Schrock-Birkey Blog

Burial Site of Andrew Schrock, Sr. (1804-1855)

January 23, 2010

At the links you will find a map of Washington, Tazewell Co., IL, showing the location and  photo of Guth Cemetery. Buried there is Andrew Schrock, Sr., third son of Joseph and Maria Neuhauser Schrag. Andrew died August 5, 1855 of cholera. Andrew’s wife, Anna Oyer, was a sister to Peter Guth’s wife, Susanna Oyer.

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Family Tree Update

January 23, 2010

Today the Family Tree section of The Schrock Birkey Connection has been updated. The tree now contains 11,543 names. Several corrections of information have been made as well.

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Ancestry and Ministry of the Bishop: Peter Zehr (1851-1922)

September 18, 2009

The Ancestry of the Bishop: Peter Zehr (1851 – 1922) by Donna Schrock Birkey Originally published in the Winter 2008 (Vol. XXXV  •  No. 4) Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly (http://www.imhgs.org) (Used with permission of original publisher) “Recently I found indications that the Amish Zehr name may have roots in the very early Zehringen family. The [...]

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Another Christian Birky Added to Family Histories Section

September 14, 2009

Christian Birky (1783 – abt. 1840) has been added as a new name in the Family Histories section. He was son of Christian Birki (abt. 1700-abt. 1750) and the father of eight children. His wife is unknown. Thought to have had connections to Lutterbacherhof (near Saar-union) where other Birki families lived. Photos included.

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Katherina Stalter Good

September 12, 2009

Five photos of Hemerten estate, birthplace of Katherina Stalter, have been added to Katherina’s history in the Family Histories section. The photos were taken by me in the 1980′s when Hermann and Gertrude Guth took Del and me to this estate in Bavaria where Del’s great grandmother, Katherina, was born and where his great-great grandparents, [...]

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Four Generation Chart: Joseph & Maria Neuhauser Schrag Descendants

August 31, 2009

Click on the chart: then again on the next chart to enlarge it.

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Schrock Immigrant Day and Family Reunion

August 20, 2009

ANNOUNCING . . . Schrock Immigrant Day and a reunion of the descendants of the children of Joseph Schrag and Maria Neyhouser– Johannes, Pierre, Andreas, Magdalena (Smith), Barbara (Belsly) June 18-20, 2010 Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center Metamora, Illinois June 18 – Friday evening Picnic Social for Schrock Descendants Get acquainted, “climb” the Family Tree, family [...]

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Birkey.org Has Been Updated

August 19, 2009

The Schrock-Birkey Connection website at BIRKEY.ORG has been updated and is now running on the world’s most widely-used content management system and blog platform called WordPress. Randal Birkey of Headstand Media – a Chicago Web Design firm – was responsible for this recommendation and transition. We trust that you will be able to find more [...]

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Zehr Ancestry Chart

February 24, 2009

This is the Zehr Family Ancestry Chart

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Birkey Ancestry Chart

February 24, 2009

This is the Birkey Family Ancestry Chart

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