Family History and Genealogy of Pioneer Jacob Beiler (1698-1771)


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Pioneer Jacob Beiler, a native of Switzerland, emigrated to America on October 8, 1737. He was accompanied by his wife Veronica (or Feronica) and five children Barbara, Anna, Christopher, Maria and Elizabeth. They travelled on the ship "Charming Nancy" which sailed out of Rotterdam, Holland. They settled in Berks County, Pa. where they embraced the Amish way of life. His wife died soon after reaching America, 1737-1738. He then married Elizabeth Kallen, the daughter of Hans and Anna Kallen. They were the parents of Jacob, John (Johann), Sarah, Joseph, and David. This family did not live the Amish way of life. Pioneer Jacob died in 1771.




Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies


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This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)







The Huber-Hoover Family History


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Hans Huber emigrated from Switzerland to Germany and then to Pennsylvania before 1735. He died in 1750. Some descendants moved to the Midwest and elsewhere.







Kinship Concealed


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From the pain of religious persecution to the horrors of slavery, followed by the inhumanities of Black codes and Jim Crow, Kinship Concealed sheds light on a mixed race family's struggle to reach its view of the American dream.




A Brief History of Bishop Jacob Mast and Other Mast Pioneers


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with Biographies of their Descendants from the earliest available records to the present time; with Portraits and other illustrations.




Montbéliard Mennonite Church Register 1750-1958


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Transcription/translation of 200-year church record book from the Montbéliard Mennonite church (France). Includes source documents related to Amish Mennonite communities in France. Detailed genealogical information related to over 45 surnames, including many North American immigrants. Indexed for emigration, place names and personal names.