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TopicAccession #Description Summary
Alexander Mack: Genealogical InformationBC2004/21 

Alexander Mack Genealogical information.

 
Convocation #134: Brown, DaleConvocation Tape #134: Brown, Dale "Who are the Brethren?" by Dale Brown. 
Western Brethren: Church of the BrethrenCOB General File: Western Brethren  Western Brethren: excerpts from The Monthly Gospel-Visiter.  

These items in the Church of the Brethren collection may also be helpful:
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TopicRecord #Description Summary
Brethren in North Dakota: Church of the BrethrenBC2004/2 Brethren in North Dakota. 
Church of Brethren: DoctrineBC2004/33 The Task Force on Brethren History and Doctrine.  Board of Christian Education.  The Brethren Church.  "The Brethren:  Growth in Life and Thought." 
Church of the Brethren, Dallas Center, Iowa: Centennial and HistoryBC2007/23 Church of the Brethren, Dallas Center, Iowa, Centennial and history. 
Church of the Brethren: Annual Conference Moderators, PostcardsBC2008/2 Postcards  of Germantown Church of the Brethren, D. W. Kurtz,  and all living Annual Conference Moderators.  . 
Church of the Brethren: PostcardsBC2003/5 

Mural History of the Church of the Brethren, the story behind the illustrative murals at Camp Alexander Mack, Indiana.

 

See Also: Camp Alexander Mack.

 
Ecumenical Movement: Church of the BrethrenCOB General File: Ecumenical Ecumenical Movement.  Brochure, Church of the Brethren in the Ecumenical Movement," by E. Paul Weaver.   
Four Mile Church of the BrethrenBC2002/10 

 

The Virginia Colony or The Four Mile Church Part 1.

Some families that are mentioned:  Miller, Kingery, Lybrook, Moss, Toney, Witter, Hart, Eikenberry, Brower, Landis, Ritter, Huston, Rinehart, Rife, Ridenour, Shideler, Fosher, and Fiant.

 

See Also: The Brethren Encyclopedia and, History of the Church of the Brethren in Indiana.

 
History of Ephrata, by Milton H. HeinickeBC2011/6 

Milton H. Heinicke's History of Ephrata, Supplement to Booklet Seven, published by The Historical Society of The Cocalico Valley, Arranged for Publication by Ralph M. Hartranft, February 1974.

This booklet contains genealogical material related to the memberes of Johann Conrad Beissel's sect of Seventh Day Baptists.

 
Krebiehl Bible: Family BibleBC2011/20 

The Krebiehl Bible is a German bible that might have been printed in Holland circa 1600.  The bible is from the Rossville Church of the Brethren, Indiana.  Family history is traced from 1762.


 
Mack, AlexanderBC2001/6 Alexander Mack, leader of the Schwarzenomer Neutavfer (sic) [Schwarzenauer Neutäufer, or forerunners of the Church of the Brethren and related groups], wrote a letter to the Count of Ysenburg-Büdingen Moravianborn on 5 September 1711.  The original letter is kept in the Archives of the Castle.  It has been translated into modern German by Gudrun Meyer and into English by Barbara Ollesch.  
Planting the Faith in a New Land: ManuscriptCOB Small Box 12: Planting the Faith, Manuscript Manuscript for the book, "Planting the Faith in a New Land." 
South Bend City (Second) and South Bend Church of the Brethren: Northern Indiana District BC2011/2a,b,c 

Three early record books identified as BC2011/2a; "South Bend" 1877 - 1890, BC2011/2b; South Bend City (Second) with reference to Portage church city members (1905) and  BC2011/2c; South Bend City (Second) with the preface, "Record of the Treasury of the Second Church of the Brethren Cushing and Van Buren Sts., South Bend, Indiana (with records beginning 1927).

 
The Christian Challenge, Publication from The Brethren of Early Christianity: Community Farm of the BrethrenBC2011/11 

The Archivist does not know which Brethren group this publication relates to.  It was found in the Archives' stacks and was not discarded because of potential value to future research.  The title and address of the publication follows:

"The Christian Challenge," The Brethren of Early Christianity, Community Farm of the Brethren, R. R. #4, Bright, Ontario, Canada.

 
 


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