Ulrich Gindlesperger


Book Description

After a brief "European preface," the book identifies Ulrich's descendants, locates their lands in the Northkills, Somerset Co., Pa., and Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, Amish communities to ca1850. It names scores of other Amish-Mennonite families in those communities. It emphasizes the detailed location, citation, and analysis of all primary (and other) documentation and reproduces many public primary documents.




The Johannes Schwab Family


Book Description

The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.










Mennonite Family History July 2022


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.










The Aurandt Panorama, 1550-1982


Book Description

Johannes Aurandt (b.1725) immigrated to Philadelphia from the Palatinate via Rotterdam in 1753 with his wife, Anna Christina and four children. They settled in Cumberland County, Penn. where four more children were born, Christina died and Johannes married again. Includes the lineage of the author, lecturer and radio commentator of ABC news, "Paul Harvey", (born, Paul Harvey Aurandt). Includes some family history and genealogy to 1550.