Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical ResearchBackground information on German customs, Germanic tribes and dialects, classes of German surnames, early settlement of Germany, German church records, state vital records, land records, occupational records, court records, municipal records, censuses, Jews, heraldry, manuscript sources in Europe and America, and German ethnic religions: Amana, Apostolic, Brethren (River), Dunkers, Evangelical, German Evangelical, German Reformed, Lutheran, Mennonite,

While the bulk of the material is concerned with immigrants to the western (Pennsylvania) shore

Chief attention is given to the history of the Mennonites of what was called the (Old) Mennonite Church

it contains definitions

pounds of tobacco

several articles deal with immigrants to the eastern (New Jersey) shore

The "pulpit affair" mushroomed into a principal factor in the far-reaching division between conservative and progressive members of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference in 1893

2015 reprint

Willow Bend

Two volumes plus an index of 58

son of Immigrant Hans George Reiff who came to America before 1720

Don Yoder plus an index by George M

a monthly Amish magazine