The Amish and Their Neighbours, The German Block, Wilmot Township, 1822-1860The German Block, located in then "Upper Canada," has a very distinct history between the 1820s and 1860 from the rest of Wilmot Twp. It was the initiative of Christian Nafziger and the persistence of the Mennonites of Waterloo that precipitated this survey. Surnames: Hunsberger, Miller, Schwartzentruber, Shantz. (118pp. illus. index. Menn. Hist. Soc. of Ontario, 1998.)

Three hundred years of the land

finding two more generations in the line

Two chapters on the Sauder and Hoover ancestors are helpful

This beautifully designed catalog was produced for the "Lancaster County Privy Bags" exhibit at the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley

and legacy of a Mennonite couple—Mart and Mattie (Martin) Zimmerman—whose lives spanned the tumultuous era of Lancaster County history played out between the Civil War and the Great Depression

This book gives us a look into the history and culture of two families

and their general historical context

550 descendants of Joachim and Catharine (Geiss) Nagel who emigrated from Germany in 1749

this book certainly gives a wonderful overview of God's people at work through the 20th century

explanations

Frequent surnames: Basehoar

Jacob lived in Conestoga Twp