summerhouses, privies, bake ovens, caves,...

Amishman Peter Leibundgutt/Livengood (d. 1826) kept an interesting financial journal of personal and business transactions between 1758 and 1824. A weaver, Peter is thought to be the first Amishman to...

Detailed statistics on life between 1850 and 1880 cover how many "milch" cows, working oxen, bushels of wheat and Indian corn, pounds of tobacco, bales of ginned cotton, value of...