Genealogy Books

A thought-provoking mix of history and genealogy, the author brings to life the story of her own family who arrived in America on Sept. 21, 1742. Told through the eyes...

Invaluable tool to those researching the descendants of Barbara Hochstedler and Christian Stutzman. In the original work, families were given numbers, although thousands of children and unmarried adults were never...

Based on the descendants of George Kohl the German immigrant who settled in Cumru Twp., Berks Co., Pa., in the 1700s this book contains stories, maps, tavern petitions, taufscheins, genealogies,...

Part One of this book lists the nine consecutive owners of the Hostetter Homestead at Engleside, Lancaster County, PA, beginning with Immigrant Jacob Hostetter (c1690-1761), who was married to Anna...

In a follow-up to The Troyer European Heritage: An Examination of the Evidence (item #4336), this book begins with a review of the evidence about the life of the immigrant...

This Nagel family history contains data on over 2,550 descendants of Joachim and Catharine (Geiss) Nagel who emigrated from Germany in 1749. The family settled in present Berks Co., Pa....

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...

Addresses the historical origins and Christian convictions of the Amish and Mennonite Schlabachs in Europe with full-color illustrations. Immigration documents and church records document this heritage. (209pp. color illus. index....

A readable account of the Frantz (c1710-1783) & Anna (1712-c1810) (Tschantz) Tueller family: their background, their family, name variations, the setting in Switzerland (and marriage record), and the family in...

The true story of the Fox family’s journey from Germany, Switzerland, Alsace, and the Netherlands, and their arrival in the American Colonies. An alliance with the Baroness Schwarzenberger, whose close...

A true story of faith, hope, and love that truly abounds in this illustrated history of the following families, all with roots in the small town of Eich, Germany: Fox/Fuchs,...

The Hertzler-Hartzler Family Reunion met for 70 years from 1924-1994 with three years off over WWII. This illustrated history depicts many of the Reunion's activities; all the leaders' names; a...

With the subtitle "From the First Emigrant to This Country Down to the Present Time as Far as Could Be Ascertained," this reprint of the original 1896 and 1963 editions...

Subtitled "Family Names of Nine Generations, Approximately 247 Years" Reiffs, Horsts, Wengers, and other familiar Lancaster Co., Pa., surnames appear here tracing the family of Jonas Reiff m. Anna/Nancy Horst....

This family history on the Klahr/Klar family who were Swiss immigrants provides European background, but emphasizes 1752 Immigrant Johann Jacob Klahr who settled in Berks Co., Pa., where he first...

The true story of the descendants of the Knights Templar, beginning in 1495 with the Sinclair family (Grandmasters of the Knights) of France and Scotland; the Kennedys of Ireland, the...

Many Hertzler and Hartzler families were not listed in Hertzler Genealogy . . . (1885), or The Hertzler-Hartzler Family History (1952). Here the history of the other Hertzlers is presented:...

Reprint of the 1908 edition with a 15-page appendix of "Corrections and Supplemental Data to the Families of the Herr Brothers and Their Children to No. 38," by Dr. Philip...

This book covers the first 4 generations of the Shenk family as it moved out from the Pequea settlement in 1717. It includes pictures of over 20 Shenk historical houses...