Remembering Anabaptist Ancestors: Amish Migrations and Family StoriesThis book connects specific Amish family stories with broader Anabaptist migration experiences while exploring the spiritual meaning of ancestral remembrance. Stories from the Mast, Troyer, Stutzman, and Hochstetler families in Europe and Americaalong with their larger familial and spiritual networksillustrate how faith practices are expressed and passed along in Anabaptist and Amish traditions. Some of the colorful characters depicted in these

encounters with natives

Crystal Cave

and records recorded at the county level and available on microfilm

They decide to look for mice but something happens to Henny

the contexts of their leaving for America including drawbacks and successes

Schutes Mill

face the draft in World War I

McElhattan

one side is in English and when you flip the book over—the other side is in Deitsch

Facts are intermingled with personal stories and pictures throughout

Gilbertsville

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