A New Article on Several Hirschy Families

A New Article on Several Hirschy Families

This new article contains a fascinating story of several European Hirschy and Wagler families who left their homes, traveling to America to better their lives and be near relatives.

Jean-Paul Pelsy, the author who lives in France, tells the story of how members of his family, after their trials and failures in France, left for America to join those who had earlier decided to leave their home country.

Swiss Mennonite Family Names

Swiss Mennonite Family Names

I have attached a PDF file of the 1977 Summer issue of the Pennsylvania Folklife magazine with an article titled Swiss Mennonite Family Names: An Annotated Checklist, including illustrations, by Leo Schelbert and Sandra Luebking.

It contains a ” list of names, their variants, and if known, their Swiss origin as well as the names of successive first migrating family members… ”This information is helpful in identifying ancestors with similar names, but a variety of spellings, such as:

SCHRAG (Schraag, Schrack, Schragg, Schrock, Shrock)
After 1664 in the Palatinate.
1763 Christen and Benedicht Schrag…

and

BERGEY (Berge, Berke, Berkey, Berki, Rerky, Birkey, Birki, Birky, Borcki, Borcky, Buerckey, Buercki, Buerge, Buergey, Buergi, Buerki, Burckey, Burcky, Burgey, Burkey, Burki, Burky, Burky, etc.).
1670’s Anabaptist Burki family at Gibel, Emmental, Ct. Bern (BA 48)
1710 Hans Burki

Citation

Schelbert, Leo; Luebking, Sandra; Hulan, Richard H.; Von Zemenszky, Edith; and Rausch, David A., “Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 26, No. 5” (1977). Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine. 74.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/pafolklifemag/74

New Article Posted – Josephine Yordy Schrock

New Article Posted – Josephine Yordy Schrock

The 100th Anniversary of the Mennonite Home for the Aged prompted an article about Josephine Yordy Schrock to be included in the Spring 2022 issue of Illinois Mennonite Heritage. Written by Frank Kandel and Donna Schrock Birkey (1st cousins and grandchildren of Josephine) it tells the story of Josephine’s life connections, at the beginning and at the end, entwined with that 1922 institution.

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