Brethren from Gimbsheim in the Palatinate to Ephrata and Bermudian in PennsylvaniaThis book lists 21 emigrants who left Gimbsheim (north of Worms in the Palatinate). It begins with those who left between 1749 and 1751. A few settled at Ephrata, Pa., and some went to York Co., Pa. Families who emigrated included: Bayer Beyer, Beissel, Beltzer, Christ, Haag, Jung, Koenigmacher, Kraus, Lohmann, Niess, Schallus, Schneidmann, Schwartzbach, Traub. (37pp. index. Masthof Press, 1994.)

Structural Organization

A systematic instruction for deciphering German handwriting for researchers on all levels of expertise

they finally set sail across the deep dangerous ocean

during 1750-1783

000 persons who signed the Revolutionary oath of allegiance in Philadelphia gives the name of the signer

the massacre

Numerous entries give clues to relationships and British origins

such as Jacob Graf (1618-1683)

plus a brief history and map of the cemetery with gravestone photos

hardcover with dust jacket

Frequent surnames: Blank

and one-time minister