Alexander Mack: A Man Who Rippled the WatersAlexander Mack (1679 1735) was the first minister and organizer of the Brethren movement in Germany in the 18th century. Mack lived during an unsettling time, and he was dissatisfied with practices in the established church. Mack sought to humbly follow the teachings of Jesus and live his faith every day. Since the first baptisms in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708, Mack's influence has been far reaching. In 1729, he migrated to Germantown, Pennsylvania,

This book tells the story of the Mennonites coming to America and their life and experience in the North American continent during the 250 years and more that they have lived in the United States and Canada

beginning in 1690 with Hans and Barbara Ryser Reist and the "Canadian Connection" and the "Iowa Experiment

the Amish on the Iowa prairie in the 19th century

Center for Pennsylvania German Studies

and Barbara Yoder Miller

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and rediscover ethnic traditions that have shaped your family

Knowing when ancestors' middle names are not family names

and other midwest states

Two men with the name

000 land applications that have never before been published

The author gives an honest