This encyclopedic history of the Trautman/Troutman family begins with Michael Trautmann, son of Sebastian and Catherina Trautmann of Schriesheim, Germany. About 150 years later, two of Sebastian's gt-grandsons, Hieronimus and Johannes Trautmann, came to America. This book is their story. Surnames: Anspach, Becker, Beidler, Blatt, Boyer, Dundore, Filbert, Forry, Foster, Gassert, Gerhard, Groff, Killmer, Kintzer, Knoll, Kurr, Leiss, Manbeck, Oxenreider, Reedy, Schoener, Snyder, Spannuth, Stober, Strauss, Wagner, Wertman, Wilhelm, Winter, and Zeller. (885pp. index. hardcover. Author, 1998.)