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.

An Abstract View… tells the story of two lots of land in Fisher, Illinois, and how they changed owners over 150 plus years, from 1850 until sold in 2008.

Another article by researcher Herbert Holly, originally published in Germany, now debuting on the Schrock-Birkey website. It includes a brief Bircki mention, as well as photos of the three farms (hofs): Kandlerhof, Oswaldhof, and Holzbauernhof.

A new article by Herbert Holly has been added to the Articles page, under Related. It gives the story of Mennonites near Munich in the early 1830s, as taken from a document found at Staatsarchiv Munchen. Reported by Heinrich Stalter, head of the Amish Mennonite Congregation of Munich, it describes their church life in great detail. Additional text has been added in the form of footnotes, adding information about some of those named.

Surnames include Stalter, Birki, Hunzicker, Kettner, Zehr, Springer, Reggie, Müller, Schrag, Augustin, Esch, Holli, and a few others.