1978

January (Out-of-print—28 pp.)

Jan Luyken’s Lost Martyrs Mirror Engravings
The Early East Petersburg Area Hershey Family
Bishop John N. Durr and His Times
Vom Pennselfona Deutsches Eck, Hassabaerrick, Pennselfona

April (Out-of-print—28 pp.)

The Terre Hill Oberholtzer Family
Metzler Mennonite Congregation, 1728-1978
Mennonites and War Taxes

July

Religion and Revolution: Options in 1776
Old West Lampeter Township Cemeteries
The Old Order River Brethren Church

October

Katie Hess Reminisces
A Song of Praise
Wengerites: Pentecostal Brethren in Christ
Pacifists, Paxton, and Politics: Colonial Pennsylvania, 1763-1768

1979

January (Out-of-print—28 pp.)

Moritz Zug, Amish Mennonite Immigrant
Solomon Zook Sharp: Educator and Optimist
Paradoxes of Mennonite Separatism
Was der Henner Meent
Der Henner Lacht Bisseli Schpot

April (Out-of-print—28 pp.)

Snyder County Mennonites of Lancaster Conference
Palatine Mennonites in Schleswig-Holstein, 1693-1698
Die Alt Gluck Ward Net Weech

July

Bloodless Theatre: Images of the Old Order Amish in Tourism
Miscellaneous Amish Mennonite Documents
“Tennessee” John Stoltzfus and the Great Schism in the Amish Church, 1850-1877

October

The Marsh Creek Settlement of Adams County, 1769-1823
Ein Unpartheyisches Gesangbuch
Changes in Mennonite Youth Attitudes, 1974-1978
Der Henner un die Harnesel

1980

January (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

The Old Order Mennonites in Ontario
The 1879 Brethren in Christ Migration from Southeastern Pennsylvania to Dickinson County, Kansas
Benjamin Herr, Traveler
LeFevre Cemetery, North of Strasburg
Ich Ferschtee Ihn Woll, Awwer—
Readers’ Ancestry: Neva L. White

April (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

The Soil from Which Anabaptism Grew
Bishop Benjamin W. Weaver
The Virginia Mennonite Rhodes Families
The Killhavers from Conestoga Manor
Der Henner Fangt Paar Fisch
Readers’ Ancestry: Harold M. Kilheffer

July (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

Bernese Anabaptists in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
The Denlinger Family
Powwowing: Folk Medicine or White Magic?
Swiss Täufer in France
Readers’ Ancestry: Ruth W. Stoltzfus

October

Sunday Schools: From Robert Raikes to 1980
Politics and Voting in the Mennonite Church in America, 1860-1940
Bishop Hans Lehman, Immigrant of 1727
Wie Fiel Haase Darf ma Schiesse?
Readers’ Ancestry: Clarke E. Hess

1981

January (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

The Place of Fraktur Among the Mennonites: An Introduction to the Fraktur Collection of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
Übrigen Brocken (The Extra Crumbs): A Review
The Efficient Use of Libraries
Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania [Patent Map Index]
Der Henner Geht an die Vendue
Readers’ Ancestry: Jay V. Wenger

April (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

Ripe Harvest: A. D. Wenger and the Birth of the Revival Movement in Lancaster Conference
Nicholas Stoltzfus in Europe and America
European Yoder Research
Resources for Amish Studies
Early Amish Yoder Immigrants
Mach Doch Mol Sel Dohr Uff
Readers’ Ancestry: Louise W. Herr

July (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

Some Major Doctrinal Emphases in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition
Lizzie Musser: City Mission Worker
Blank/Plank Ancestry of the Amish Mennonite Tradition
Brenneman Genealogy and Heirlooms
Two Hertzler Cemeteries in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Saag’s Awwer Nie Net Widder
Readers’ Ancestry: Darrell J. Oyer

October (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

Mennonites in 1876: Christian Obedience in the Midst of Material Blessing
Mahlon G. Gross: Life and Labors
Three Bears of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Other Early Bears
Readers’ Ancestry: Verna Zook Stoltzfus

1982

January (Out-of-print—36 pp.)

The Swiss Anabaptist Emigration to Germany
A Blue Rock Road Plantation
Mennonites in the Carolinas
Ich Hab Ihn Net Treffe Wolle
Readers’ Ancestry: Virginia N. Lane

April (Out-of-print—40 pp.)

Leadership Patterns and Fundamentalism in Franconia Mennonite Conference, 1890-1950
The Brubakers and Their Lands in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Readers’ Ancestry: B. F. Eshleman II

July

The Dordrecht Confession of Faith: 350 Years
Hans Lehman, Immigrant of 1737
The Pennsylvania Mennonite Church near Zimmerdale, Kansas
The Kansas Movement: Paul Erb’s Viewpoint
Ja, un du Hoscht aa Widder Recht
Readers’ Ancestry: Charles G. Bauman

October

Amanda Musselman, 1869-1940
Coatesville Mennonite Church: 1929-1939
The Terre Hill Weavers
Die Tillie Fohrt mit’m Mailman Weg
Readers’ Ancestry: John M. Slabaugh

1983

January

The Küng-Gnägi Connection
The Shope Mennonite Cemetery and Area Families
The Traditional Farmhouse of the Franconia Mennonite Community
Der Henner Hott Net Gut G’schloofe
Readers’ Ancestry: Winifred E. Paul

April

What Place Confessions?
The Development of the Amish School System
Descendants of Immigrant Jacob Hostetter
G’mee in Hossesack
Readers’ Ancestry: Lee H. Martin II

July

Locust Grove Mennonite School: A Descriptive Study
Mennonites and Related Groups of Clarence, Erie County, New York, in the Nineteenth Century
The Puzzle of Henry Weaver, Lost Scion of Weaverland
Da Papp Grickt Sich Neie Gleeder
Readers’ Ancestry: Fannie S. Frey

October (Mennonite Tricentennial Issue) (Out-of-print—44 pp.)

European Mennonite Motivation for Emigration, 1650-1750
Jacob Funk (1730-1816): Germantown Preacher
Germantown Mennonite Cemetery
Germantown Links to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Families
Readers’ Ancestry: Harold R. Mast

1984

January (Out-of-print—48 pp.)

Metal Initial and Date Plates on Amish and Mennonite Books
The Prosperity of Zion in This Place: Mennonites in Germantown, 1790-1876
European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update
Schtell dich do hie wie’n Mann
Readers’ Ancestry: Lloyd Zeager

April

Conflicting Loyalties of the Christian Citizen: Lancaster Mennonites and the Early Civil War Era
Michael Schenck and His Descendants in Centre County
The Amish of Half-Moon Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Die Wutzlen un der Hochmut
Readers’ Ancestry: Mildred B. Pettigrew

July

An Important Pennsylvania Broadside of 1812
Duties of the Mennonite Citizen: Controversy in the Lancaster Press Late in the Civil War
The John Schantz Family of Upper and Lower Milford Townships, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Saag Yuscht: Es Iss’n Schwatzer Esel
Readers’ Ancestry: Allan A. Garber

October

An Amiable Mennonite Schism: The Origin of the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church
The Life of John Melchior Plank, 1767 Immigrant
Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Es Hett Awwer Schlimmer Sei Kenne
Readers’ Ancestry: Jerold A. Stahly

1985

January (Out-of-print—44 pp.)

The Preaching Deacon Controversy among the Nineteenth-Century American Amish
The Descendants of Peter Grebiel/Graybill (1734-1804) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Dann Gehne Mir Heem
Readers’ Ancestry: Aden H. Brubacher

April

The German Psalter: A Popular Pennsylvania Book
The Singing Servants Chorus: An Expression of Mennonite Identity
Naffziger Families of the Palatinate and Pennsylvania
Millich fer Unser Eegne Kaelwer
Readers’ Ancestry: Lloyd K. LeFever

July

Plotting the Story of the Abbeyville Mennonite Meetinghouse and Cemetery
The Christian Gerber Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Christian Tschanz, Mennonite Immigrant to the Manor of Conestoga
Der Esel Hott Ma Die Hosse G’fresse
Readers’ Ancestry: Virginia Weaver Driver

October (Out-of-print—52 pp.)

The Mennonite Children’s Home, 1909-1972
First Greiter/Kreider Immigrants of Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania
One Hundred Years of Amish Genealogies, 1885-1985
The Family of Henry and Barbara Neff of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Misst Nett Schlitte Fohre
Readers’ Ancestry: Paul E. Groff

1986

January

The Ephrata Martyrs’ Mirror: Shot from Patriots’ Muskets
American Continuance of European Origins in Mennonite, Hutterite, and Amish Music Functions
Hans Jacob Brubacher, Fraktur Artist
The Showalters of Earl and Cocalico Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Descendants of Bartholomew Zook
Ma Muss net zu Lang Gucke
Readers’ Ancestry: Thomas Lehman

April (Out-of-print—52 pp.)

Early Mennonite Migrations from Pennsylvania and Subsequent Settlements in Canada
Canadian Amish Mennonites Roots in Pennsylvania
The Years of Benjamin Eby, Pioneer Mennonite Leader in Ontario, Canada
The Eby Cemetery along the Hammer Creek in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Readers’ Ancestry: Lorraine Roth

July

Menno Simons: The Road to a Believers’ Church
Descendants of John Neff of Bald Eagle Creek, Howard Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Origins of the Stauffer (Pike) Mennonite Church
The Kusters and Doors of Kaldenkirchen, Germany, and Germantown, Pennsylvania
So Schteif Wie’n Alter Esel
Readers’ Ancestry: Christian J. Kurtz

October (Out-of-print—52 pp.)

Mennonites in Rheinhesse and Migrations to America and Galicia
The Marcus Oberholtzer (1664-1725) Family
A Bear Saga: Albis to America
Genung Zwiewwle fer die Ganz Schtadt
Readers’ Ancestry: Pamela L. Pletcher

1987

January (Out-of-print—52 pp.)

At the Crossroads of Modernity: Amish, Mennonites, and Brethren in Lancaster County in 1880
A Bear Saga: Lancaster County and Beyond
Elizabeth Township Kinsmen and Some of Their Descendants from the Time of Settlement
Der Henner Kauft Sich en Strickjacke
Readers’ Ancestry: Willis A. Kilheffer

April (Out-of-print—48 pp.)

Amish, Mennonites, and Brethren in the Modern Era
A Dauphin County Mennonite Congregation: Strickler and Mumma/Shope
Risser Families in the Palatinate and in America
Der Erscht Ford
Readers’ Ancestry: Irene (Yoder) Smucker

July (Out-of-print—44 pp.)

History of the Forest Hills Mennonite Church, Leola, Pennsylvania, 1946-1986
Christian and Ells Martin: Immigrant Patriarch and Matriarch
Who Was the Father of Christian Stutzman?
Schlag Ihm den Kopp Ab
Readers’ Ancestry: Eugene E. Kenaga

October

Faith and Furrow: An Exhibit of Mennonite Rural Life at the Hans Herr House Museum
The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E. Myers (1813-1901)
John Zook of Wayne and Crawford Counties, Ohio
Der Henner Fangt Elbedritsche
Readers’ Ancestry: Irene E. Witmer

1988

January (Out-of-print—52 pp.)

The First Deaf Mennonite Church, 1945-1980
These People That I Am
An Essay on the Stoner/Steiner Families of Pennsylvania
Kenn Bohne in die Ohre Schtecke
Readers’ Ancestry: Ann Christine McReynolds and Ryan Lee McReynolds

April

Friendship Gatherings of Lancaster Mennonite Women, 1890-1950
Mennonite Central Committee and the Fate of Mennonites in East Prussia, West Prussia, and Poland at the End of World War II
A Bear Saga: The Birmensdorf Connection
Readers’ Ancestry: Richard L. Miller

July

They Called Him Father Gehman
Pennsylvania German among the Plain Groups: Convergence as a Strategy of Language Maintenance
Descendants of Martin Eshleman and Elizabeth Groff
Mir Iss Es Gut Daheem
Readers’ Ancestry: Lester G. Weber

October

Henry Lapp: Amish Folk Artist and Craftsman
The Rohrer Family Cemetery
Descendants of John and Catherine Witmer of Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Mommi Kannscht Meh Boi Bringe?
Readers’ Ancestry: Mary E. (Hursh) Rutt

1989

January (Out-of-print—40 pp.)

Eusebius Hershey, the Traveling Preacher
The Mayer Family: Three Generations of a Farming Family in Manheim Township
Descendants of Christian Musselman (d. 1734) of Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Net Schneller Wie Mei Gang
Readers’ Ancestry: James C. Landis

April

The Place of Confessions in the Mennonite Church (MC)
The Eberly and Eckerlin Controversy
The Family of Jacob Oberholtzer (1704-1755) of Brecknock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Yuscht Bisseli Rau
Readers’ Ancestry: Richard Keith Slaymaker

July

Toward Responsible Growth and Stewardship of Lancaster County’s Landscape
Six Good Families of Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ach Du!
Readers’ Ancestry: Grace N. Rissler Eshleman

October

The Herr Plantation: Its Buildings, Land, and Inhabitants
Hymns of Johannes Bomberger (1750-1818)
Doctrinal Influences in the Pennsylvania Conference of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ
Es Grien Buch
Readers’ Ancestry: Elmer F. Kennel

1990

January

Community and Material Culture among Lancaster Mennonites: Hans Hess from 1717 to 1733
Descendants of Ulrich and Barbara Eberly of Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Net Iwwer Die Brick
Readers’ Ancestry: Joyce (Metzler) Petro

April

Amish Congregations in Germany and Adjacent Territories in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families
Schreib Dei Naame
Readers’ Ancestry: Fred Houts

July

Church Practices of Lancaster Mennonites: Writings by Christian Nissley (1777-1831)
Social Change among the Amish in Eight Communities
Joseph Scherch, Immigrant of 1727, and His Descendants
Die Buttermommie
Readers’ Ancestry: Samuel E. Wenger

October

The Growth and Decline of Mennonites near Scottdale, Pennsylvania, 1790-1890
The First Century of German Bibles Printed in North America, 1743-1842
Swiss Roots of Neff, Weber, and Huber Families
Readers’ Ancestry: Mervin E. Horst

1991

January

Is the Anabaptist Vision Still Relevant?
Religious Organizational Conflict in Global Context: Mennonites in Eastern Pennsylvania, 1870-1985
Descendants of Isaac and Barbara Bear of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Joseph Showalter of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Es Hott Desmohl Nett Gezehlt
Readers’ Ancestry: C. Mervin Mellinger

April

Amish Folk Artist: Barbara Ebersol (1846-1922)
The Significance of Menno Simons for Contemporary Mennonites
Descendants of Benjamin Witmer of Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Part I
Wann Ich Blaume Esse Will
Readers’ Ancestry: K. Varden Leasa

July

The Peter Martin House Restoration: A Photographic Essay
Farming among Old Order Mennonites of Ontario in the Early Twentieth Century
Descendants of Benjamin Witmer of Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Part 2
Ewwi Nett Hie Lange
Readers’ Ancestry: Edith (Charles) Kennel

October

The Mennonite Agricultural Model in the German Palatinate
Self-Help Philosophy and Organizational Growth: The Origins and Development of SELFHELP Crafts, 1946-1970
The Search for Jacob Martin of Maryland
Returning to the Eby Homestead
Misferschtaendnis, Mary Odder Myra?
Readers’ Ancestry: Carleton Lloyd Weidemeyer

1992

January

Martin Kendig’s Swiss Relatives
“Small Causes, Great Effects”: The Richfield Mennonite Church Division of 1883-1884
Readers’ Ancestry: Joanne Koehler Hoover

April

A Stranger and an Exile: Abraham J. Fretz (1849-1912), Genealogist and Minister
The Early Settlement of Waterloo Township, Ontario, Canada
Amish Agriculture and Popular Opinion in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Puh, Der Oyerdieb

July

The Account Book of Jacob Knorr for the Germantown Mennonite Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1770 to 1838
The Martyr Book of 1831/1833
Descendants of Henry Kindig (1708-1756) and Maria Wolfe of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ich Hab Aa Genug

October

Church Discipline in the Lancaster Mennonite Conference: The Printed Rules and Discipline, 1881-1968
Mennonites and the Worship Center: Community Change and a Charismatic Context in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Descendants of Conrad Hildebrand of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1968 to 1990
Nemm Dei Dreck Mit
Readers’ Ancestry: Kent E. Richard

1993

January

Turmoil in Conestoga
A Stone Named Ebenezer: Two Sermons on Historical Themes
Was Iss Dei Huddel?

April

Piercing the Curtain: Genealogy Enriching History
The Rohrer Family Farm in Upper Leacock Township
Näf/Neff (NF) Family: An Update
Nimmie Hungrich, Iuscht G’luschtig
Readers’ Ancestry: Elwood D. White

July

A Chronicle in Stone and Wood: The Magdalena House and the River Brethren
A Letter from Immigrant Ulrich Engel to Switzerland in 1755
Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Die Hummel Schteche den Monat Net
Readers’ Ancestry: Judith A. Siegrist

October

An Introduction to the Centennial of Old Order Mennonite Origins in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1893-1993
The Old Order Mennonite Division of 1893: An Interpretation
Mishler Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Sixty Years of Mennonite Stauffer Immigrants, 1710-1770
Net Gebohre Ausg’schlupt

1994

January

1719 Herr House Tours: Great Traditions Through Cultural Performance
John Groh and the Earliest Emigration of River Brethren from Pennsylvania to the District of Niagara in Canada in 1788
Four Generations of the Descendants of Michael Schenk and Anna Stauffer
Der Weideschtock

April

Reviews of Hymnal: A Worship Book
An Index of Hymn Texts in Hymnal: A Worship Book and their Prior Usage in all Major English-Language Hymnals of the Church of the Brethren, (Old) Mennonite Church, and General Conference Mennonite Church in North America
Tradition and Diversity in Ein Unpartheyisches Gesangbuch
Interview with Glenn M. Lehman, Composer of “Menno Heirs”
The Ressler Hymnal Collection

July

Tours at the 1770 Germantown Mennonite Meetinghouse: Authentic Experience Through Cultural Performance
An 1837 Letter from the Nine Dienner Orphans in France
Descendants of John George Nicholas Buch (1711-1785) and Maria Elizabeth Linn (1713-1785)
Der Schunke Kummt Heem
Readers’ Ancestry: Verna Martin Zimmerman

October

Understanding the General Conference Mennonite Church and its Eastern District, 1875 to 1925
Anabaptist Families from Canton Zurich to Lancaster County, 1633 to 1729: A Tour
Descendants of Johann Daniel Espenschied and Elizabeth Lefever of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Readers’ Ancestry: Ruth (Hess) Good

1995

January

Catherine (Miller) Verly’s Lament
Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland
The Anabaptist Vision and Congregational Life
Die Silwer Barrig Rebelle

April

The Exodus of Anabaptists from Canton Zurich to Alsace: A Case Study of the Landis Family
Origins of the Diamond Street Mennonite Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1942 to 1967
Earthly Treasures: Heavenly Peace with the Pieces
Recent Laws Concerning Pennsylvania Cemeteries
Net Widder Ferschloofe

July

The Life and Writings of Jan Philipsz Schabaelje: A Seventeenth-Century Dutch Mennonite
Two Letters from 1637 by Hans Landis, Swiss Anabaptist Prisoner
The Southern Coffmans: Descendants of David Harmon Coffman (1750-1835) and Mary Ann Lovell
Readers’ Ancestry: Don T. Mitchell

October

Responses of Sixteenth-Century Anabaptists to Persecution
The Grain-mill at Neckarburken: Branching of the Landis Families in the Neckar Valley in Baden
The Children of Wendel and Ann Bowman Reconsidered
Die Wittfraukinner
Readers’ Ancestry: Jay D. Weaver

1996

January

Through the Eyes of Benjamin Hershey and Benjamin Eby: Insights into Lancaster Mennonite History and Theology
Responses of North American Mennonites to the Tent Revivals, 1951 to 1962
The Message of Three Worlds (Transcription of a Sermon by George R. Brunk II)
Rachel on the Threshing Floor
Readers’ Ancestry: Jonathan P. Weaver Kreider

April

A Spirit of Exclusivity: The Progress of Religious Conflict in Colonial Pennsylvania
Elder Peter Bowman of Virginia: Defender of the Dunker Beliefs
A Plea by a Change-Minded Pennsylvania Amish Leader to the Traditionalists
Ken Hinnerlichter?
Readers’ Ancestry: Jeanette Cramer Miller

July

Trans-Atlantic Advice: An 1822 Letter by Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882)
Hunting the Whale’s Belly: A Visit to Ghent, Belgium
Peter Brubaker and Related Families of Lancaster and Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania
Es Wilde uf de Bauerei

October

A Museum Exhibit in the Making: Concepts and Objects along the Way
The Agricultural Life of Abraham D. Ebersole (1822-1892) and Anna Rutt (1827-1904) in Pennsylvania and Illinois
The Hildebrand Farm in Earl Township
Die Lois Un’s Eiskrem
Readers’ Ancestry: Jay L. Ranck

1997

January (Out-of-print—48 pp.)

Anabaptist Burial Places in Alsace, France
“Where Freedom Flourishes”: More Observations on the United States by Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882)
The Philopena Album of Harriet Musser Grider (1837-1923) of West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ugh, Ich Grieg’s, Awwer Ich Kumm Driwwer

April

Clothing the Pennsylvania Mennonite Woman in the Eighteenth Century
Marriage Practices among the “Nebraska” Amish of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
A Measure of the Impact of Holy Spirit Renewal among Lancaster Conference Mennonites in 1990
Der Krug Iss Kaput

July

The View of Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882) in 1826: It Is Best to Come to This Country Well Prepared
From the Ausbund to the Internet: The Odyssey of the Amish Mennonite Family
Lizzie
Readers’ Ancestry: Kenneth Gruber Kreider

October

“To Continue in That Foundation of the Gospel Faith”: A Theological Interpretation of Mennonite Bishop Christian Funk and the American Revolution
From the Journal of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg: Two 1783 Letters Concerning Mennonites and Lutherans in Pennsylvania
Great-Grandpa Peter Nissley’s Mysterious Death: Accident or Murder?
Readers’ Ancestry: Nora Mae (Shaub) Kilheffer

1998

January

Twenty Years of Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, 1978-1997
Annotated List of Principal Articles
Index of Principal Surnames
Index of “Readers’ Ancestry”
Index of Principal Mennonite Congregations
Titles of Pennsylvania German Stories
Jacob Stoner and the Seven Siblings
Die Schlange-Dockter

April

1712: Investigation of an Important Date
Quotable Excerpts from Six Letters by Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882) Written from Lancaster between 1831 and 1837
Meyer Families Update
Readers’ Ancestry: Joseph E. Miller

July

The Clothing of the “White Top” Amish of Central Pennsylvania
Bear Saga Update: Part One
Die Cora Schwetzt Aaa Deitsch

October

Finding a Context for Mennonite History: Pennsylvania German Ethnicity and (Old) Mennonite Experience
Bear Saga Update: Part Two
Genealogical Connections among Bowman, Brenneman, Brubaker, and Smith Families
Readers’ Ancestry: J. Melvin Eby

1999

January

Research Note: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Documents Concerning Amish from Lancaster County and Europe
Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882) as Genealogical Helper
Bear Saga Update: Part Three

April

“His Wife Then Took Charge”: Lydia (Stauffer) Sauder Mellinger
Descendants of the Three Mennonite Reiff Brothers: Immigrants from Europe to Pennsylvania
The Amish Singing Style: Theories of Its Origin and Description of Its Singularity
Ich Hab Ma’n Nett G’sehne
Readers’ Ancestry: James M. Denlinger

July

A New Look at the Origins of Mennonite Martin Families: Assessing the Oral Traditions
A Planter of Trees: Phebe Ethel Yoder
Gerber, Garber, and Garver Progenitors in Pennsylvania: Part One

October

The Life and Times of Nineteenth-Century Plain Women
Four Kendig Brothers Move to Augusta County, Virginia
Gerber, Garber, and Garver Progenitors in Pennsylvania: Part Two
Readers’ Ancestry: Stanford L. Landis

2000

January

A Living Tradition: Perspectives on North American Amish Fraktur
Who was Johannes Gäbel (1770-1856) of Earl Township?
A Death Record Book from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1858-1918): Part One, A Through J
Readers’ Ancestry: Maurice L. Umble, Jr.

April

A Brief History of Peace Doctrine and Practice of the (Old) Mennonite Church in the Twentieth Century
A Death Record Book from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1858-1918): Part Two, K Through Z
The Compleat Americanization of Louis C. Jüngerich (1803-1882)
Readers’ Ancestry: Philip L. Hertzler

July

The Furniture of Soap Hollow
Pennsylvania German Bookbinding and Anabaptist Bookbinders, 1700-1840
Four Men Named Christian Umble: an Orphan, a Sinner, a Bishop, and a Seeker

October

The 1878 and 1881 Rules and Discipline of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference: A Translation of Two Disciplines
Mid-Eighteenth-Century Life of Rural Pennsylvania Germans
Hütwohl/Heatwole Families of North America

2001

January

A Selection of Remedies from the Reist Notebook
The Medical Remedy Notebook of John Reist in its Historical Context
Dispute and Reconciliation Over Land Among the Lancaster Amish: Miller and Stoltzfus Families
The Two Wives of George Anthony Mumma
Readers’ Ancestry: Pearl A. Hoover

April ($8.00, contains color Lehnware insert)

Swiss Anabaptist Refugees from Canton Bern in the German Palatinate in 1671
Joseph Lehn and Lehnware: Nineteenth Century Woodworker in Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ancestors and Descendants of “Hill” John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Readers’Ancestry: Beth Ann (Lineaweaver) Lehman

July

Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, and Religious Dissent in the Lancaster and Franconia Mennonite Conferences, Part I: The Roots of Congregational Mennonite Church, 1930-1955
The Ministerial Ordination by Lot of J. Frank Zeager on July 28, 1954
Descendants of Immigrant Peter Swarr (1690-1748) and their Eighteenth-Century Relations with the Brubaker, Shirk, and Neff Families

October

Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, and Religious Dissent in the Lancaster and Franconia Mennonite Conferences, Part II: The Separation and Organization of Calvary Mennonite Church, 1930-1955
Christian Miller to the Rescue
The Sterb-Liedern, Hymnbook of 1831: A Publication of Franklin County Mennonites

2002

January

Descendants of John Kendig and Anna Witmer of Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
What Makes a Rare Book Rare
Some Eighteenth-Century Lehn/Lane Families in Pennsylvania and Maryland
Readers’ Ancestry: Hope (Kauffman) Lind

April

An Interview with the Author and Reviews of The Earth is the Lord’s: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference
The Froschauer Bibles and Their Significance for the Anabaptist Movement
The German Roots of Nicholas Stoltzfus
A Guide to Civil Estate and Death Records in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Heritage Focus: [An Account of Lancaster Mennonites]

July

Researching and Writing Tobias of the Amish
Descendants of Frederick Krug and Elizabeth Herr of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Zug Ancestry in the German Palatinate
Readers’ Ancestry: Regina (Landis) Landis
Heritage Focus: A Vorschrift by Jacob Botz

October

Martyrs’ Mirror Picture Albums and Abridgements: A Surprising Find
Roast Bear? No, Thank You!—An 1821 Letter from Kurhessen, Germany, to Daniel and Christian Schwartzentruber in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Two Ober/Over Families on the Pennsylvania Frontier
Heritage Focus: A Sampler by Lydia Freed
Readers’ Ancestry: Ivan B. Leaman

2003

January

The Millwood Community and Its Mennonite Congregation
The Life and Legacy of Peter Eby of Warwick Township
Image Icons of Pennsylvania Mennonite and Amish History

April

Descendants of Adam Kendig and Alice Kendig of Conestoga Township, Lancaster County
War, Government, and Mennonites: A Broadside of the Civil War Period
Descendants of Theophilus Hartman Jr. and Hannah Hauser of Lancaster County
Readers’ Ancestry: Raymond Coolidge Rhodes

July

The Lötschers of Latterbach
The Witwer Family of Earl Township: Part 1, Hans Witwer
Descendants of Jacob Witmer of Lampeter Township

October

Ethnicity and the Faithful Church
The Demmy Family of Stackstown, Pennsylvania, and Some Descendants, 1809-2003
Readers’ Ancestry: Milton S. Haldeman

2004

January

Form Versus Spirit: Sebastian Franck and the Anabaptists
O Gott Vater, Wir Loben Dich: Amish Childhood Singing Forges Commitment to God and Community
Earnestine Mary Agnew’s Sewing Book
Readers’ Ancestry: Leon Elmer Hertzler

April

Special Remedies for Home and Farm
Ephrata Mennonite School and Church Transitions in Northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1946-2004
Readers’ Ancestry: Daniel K. Ness

July

Christian Jutzi (1769-aft. May 1845) in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
The Witwer Family of Earl Township: Part Two, Michael Witwer
Readers’ Ancestry: Grace Wagner Evans

October

The Anabaptist Amman/Ammen Families in the Alpine Foothills of Bern: Their Roots and Migration in the Period 1580-1713
The Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch: Two Hundred Years of a Mennonite Hymnal
A Tribute to the Yoder Bix Six

2005

January

The Trail of the Anabaptist Emigration from the Alpine Foothills of Bern
Agriculture and Religion: The Success of Anabaptists in the Alsace in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
“The Anabaptist Amman/Ammen Families”: A Response
Readers’ Ancestry: Noah L. Oberholzer Jr.

April

Outsiders among Mennonites
The Bachmann/Baughman DNA Project: Interim Report
Joseph F. Beiler: Old Order Amish Farmer, Minister, and Publisher
Readers’ Ancestry: Mary Ellen Ness

July

Mennonite Life at Landis Valley: Recollections of a Minister’s Daughter
Flowers of the Field: The Story of the Kreider-Snavely Burying Ground
The Mennonite Ancestry of Milton Snavely Hershey

October

Mennonites in the Allegheny Valley
The 1854 Holzhauer Chest
Mennonites, Nonconformity, and Economics, 1930-59

2006

January

A Search for Jan Luyken
The Witwer Family of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Part Three, Joseph Witwer
Readers’ Ancestry: Marianne Boyce Matthews

April ($8.00, color insert)

Recollections of Mennonite Life in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1808-1829: Part One
List of Aves Found on Tract Where I Live
John Long and John Boyer: Nineteenth-Century Craftsmen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Readers’ Ancestry: Franklin D. Heatwole
Mit Daadis in die Gmee Geh mit Gaul un Boggi / Going with Grandpaps to Church by Horse and Buggy

July

Recollections of Life in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1808-1829: Part Two
List of Forest Trees Growing on the Tract of Land Where I Live
John and Christina (Kintner) Burkholder and Their Descendants
Readers’ Ancestry: Jeremy David Arment

October

Recollections of Life in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1808-1829: Part Three
List of Mammalia on Tract Where I Live
Jacob, Samuel, and Jonathan Yoder: From Old Order Amish to Amish Mennonite
Readers’ Ancestry: Grace Arlene (Horning) Zimmerman

2007

January

Recollections of Life in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1808-1829: Part Four
Letter to Bishop John Herr in 1819
Lists of Pisces on Tract Where I Live
Regina Sherk, 1777-1855: A Strong Woman
Readers’ Ancestry: Darvin L. Martin

April

Recollections of Life in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1808-1829: Part Five
Lists of Amphibia on Tract Where I Live
Readers’ Ancestry: Justin Kirk Houser
Two Amish Marriages and a Passionate Plea by Michael Schwartz

July

The Significance of the Oldest German Bibles at Heritage Historical Library
The Witwer Family of Earl Township: Part 4, Michael Witwer’s Family
Readers’ Ancestry: Dennis Lee Oberholtzer

October

Census of German Bibles and Bible Portions Printed by Christoph Froschauer and Known to Have Come to North America
Four Generations of the Family of Pequea Pioneer Jacob Miller (1663-1739)
Readers’ Ancestry: H. Romaine (Burkholder) Stauffer

2008

January

Glimpses of Lefever Family Life: Diaries of Harry S. Lefever, 1912-27
Mennonite Defection and Fundamentalism
Mit de Buwe Neigeh / Going in with the Boys
Readers’ Ancestry: Jon Keith Shidler

April

Memories of Childhood, Growing Up, and Early Marriage
The 1744 Strassburg Reprint of the 1536 Zurich Bible
Readers’ Ancestry: Arlene Huss

July

Rosanna of the Amish: Fact or Fiction?
Early Witmer Families of Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Der aerscht un der letscht amisch Paereschuut-Tschumb / The First and Last Amish Parachute Jump
Readers’ Ancestry: Ann Louise (Miller) Seip

October Kocherthal: A Tricentennial Commemoration of the Palatine Migration of 1708/1709

The Ecclesiastical Situation in the Kraichgau: Two 1699 Letters from Pastor Josua Harrsch to Superintendent Johann Philipp Schlosser
Who Was Kocherthal and What Happened to His Party of 1708?
Extensive and Detailed Report of the Famous Land Carolina, Situated in the English America [1708/1709], by Kocherthal [Josua Harrsch]
A Harrsch/Kocherthal Bibliography

2009

January

The Emergence and Travail of the Swiss Brethren and Sisters, Called Anabaptists: An Introduction
A Third Way: The Role of Daniel Kauffman in Mennonite Fundamentalism
John Philip Lind (1807-1889), Immigrant to America
Readers’ Ancestry: Richard L. Buckwalter