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Schriesheim to Pennsylvania pioneers / John Philip Diefenderfer.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diefenderfer, John Philip, 1938- author.
- Series:
- Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 50.
- Pennsylvania German Society ; series 2, volume 50
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Mack family.
- Mack, Alexander, 1679-1735--Family.
- Mack, Alexander.
- Diefenderfer family.
- German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)--History.
- German Baptist Brethren (U.S.).
- Pennsylvania--Genealogy.
- Pennsylvania.
- Schriesheim (Germany)--Genealogy.
- Schriesheim (Germany).
- Mack, Alexander, 1679-1735.
- Families.
- Germany--Schriesheim.
- Genre:
- genealogies (histories)
- History.
- Family histories.
- Genealogy.
- Physical Description:
- 122 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ephrata, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania German Society, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English; some documents translated from German.
- Summary:
- This book explores the history of the German Baptist Bretheran in Pennsylvania. It starts in 1560 with the relocation of the Mack family from Switzerland to Schriesheim then in the state of Baden, now present day Germany. Alexander Mack (1679-1735) would become the first minister of the German Baptists and he and others relocated to Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780692455678
- 0692455671
- OCLC:
- 980362211
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