"Thousands of American Mennonites are descended from the Swiss Amish-Mennonite families who settled in the Waldeck and Wittgenstein areas of Germany. Between 1750 and 1850, the Amish-Mennonite congregations flourished in these areas, but just as quickly disappeared when an irresistable wave of emigration to North America seized the tenant families. There, they not only had the promise of religious freedom, but also could acquire a title to land. Most...

"The history of the migrations of many Amish families in this book precedes the information in "Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies" (#2). Many of the same families are featured, but their ancestors are included for several generations before their arrival in America. The author gathered the data from the U.S. census records; civil records in Switzerland, France, and Germany; and cemetery records in Europe and U.S. He also accessed published lists...