Alfred & Agnes: The Story of My Immigrant ParentsFRIEDA FRITZ STIEHL, the daughter of German immigrants, grew up on a dairy farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania. After the deaths of her parents, she began to realize how little she knew about them and had many questions one doesnt think to ask until its too late. In search of answers, she visited older family members scattered throughout the U. S. and Germany, knowing that any information she might hope to find existed in one and only one placethe

courthouses

especially if you have Mennonite roots

Part I: A Memorial Tribute to Isaac R

Maps and graphs enhance the history of each family

and bindings provide a rare glimpse of the most cherished possession among the Pennsylvania Dutch—the family Bible

the Jura Mountain

Brubaker and lived in Freeport

A short historical introduction on the Herr family precedes the major body of the book covering Herr descendants for ten generations to 1908

He married 1) Mary Belle McKibben and married 2) Alice (Miller) Bamberger

Now with full-color images

This book is an encyclopedia of all the main branches of Brubakers for several generations beginning with the immigrant ancestor Hans Brubaker who settled in Lancaster Co

this story takes you to the Valley of the Shadow of Death with stops