Swiss Mennonite Family Names

February 10, 2023

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

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