This encyclopedic volume covers 236 Amish immigrants who settled in Waldeck and Hesse in Germany. Descendants of these immigrants are traced for those persons married by 1865. The most frequent surnames include Allgayer, Bauman, Beck, Bender, Brenneman, Buercky, Dieffenbach, Donner, Eash, Eckardt, Ehrismann, Farmwald, Fisher, Gartner, Gingerich, Hellmuth, Holly, Honderich, Kahn, Kempf, Kennel, Kinsinger, Kraenbull, Kramer, Mehl, Miller, Nafziger, Orendorf, Oswald, Otto, Petersheim, Roth, Schantz, Schlabach, Schwartzentruber, Shetler, Sommer, Stuhly, Tice, Unzicker, Wehrey, Yoder, Yost, and Yutzy. (231pp. index. hardcover. Author, 1993.)