Jacob Guengerich Family History


Book Description

Jacob Guengerich (or Gingerich) was born 3 August 1811 in Germany. He was the son of J. Guengerich and Barbara Schlabach. Jacob immigrated to the United States ca. 1831 and settled in the Amish community of Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Miller who was the daughter of Benedict Miller and Catherine Beachy. Jacob and Barbara were the parents of sixteen children. Descendants lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and elsewhere.










Mennonite Family History July 2015


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 Ten Year Index, 1982-1991


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A 52,640-name index to the past ten years of Mennonite Family History published from 1982 through 1991, this index includes surnames, authors of articles, subjects and every name mentioned in the articles. (170pp. Masthof Press, 1992.)




A Complement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Previously published by Magna Carta, Baltimore. Published as a set by Genealogical Publishing with the two vols. of the Genealogies in the Library of Congress, and the two vols. of the Supplement. Set ISBN is 0806316691.




Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War


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Explores the moral dilemmas faced by various religious sects and how these groups struggled to come to terms with the effects of wartime Americanization-- without sacrificing their religious beliefs and values.







Swartzentruber Family History


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Daniel Schwarzentruber (1806-1849) was a son of Vinzenz Schwarzentruber and Christina Gingerich, Mennonites. Daniel and his brother, Chris- tian, immigrated in 1819 from the Palatiante of Germany to Baltimore, Maryland. Daniel married Barbara Hochstetler (of Somerset County, Pennsylvania) and lived first in Maryland, later moving to Somerset County. In 1836 they moved to Holmes County, Ohio. Daniel Swarzen- truber Jr. (1842-1918) was born in Berlin, Ohio, and married four times, moving several times in Ohio and in 1862 to Davis County, Iowa. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, California, New York and elsewhere. Some descendants immigrated to Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. Others immigrated to Goias and elsewhere in Brazil, South America. Includes some family history and genealogical data about ancestors in Germany and some in Switzerland to about 1652.