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[A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp Or Culp Family, and Its Branches in America, With Biographical Sketches of Their Descendants From the Earlie


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Harmonia Sacra


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The Harmonia Sacra is a hymn book of renown. In 1832 a Mennonite named Joseph Funk published a songbook that had a profound influence on Mennonite singing for generations. Its name, Genuine Church Music, indicated the compiler's intention that the contents be songs that, in his words, have stood the test of time and survived the changes of fashion. Its distinctively shaped notes of the fasola system linked it with dozens of songbooks published in America at the time to encourage musical literacy. The variety of musical content, ranging from simple psalm tunes and American folk melodies to complex early American anthems, offered ideal materials for singing schools. The Harmonia Sacra is still used in old folks' all-day singings in Rockingham and adjacent areas. In fact, this edition is the revised Legacy Edition, making it the twenty-seventh edition of The Harmonia Sacra.




My Two Moms


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An advocate and son of same-gender parents recounts his famed address to the Iowa House of Representatives on civil unions, and describes his positive experiences of growing up in an alternative family in spite of prejudice.










Conscience in Crisis


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Richard K. MacMaster, Samuel L. Horst, and Robert E Ulle combined efforts to produce this history, interpretation, and documents of the Mennonites and other peace churches in America and their relationships to the militia during the years 1739 through 1789. The need for men and money in the Colonial Wars and the American Revolution directly challenged their concepts of freedom of conscience. Over 200 documents plus statistical charts, illustrations, a bibliographical essay, and a complete index.Volume 20 in the Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Series.




Beery Family History


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Also includes some descendants of Otto Beery. He was born in 1859 at Langnau, Berne, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States ca. 1885. He married Mary McCleary in 1890 at Passaic, New Jersey. They had five children, 1891-1906. He died in 1918 at Wallington, New Jersey.




A History of the Descendants of Abraham Breneman


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Born In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1744, And Settled Near Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia, In 1770, Or Soon After, And A Complete Genealogical Register With Biographies Of Many Of His Descendants From The Earliest Available Records To The Present Time, Giving Dates In Three Centuries.