Anabaptist Families from Langnau, Switzerland, 1749-1875This unique collection covers 232 Anabaptist families who were forced to leave Langnau, Switzerland, and settle in the Bishopric of Basel, Switzerland, where they lived for a number of generations. In 1791, these families requested and were permitted to retain their Heimat at Langnau where they and their descendants were recorded in an old church register. There are birth dates for parents and children, marriage dates, names of grandparents, places of

and Swartz

Subtitled "Cocalico

as well as some ahnentafels which list some of the earliest known ancestors of this family

Pictures and charts are included as well as an index with names such as Brumbaugh

as he signed his will

Schwartzentruber

bond leases/releases

Mary Gerber (ca1765)

Residents petitioned the courts for boundary changes in 1736 and 1737

Ohio Amish Library

Northkill is an intensely researched fictional depiction of the Hochstetler massacre that happened in 1757 in the Northkill Amish community of Berks Co

" the author has uncovered answers to long-held questions about this Amish settlement that sent many descendants to other communities