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History and Genealogy of Netherlandic Mennonites
This site explores the history and genealogy of Netherlandic Mennonites from their origins in the lowland countries of Europe through their migration to settlements in Tsarist Russia and eventual destinations in Western Canada. Where possible the perspectives and experiences of my own ancestors are cast against the historical backdrop.
Historical Genealogy Articles
The Maraun Family in the Administrative Records of the Teutonic Order (1512-1523)
A record of events experienced by the Maraun family in the early sixteenth century
A Mennonite Dynasty in Danzig (1580-1700)
Family ties among elite Mennonite families in the early days
The Fast - Toews - Heese Economic Dynasty (1765-1917)
The business activities and marital alliances of this group of entrepreneurial families
Do the Mennonite Schapanskys Have Aristocratic Roots? (1556-1731)
Assessing the possibility that this Mennonite family has aristocratic ancestry
Saskatchewan Bergthalers – The Striemer Family (1783-1944)
Tracing one Mennonite family from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to Ukraine and Saskatchewan
The Chortitzer Mennonite Church Books (1878-1907)
Records from the Mennonite Church at Chortitz (Manitoba)
Teichroeb Family Books: Historical Context (1789-1944)
Four generations of family records in Russia
Anna Teichroeb and Gerhard Giesbrecht (1882-1943)
What happened to the Mennonites who stayed in Russia after the Revolution?
Eastern Settlement - The Johann Bartsch Story (1757-1821)
The first Mennonite settlement in Russia
Eastern Vision - The Peter Epp Story (1725-1789)
The Mennonite Migration from Danzig to Russia
The Search for the Ancestors of Johann Fast (1852-1920)
Finding 150 years of history
The De Veers Go To Russia (1795-1803)
A concise summary of the De Veers who emigrated to Russia during the Mennonite Migration
De Veer: Five Centuries of History (1556-1822)
Michael Calmeyer's original research published in 1929
Jacob Harnasveger: 16th Century Anabaptist Reformer (1480-1563)
The life and times of a radical reformer
Teichroeb Ancestry: Poland - Russia - Canada (1740-1925)
The history of a family is the history of Europe
The Lehn Diaries: Historical Context (1679-1919)
Historical anecdotes drawn from the pages of a multi-generational diary
The Disappearance of Jake Fast (1935)
The unsolved mystery of Jake's disappearance during the Great Depression
Isaac "Fisher" Fast - the Hermit of Gabriel's Crossing (1884-1964)
The life and times of Fisher Fast
Marjorie Fast and Peter Teichroeb Part 1: Marjorie's Story (1935)
Growing up on the Prairies...log cabins, fancy dresses and mosquitos
Marjorie Fast and Peter Teichroeb Part 2: Peter's Story (1929)
Farming life...nice pitchfork you have there
Marjorie Fast and Peter Teichroeb Part 3: The School Years (1930s-1950s)
Peter and Marjorie get an education
Marjorie Fast and Peter Teichroeb Part 4: The Depression and the War Years (1929-1945)
Freight trains and war planes
Using Y DNA to Predict Ancestry: A Statistical Model
Putting Y DNA data into practice
