Christian Kauffman/Coffman/Kaufmann and his father, John moved from Berks County to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in 1806. Christian married Catherine Yoder about 1813. They helped establish the Ammish-Mennonite districts in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas where many of the descendants have remained.
This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.
This issue contains the following articles and [surnames]: Christian Egle and Marie Rediger Family—1874 Immigrants, Part I—Family and Faith Links in Europe [Egle, Egli, Reidiger, Rediger, Ehresmann]; Revised Article on Jacob Beiler—1737 Immigrant [Beiler, Beyeler]; Elizabeth Frantz (b. 1729), Daughter of Christian Frantz (b. 1685), Wife of John Nicholas Garst (b. 1727), Mother of the Frantz-Garst Brethren [Frantz, Garst]; Margaret "Maggie" Ziegler (1844-1924)—Heritage of Hope, Legacy of Love, Part II: Married 1) Henry R. Boyer (1840-1865), 2) Jacob Lawrence Lind (1849-1929) [Ziegler, Musselman, Hiestand, Wenger, Allebach, Landis, Shrager]; Work and Hope: Mennonite Life in Eastern Pennsylvania; The Ehresmanns of Dorrmoschel, Part VIII: Forget-Me-Nots, Tears, and Love [Ehresmann, Iutzi]; Truths Emerging From the Mists of the Past: A Virtual Visit to a Hallowed Site, Landes Mennonite Cemetery [Landes, Hochstaettler, Birky, Augsburger]; Growing Up Gottshall [Gottshall]; Mennonite World Conference in 2015—Walk More Closely With God and Each Other.
Jacob Beiler (d.1772) and his son, Christopher, emigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia in 1737. They settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob Byler (1799-1867), a great-grandson, married Nancy Kauffman and lived in Mifflin and Lawrence Counties, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, the Midwest, Delaware and elsewhere.