The Path to America: From Switzerland to Lancaster Co., PennsylvaniaThis children's book celebrates the 300th Anniversary of the First Settlement in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1710 2010). Follow the tumultuous and true story of the first settlers as the story begins in Zurich, Switzerland, in the early 1500s when the Anabaptists began to meet secretly. Anabaptists, such as Jacob Graf (1618 1683), fled with others to southern Germany. In 1710, a small group of Swiss Mennonites left Germany for America and started

updates the congregational history including pastors and conference personnel

Surnames frequently seen include Baker

Eash (1864-1945) and Susan J

Anna Markman

son of Joseph Horning and Fannie Mosser/Musser

Frequent surnames: Augspurger

dating from the Colonial period to the present

This is a colorful collection of folk art objects made by Amishman Samuel L

The author compares these branches with one another in order to sort out the factors—social

Trachselwald Castle and prison

The second man came in 1736 and also settled in Berks Co

The Herrs begins with the true story of the persecuted Swiss Anabaptist Herr family who left the Palatinate area of Germany in 1710