Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies


Book Description

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.)




A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America, 1584 to 1937


Book Description

Andrew (Andreas) Kauffman (d.1743) migrated from Switzerland to the Palatinate of Germany, and then immigrated via Rotterdam to Philadelphia in 1717. He married twice and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere. Includes " ... miscellaneous lines of Kauffmans scattered throughout the country ... "







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


Book Description

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.




Zug/Zuck/Zouck/Zook Genealogy


Book Description

"... These pages do not contain a family history of the usual kind. The purpose ... is to interrelate the currently known facts concerning a small group of American immigrants who appear to have a common surname and to call attention to some remaining problems ... the book includes the male lines for at least five generations beginning with all Swiss-German Zaugg-Zug immigrants who arrived prior to 1800"-- (p. i).










Mennonite Family History July 2016


Book Description

Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.




Mennonite Family History January 2023


Book Description

Mennonite Family History is a quarterly periodical covering Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren genealogy and family history. Check out the free sample articles on our website for a taste of what can be found inside each issue. The MFH has been published since January 1982. The magazine has an international advisory council, as well as writers. The editors are J. Lemar and Lois Ann Zook Mast.