The Reeser Family History


Book Description

John Reeser was born about 1730 to Swiss parents living in exile from their native land. He spent his early years in France. He came to America in 1751 arriving at the port of Philadelphia. By 1757 he was living in Derry Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Reeser home- stead is located in Conewago Twp. (prior to 1850 Derry Twp.), Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Descendants live mainly in Pennsylvania. Members of this family are mennonites. Includes Ohio Rissers and other Reeser/Risser/Reesor immigrants that came to Colonial Pennsylvania from Germany between 1727-1753 and who settled mainly in Illinois and Missouri.




A Brief History of Bishop Jacob Mast and Other Mast Pioneers


Book Description

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




Mennonite Family History January 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 January 2019


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.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


Book Description

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.




Mennonite Family History July 2017


Book Description

This issue contains the following articles and [surnames]: Opportunity and Conscience: Mennonite Immigration to Pennsylvania; The Gerber-Vandersaal Cemetery Restoration [Gerber, Vandersaal]; Tempelhof Today [Holly, Ingold]; Update on the Troyer Family [Troyer]; Representing Those Who Moved: Peter Zehr (1874-1960) and Katherine Jantzi (1879-1954) of Ontario, Nebraska, and Oregon, Part III: Peter and Katie Themselves [Zehr, Jantzi]; J. A. Ressler from Lancaster to Scottdale, Pennsylvania [Ressler]; Daniel Shidler (1787-1864), Brethren Farmer in Pennsylvania and Ohio, Part V: The Shidlers' Year in Richland County, Ohio [Shidler, Addleman]; Query on the Schlegel/Slagel Family [Schlegel, Slagel]; Hunting Our Common Zimmermann Ancestor: Combining 21st-Century Genetics With 16th- and 17th-Century Church Records, Part I [Zimmermann, Carpenter]; Query on the Jung/Young Family [Jung, Young]; Colonial Mennonite Immigrants to Eastern Pennsylvania. Browse sample pages here.







Mennonite Family History April 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.




Proper Family History


Book Description

Johann Jost Proppert/Propper (b. ca. 1679) and Anna Elisabetha were married ca. 1699. They immigrated to America in 1709-1710 with 3 children and settled in New York state. Includes families of Allen, Althauser, August, Beers, Decker, Fletcher, Grove, Ham, Harrington, Houghtaling, Keller, Kightlinger, Lasher, Miller, Ostrander, Quigley, Rice, Simmons, Young and others.