Christian Fike and His Descendants


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Christian Fike (ca. 1730-1771) was married to Barbara . He died in Berks County, Pennsylvania, although he is buried in Chester County. Early descendants lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia with later descendants settling througout the country.







The 1996 Genealogy Annual


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The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed.







Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies


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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.)




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.




The Descendants of Jacob Hostetter of Franklin County, Pennsylvania


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Jacob Hostetter settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the early 1790's. The first four generation of his descendants are included in Vol. 1. David Krider, whose descendants are the topic of Vol. 1, is a grandson of Jacob.




Direct Line History and Genealogy of the Children of John T. Fike and Olivia Rogers Fike


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John T. Fike (1900-1960) and Olivia Gladys Rogers (1902- ) farmed land in West Virginia. A number of their ancestral families have been traced into Pennsylvania and many were strong members of the Church of the Brethern. Includes Cackley, Hamstead, Leatherman, Snyder (Schneider), Wine, and related families.




The Three Zug (Zook) Brothers of 1742 and Their Male Descendants Until 1850


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The three Zug/Zook brothers, Christian, Johannes and Moritz immigrated to Pennsylvania from Switzerland and the Palatinate about 1742. They settled near the Hochstetler/Hufstedleer/Hertzler/Hostetler homestead in (now) Berks County. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, and Virginia before scattering throughout the United States.




Mennonite Life


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