Both Sides of the Ocean¿Amish-Mennonites from Switzerland to America

by J. Virgil Miller

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 of Anabaptists, ship lists, lists of people exiled to other countries, etc. Some family names include Beachy, Beiler, Brenneman, Berkey, Detweiler, Erb, Esch, Eyer, Fisher, Gerber, Gnage, Guth, Hershberger, Hertzler, Holly, Hostetler, Kurtz, Lehman, Livengood, Mast, Miller, Nafziger, Rickenbach, Rupp, Schmucker, Sieber, Speicher, Stutzman, Troyer, Tschantz, and Zook.

368 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

Reviews

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well researched book of the Swiss Mennonites development in Switzerland, France and Germany. Then their movement to the Americans and west. The majority was pointed toward Virgil Miller's own family in Switzerland and into Pennsylvania (British Colony). Well written and a research keeper.