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ADB -- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 56 vols. Leipzig, 1875-1912

AMC USA = " Archives of Mennonite Church USA</a> (Goshen, IN & North Newton, Kan.)

Antw. arch. = Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad. Antwerpen, Belgium: Stadsarchief te Antwerpen.

Antwerpse Chrionykje = Loon, Frans Gerard van, et al. Antwerpsch Chronykje, in het welk zeer veele ... geschiedenissen, sedert den jare 1500. tot het jaar 1574. ... omstandig zyn beschreeven. Te Leyden, : by Pieter vander Eyk, 1743. Available in full electronic text at: https://books.google.ca/books?id=a1NbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Antwerpens Martyrologium = Plaisier, J. A. en M. Akkermans, samenstelling en redactie. Antwerpens martyrologium: Overzicht van de meeste martelaren in Antwerpen die om hun geloof geëxecuteerd zijn 1522-1585. Middelburg: Stichting de Gehonbron, 2008. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.theologienet.nl/documenten/Antwerpen%20Martyrol%201522-1585.pdf

ARG = Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte

Arnold, G. Kirchen-und Ketzer-Historie = Arnold, Gottfried. Unparteiische Kirchen- und Ketzerhistorie vom Anfang des Neuen Testaments bis auf das Jahr Christi 1688, 2 vols. Frankfurt a.m., 1703. Reprinted Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1967.

Ausbund = Ausbund: das ist: Etliche schöne Christliche Lieder. [Lancaster County, PA]: Verlag von den Amischen Gemeinden in Lancaster County, Pa., 1997. 1834 Johann Bär edition available in full electronic text at: http://www.archive.org/details/ausbunddasistet00imbrgoog.

Lois Barrett, Vision (1983) = Barrett, Lois. The Vision and the Reality: The Story of Home Missions in the General Conference Mennonite Church. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1983.

Bax, W. Het Protest. in het Bisdom = Bax, Willem. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht, 2 vols. s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1937-1941. Deel 1 available in full electronic text at: http://www.theologienet.nl/documenten/BaxProtestantisme%20deel%201.pdf; Deel 2 available at http://www.theologienet.nl/documenten/BaxProtestantisme%20deel%202.pdf.

Beck, Geschichts-Bücher – Beck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967. Available in full electronic text at: href="http://www.archive.org/details/diegeschichtsbc00beckgoog"

Bender, Two Centuries – Bender, Harold S. Two Centuries of American Mennonite Literature, A Bibliography of Mennonitica Americana 1727-1928. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1929.

Bender, "Vision" = Harold S. Bender. "The Anabaptist Vision," Church History 13 (March 1944): 3-24, reprinted with slight changes in Mennonite Quarterly Review 18 (1944): 67-88; and reprinted in The Recovery of the Anabaptist Vision, ed. Guy F. Hershberger (Scottdale, 1957): 29-54. Available in full electronic text at: http://anabaptistwiki.org/mediawiki/index.php/The_Anabaptist_Vision_(1944)

Bibl. on War and Peace (1987) = An Annotated Bibliography of Mennonite Writings on War and Peace, 1930-1980. Willard Swartley and Cornelius J. Dyck, eds. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1987.

Bibliographie des Martyrologes -- Haeghen, Ferdinand van der, Thomas Arnold and R. Vanden Berghe. Bibliographie des Martyrologes Protestants Néerlandais, 2 vols. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1890. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Bibliographie%20des%20Martyrologes%20Protestants%20N%C3%A9erlandais

BIC Hist. Life = Brethren in Christ History and Life

Bijblad Nederl. Leeuw = Bijblad van de Nederlandsche Leeuw. 's-Gravenhage: Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor geslacht-en wapenkunde, 1950-1986.

Bijdr. en Meded. Hist. Genootschap, Utrecht'' -- Bijdragen en mededelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Utrecht.

Biogr. Wb. - Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, 8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918.

Blaupot t. C., Friesland – Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Friesland. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff, 1839. Available in full electronic text at http://books.google.com/books?id=125KAAAAYAAJ

Blaupot t. C., Groningen -- Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Groningen, Overijssel en Oost-Friesland, 2 vols. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff en J. B. Wolters, 1842.

Blaupot t. C., Holland -- Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847.

Brethren Encyclopedia (1983) = The Brethren Encyclopedia, 3 vols. Philadelphia and Oak Brook, IL: Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., 1983.

BRN – Cramer, Samuel and Fredrik Pijper. Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica, 10 vols. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1903-1914. Vols. 1-6 available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Bibliotheca%20Reformatoria%20Neerlandica.

Brons, Ursprung, Entwicklung, ... = Brons, Anna. Ursprung, Entwickelung und Schicksale der altevangelischen Taufgesinnten oder Mennoniten: in kurzen Zügen übersichtlich dargestellt. Amsterdam: Johannes Müller, 1912. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.archive.org/details/ursprungentwick00brongoog.

Builder = Builder (1960- )

Burkholder, Confession of Faith = Burkholder, Peter. The Confession of Faith, Of the Christians Known by the Name of Mennonites, in Thirty-Three Articles; with a Short Extract from Their Catechism. Winchester: Printed by Robinson & Hollis, 1837. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/confessionfaith00funkgoog

Cassel, Cassel family = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genealogical History of the Cassel Family in America: Being the Descendants of Julius Kassel or Yelles Cassel, of Kriesheim, Baden, Germany : Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Descendants, with Illustrations. Norristown, Pa: Morgan R. Wills, 1896. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00cass

Cassel, Kolb family = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. [A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family, And Its Branches in America, with Biographical Sketches of Their Descendants from the Earliest Available Records. Norristown, Pa: Morgan R. Willis, 1895. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/agenealogicalhis00cass

Cassel, History of Mennonites = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. History of the Mennonites; Historically and Biographically Arranged from the Time of the Reformation; More Particularly from the Time of Their Emigration to America. Containing Sketches of the Oldest Meeting Houses and Prominent Ministers. Also, Their Confession of Faith, Adopted at Dortrecht, in 1632. Philadelphia: D.K. Cassel, 1888. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historymennonit00cassgoog

Catalogus Amst. -- Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam. Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, 1919. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogusderwerk00vereuoft

CMBS (Fresno) = " Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Fresno, Cal.)

CMBS (Hillsboro) = " Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Hillsboro, Kan.)

CMBS (Winnipeg) = " Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Winnipeg, Man.)

Cornelius = Cornelius, Carl Adolf. Geschichte Des Münsterischen Aufruhrs: In Drei Büchern. Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1855. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/geschichtedesmn00corngoog.

Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum = Schwenckfeld, Caspar. Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel, 1907-1961.

CRR 1 = Yoder, John H., ed. and trans. The Legacy of Michael Sattler. Classics of the Radical Reformation 1. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1973.

CRR 2 = Klassen, William and Walter Klaassen, eds. and trans. The Writings of Pilgram Marpeck. Classics of the Radical Reformation 2. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1978.

CRR 3 = Klaassen, Walter, ed. Anabaptism in Outline: Selected Primary Sources. Classics of the Radical Reformation 3. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1981; Spanish translation by C. Arnold Snyder, Selecciones Teológicas Anabautistas. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1985; all citations are to the English edition

CRR 4 = Harder, Leland, ed. The Sources of Swiss Anabaptism: The Grebel Letters and Related Documents. Classics of the Radical Reforma­tion 4. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1985.

CRR 5 = Pipkin, H. Wayne and John H. Yoder. Balthasar Hubmaier: Theologian of the Anabaptists. Classics of the Radical Reformation 5. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1989.

CRR 6 = Dyck, Cornelius J., William E. Keeney and Alvin J. Beachy. The Writings of Dirk Philips 1504-1568. Classics of the Radical Reformation 6. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1992.

DB -- Doopsgezinde Bijdragen

Denck, Schriften II = Fellmann, W., ed. Hans Denck Schriften, vol. 2: Religiöse Schriften (= Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, vol. 6, pt. 2), Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte, 24. Gütersloh, 1956.

Directory of the Fellowship Churches = Directory of the Fellowship Churches. Farmington, NM: Lamp and Light Publishers.

Dirk, Enchiridion, trans. Kolb (1910) = Philipszoon, Dirk. Enchiridion, trans. A. B. Kolb. 1910, frequent reprintings.

Dirks, Statistik – Dirks, Heinrich. Statistik der Mennonitengemeinden in Russland Ende 1905 (Anhang zum Mennonitischen Jahrbuche 1904/05). Gnadenfeld: Dirks, 1906

Dirks, Jahrbuch'' = Mennonitisches Jahrbuch. Gnadenfeld: Heinrich Dirks (1904-1914).

DJ -- Doopsgezind Jaarboekje jaarg. (Year). Available in full electronic text at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.ah26lb;q1=Doopsgezinde%20Bijdragen (or something similar; check hathitrust)

Doops. Bijdr. = Doopsgezinde Bijdragen

Doops. Jaar. = Doopsgezind Jaarboekje

D. F. Durnbaugh, Believers' Church (1968) = Durnbaugh, Donald F. The Believers' Church: The History and Character of Radical Protestantism. New York: Macmillan, 1968; reprinted Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1985.

C. J. Dyck, Twelve Becoming (1973) = Dyck, Cornelius J. Twelve Becoming: Biographies of Menno­nite Disciples from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1973.

C. J. Dyck, ed., Intro. Menn. Hist. (1967, 1981) = Dyck, Cornelius J., ed. Introduction to Menno­nite History. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1967, 1981.

Eby, Ezra = Eby, Ezra E., Joseph Buchanan Snyder, and Eldon D. Weber. A Biographical History of Early Settlers and Their Descendants in Waterloo Township. Kitchener, Ont: Eldon D. Weber, 1971: [#entry number]. Available online at http://ebybook.region.waterloo.on.ca/ or in multiple electronic formats at http://www.archive.org/details/biographicalhist02ebyeuoft.

Encyclopedia Britannica = Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed. Chicago, 1910-1911, 14th ed. Chicago. 1929-1973, 15th ed. Chicago. 1974.

F. H. Epp, Mennonites in Canada I = Epp, Frank H. Mennonites in Canada, 1786-1920: The History of a Separate People. Toronto: Macmillan, 1974.

F. H. Epp, Mennonites in Canada II = Epp, Frank H. Mennonites in Canada, 1920-1940: A People's Struggle for Survival. Toronto: Macmillan, 1982.

Erb, South Central Frontiers = Erb, Paul. South Central Frontiers: A History of the South Central Mennonite Conference. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1974.

Essays on Biblical Interpretation (1984) = Swartley, Willard M., ed. Essays on Biblical Interpreta­tion: Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspectives, Text-Reader Series 1. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1984.

Fretz, Bishop Henry Funck = Fretz, A. J. A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and Other Funk Pioneers, and a Complete Genealogical Family Register, with Biographies of Their Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time. Elkhart, Ind: Mennonite Pub. Co, 1899. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/abriefhistorybi00fretgoog

Fretz, Jacob Wismer = Fretz, A. J. Brief History of Jacob Wismer, And a Complete Genealogical Family Register; with Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time. Elkhart, Ind: Mennonite pub, 1893. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/briefhistoryofja00fret

Fretz, John & Christian Fretz = Fretz, A. J. A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a Complete Genealogical Family Register. With Biographies of Their Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time. Elkhart, Ind: Mennonite Pub. Co, 1890. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/briefhistoryofjo00fret2

Fretz, John Valentine Kratz = Fretz, A. J. A Brief History of John Valentine Kratz, and a Complete Genealogical Family Register, With Biographies of His Descendants from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time. Elkhart, Ind: Mennonite Pub. Co, 1892. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/briefhistoryofjo00fret

Fretz, Christian & Hans Meyer = Fretz, A. J. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-Seven Portraits and Other Illustrations. Milton, N.J.: A.J. Fretz, 1896. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00fret3

Fretz, Henry Rosenberger = Fretz, A. J., and Seward M. Rosenberger. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Rosenberger Of Franconia, Montgomery Co., Pa. Milton, N.J.: Author, 1906. Available in full electronic text athttp://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00fret4

Fretz, Henry Stauffer = Fretz, A. J. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Stauffer and Other Stauffer Pioneers: Together with Brief Historical and Biographical Sketches. Harleysville, Pa. : Press of the Harleysville News, 1899. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalrecofsto00fret

Fretz, Jacob Beidler = Fretz, A. J. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Jacob Beidler: Of Lower Milford Township, Bucks Co., Pa. : Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches Illustrated with Portraits and Other Illustrations. Milton, N.J.: A.J. Fretz], 1903. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00byufret

Fretz, Martin Oberholtzer = Fretz, A. J. Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer; Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches. Milton, N.J.: Evergreen News Pr, 1903. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/agenealogicalre00fretgoog

Fretz, Swartley family = Fretz, A. J. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of the Swartley Family of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pa.: Together with Brief Historical and Biographical Sketches. Milton, N.J.: A.J. Fretz, 1906. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreco01lcfret

Fretz, William Nash = Fretz, A. J. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of William Nash of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, and Illustrated with Portraits and Other Illustrations. Butler, N.J.: Press of Pequannock Valley Argus, 1903. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalreconash00fret

Fretz, Moyer Family = Fretz, A. J. Genealogy of the Moyer Family. Netcong, N.J.: Union Times print], 1909. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogyofmoyer00fret

Friedmann, Mennonite Piety = Friedmann, Robert. Mennonite Piety Through the Centuries: its Genius and its Literature. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1949. Reprinted Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1976.

P. M. Friesen, Brotherhood (1911, 1980) = Friesen, Peter M. The Mennonite Brotherhood in Russia (1789-1910), trans. J. B. Toews and others. Fresno, CA: Board of Christian Literature [M.B.], 1978, rev. ed. 1980.

Friesen, Brüderschaft (1911) – Friesen, Peter M. Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Brüderschaft in Russland (1789-1910) im Rahmen der mennonitischen Gesamtgeschichte. Halbstadt: Verlagsgesellschaft "Raduga", 1911.

From Pennsylvania to Ontario = "From Pennsylvania to Waterloo: a Biographical History of Waterloo Township." Joseph Schneider Haus National Historic Site, Region of Waterloo, 2003-. Web. 15 November 2009. http://192.237.29.216/index.html.

Gbl. -- Gemeindeblatt der Mennoniten (1870- )

GCM Handbook (year) = Handbook of Information, General Conference Mennonite Church. Newton, KS.

Geiser = Geiser, Samuel. Die Taufgesinnten-Gemeinden: eine Kurzgefasste Darstellung der wichtigsten Ereignisse des Täufertums. Karlsruhe: H. Schneider, 1931.

Gem.-Kal. -- Mennonitischer Gemeinde-Kalender (formerly Christlicher Gemeinde-Kalender) (1892-    )

Gemeinde Unterwegs = former periodical of Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden, merged with Brücke in 1986

Gesch.-Bl. -- Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter. (1936-40, 1951-    )

GH = Gospel Herald (Scottdale, PA) Available in full electronic text at http://libraryguides.ambs.edu/c.php?g=375300&p=2539488.

Gingerich. Service for Peace = Gingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace: a History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service. Akron, Pa.: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949.

GRanDMA = GRanDMA (The Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) Database, GM24-09. Fresno, CA: Mennonite Genealogy Inc., 1 September 2024.

Gratz, D. = Gratz, Delbert L. Bernese Anabaptists and their American descendants. Goshen, IN: Mennonite Historical Society, 1953. Reprinted Elverson, PA: Old Springfield Shoppe, 1994.

Esther Rose Graber, comp., "MBM Missionary Directory" (1983, 1984) = Graber, Esther Rose, compiler. "Mennonite Board of Missions Mis­sionary Directory" Unpublished, Mennonite Board of Missions offices, Elkhart, 1983, 1984.

Grosheide, Bijdrage – Grosheide, Greta. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam. Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938.

Grosheide, Verhooren -- "Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535", in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap 41 (Amsterdam, 1920): ??. Available in full electronic text at http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_bij005192001_01/_bij005192001_01_0005.php.

Hartzler & Kauffman, Mennonite Church history = Hartzler, Jonas Smucker, and Daniel Kauffman. Mennonite Church History. Scottdale, Pa: Mennonite Book and Tract Society, 1905. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029463811

Haury, Prairie People = Haury, David A. Prairie People: a History of the Western District Conference. Newton, KS: Faith and Life Press, 1981.

Herald of Truth= Herald of Truth Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Herald+of+Truth%29&sort=titleSorter.

Herr, Hans Herr = Herr, Theodore W. Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants: From His Birth A.D. 1639 to the Present Time Containing the Names, Etc. of 13223 Persons. Lancaster, Pa: Herr, 1908. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029842204

Histories of the Congregations = Histories of the Congregations. 3rd. ed. Moundridge, Kan.: Gospel Publishers; Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1999.

John A. Hostetler, Amish Society (1980) = Hostetler, John A. Amish Society, 3rd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1980.

John A. Hostetler, Annotated Bibliography (1951) = Hostetler, John A. Annotated Bibliography on the Amish : an Annotated Bibliography of Source Materials Pertaining to the Old Order Amish Mennonites. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1951.

John A. Hostetler, Hutterite Society (1974) = Hostetler, John A. Hutterite Society Baltimore: Johns Hopkins U. Press, 1974.

Hillerbrand = Hillerbrand, Hans J. Anabaptist Bibliography 1520-1630. St. Louis: Center for Reformation Research, 1991.

HRE – Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie and Kirche, 24 vols. 3rd ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913.

Hubmaier, Schriften = Westin, G. and Torsten Bergsten, eds. Balthasar Hubmaier Schriften Gütersloh: Gerd Mohn, 1962; translation in CRR series, Balthasar Hubmaier: Theologian of Anabaptism Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1989.

Huffman, Mennonite Brethren in Christ -- Huffman, Jasper A., ed. History of the Mennonite Brethren in Christ Church. New Carlisle, Ohio: The Bethel Pub. Co, 1920. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/historymennonit00huffgoog/page/n5/mode/2up

Hunsicker, Hunsicker = Hunsicker, Henry A. and H. M. Hunsicker. A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1911. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00huns

Inv. Arch. Amst. -- Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884. Available in full electronic text (U.S. only) at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074770424

Juhnke, Mission (1979) = Juhnke, James C. A People of Mission: A History of General Conference Mennonite Overseas Missions. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1979.

Kauffman, ed., Bible Doctrines (1914) = Kauffman, Daniel, ed. Bible Doctrines. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1914.

Kauffman, ed., Doctrines of the Bible (1929) = Kauffman, Daniel, ed. Doctrines of the Bible: A Brief Discussion of the Teachings of God's Word. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1929, revised edition of Bible Doctrines (1914); reprinted 1949.

Kauffman, Manual = Kauffman, Daniel. Manual of Bible Doctrines: Setting Forth the General Principles of the Plan of Salvation, Explaining the Symbolical Meaning and Practical Use of the Ordinances Instituted by Christ and His Apostles, and Pointing Out Specifically Some of the Restrictions Which the New Testament Scriptures Enjoin Upon Believers. Elkhart, Ind: Mennonite Pub. Co, 1898. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/manualofbibledoc00kauf

Kauffman. Mennonite Cyclopedic = Kauffman, Daniel. Mennonite Cyclopedic Dictionary. Scottdale, Pa: Mennonite Pub. House, 1937.

Kauffman/Harder, Anabaptists Four C. Later (1975) = Kauffman, J. Howard and Harder, Leland, eds. Anabaptists Four Centuries Later: A Profile of Five Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Denominations. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1975.

Keller, Geschichte = Keller, Ludwig. Geschichte der Wiedertäufer und ihres Reiches zu Münster. Münster: Coppenrath'schen buchhandlung, 1880. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/geschichtederwi01kellgoog

Keller, Reformation = Keller, Ludwig. Die Reformation und die älteren Reformparteien : in ihrem Zusammenhange dargestellt. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1885. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/diereformationu00kellgoog

Kerkhist. Archief = Kerkhistorisch archief

Kingdom, Cross, Community (1976) = Burkholder, J. R. and Redekop, Calvin, eds. Kingdom', Cross, and Community: Essays in Honor of Guy F. Hershberger. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1976.

Kolb, Cassel Family = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genealogical History of the Cassel Family in America: Being the Descendants of Julius Kassel or Yelles Cassel, of Kriesheim, Baden, Germany : Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Descendants, with Illustrations. Norristown, Pa: Morgan R. Wills, 1896. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00cass

Kolb, Kolb Family = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp Family, And Its Branches in America, with Biographical Sketches of Their Descendants from the Earliest Available Records. Norristown, Pa: Morgan R. Willis, 1895. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/agenealogicalhis00cass

Kolb, Rittenhouse Family = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genea-Biographical History of the Rittenhouse Family And All Its Branches in America, with Sketches of Their Descendants, from the Earliest Available Records to the Present Time, Including the Birth of Wilhelm in 1644. Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Memorial Association, 1893. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/familyrecordofda00cass

Kolb, History of Mennonites = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. History of the Mennonites; Historically and Biographically Arranged from the Time of the Reformation; More Particularly from the Time of Their Emigration to America. Containing Sketches Fo the Oldest Meeting Houses and Prominent Ministers. Also, Their Confession of Faith, Adopted at Dortrecht, in 1632. Philadelphia: D.K. Cassel, 1888. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmennoni00cass

Kolb, Geschichte der Mennoniten = Cassel, Daniel Kolb. Geschichte der Mennoniten, von Menno Simons' Austritt aus der Kömisch-Katholischen Kirche in 1536 bis zu deren Auswanderung nach Amerika in 1683. Mehr speciell ihre Ansiedlung und Ausbreitung in Amerika. Enthaltend: Kurze Skizzen der einzelnen Gemeinden mit den Namen ihrer Prediger vom Jahre 1683 bis zur gegenwärtigen Zeit. Philadelphia: J. Kohler, 1890

Krehbiel, General Conference = Krehbiel, H. P. The history of the General Conference of the Mennonites of North America, 2 vols. Canton, Ohio: The Author, 1898-1938. Vol. 1 available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/thehistoryoftheg01krehuoft. Vol. 2 available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/historyofgeneral02kreh.

Krehbiel, Mennonite Churches = Krehbiel, H. P. Mennonite churches of North America: a statistical compilation. Berne, Ind: Mennonite Book Concern, 1911. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/mennonitechurche00kreh

Kühler, Geschiedenis I -- Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes. Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Doopsgezinden in de Zestiende Eeuw. Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1932.

Kühler, Geschiedenis II -- Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes. Geschiedenis van de Doopsgezinden in Nederland II. 1600-1735 Eerste Helft. Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon n.v., 1940.

Kühler, Geschiedenis II,2 -- Kühler, Wilhelmus Johannes. Geschiedenis van de Doopsgezinden in Nederland: Gemeentelijk Leven 1650-1735. Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon, 1950.

John A. Lapp, India (1972) = Lapp, John Allen. The Mennonite Church in India, 1897-1962. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History 14. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1972.

Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder = Die Lieder der Hutterischen Brüder: Gesangbuch darinnen viel und mancherlei schöne Betrachtungen, Lehren, Vermahnungen, Lobgesänge und Glaubensbekenntnisse, von vielen Liebhabern Gottes gedichtet und aus vielen Geschichten und Historien der heiligen Schrift zusammengetragen, allen frommen Liebhabern Gottes sehr nützlich zu singen und zu lessen. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonitisches Verlagshaus, 1914. Reprinted Cayley, AB: Hutterischen Brüdern in Kanada, 1962.

Linden = Linden, Friederich O. Melchior Hofmann: Ein Prophet Der Wiedertäufer. Haarlem: Ed Erven F. Bohn, 1885. Available in full electronic text at https://archive.org/details/melchiorhofmanne00linduoft

Lietboecxken = Een Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, in Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1562, 1567, 1570, 1578, 1580, Amsterdam, 1590, n.p., 1591, Amsterdam, 1595, Harlingen, 1599. [Use the date and place cited if discernable, do not list all the dates and places]

LMHS – Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.)

Loesche Tirolensia = Loesche, Georg. “Tirolensia: Täufertum und Protestantismus.” Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Protestantismus im ehemaligen und im neuen Österreich 47 (1926).

'Loesche, G. Archiv Beitr. zur Gesch. des Täufertums... '= Loesche, Goerg. "Archivalische Beiträge zur Geschichte des Täufertums und des Protestantismus in Tirol und Vorarlburg." Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Protestantismus in Österreich 47 (1926).

Loewen, Confessions = Loewen, Howard John, ed. One Lord, One Church, One Hope, One God: Mennonite Confessions of Faith, Text-Reader Series, 2. Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1985) (note that this was reprinted in 1985 to correct flaws in the first edition; because of the resulting differences in pagina­tion, citations will on occasion carry dual pagination, where the first set of page numbers refers to the reprinting and the second set of numbers refers to the original printing)

Loserth, Anabaptismus – Loserth, Johann. Der Anabaptismus in Tirol. 2 vols. Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1892.

Loserth, Communismus -- Loserth, Johann. "Der Communismus der mährischen Wiedertäufer im 16. and 17. Jahrhundert: Beiträge zu ihrer Lehre, Geschichte and Verfassung." Archiv für österreichische Geschichte 81, 1 (1895).

Loserth, Verantwortung = Marpeck, Pilgram. Verantwortung in Pilgram Marbecks Antwort auf Kaspar Schwenckfelds Beurteilung der Bundesbezeugung von 1542, ed. J. Loserth. Vienna: Carl Fromme, 1929.

Luthy, Amish (1986) = Luthy, David. The Amish in America: Settlements that Failed, 1840-1960. Aylmer, ON: Pathway Publishers, 1986.

Luthy, Amish Settlements (1985) = Luthy, David. Amish Settlements Across America. Aylmer, ON: Pathway, 1985.

P. J. Malagar MC India (1981) = Malagar, Pyarelal Joel. The Mennonite Church in India. Nagpur: National Council of Churches in India, 1981; Hindi version published at Dhamtari: Mennonite Coordinating Committee, 1986.

Mannhardt. Danziger Mannhardt, Herman G. Die Danziger Mennonitengemeinde: Ihre Entstehung Und Ihre Geschichte Von 1569-1919: Denkschrift Zur Erinnerung an Das 350 Jährigie Bestehen Der Gemeinde Und an Die Jahrhundertfeier Unseres Kirchenbaus Am 14. September 1919. Danzig: Danziger Mennonitengemeinde, 1919. Available in English translation as Mannhardt, H G, Mark Jantzen, and John D. Thiesen. The Danzig Mennonite Church: Its Origin and History from 1569-1919. North Newton, Kan: Bethel College, 2007.

Mannhardt. Jahrbuch. 1883 = Mannhardt, H. G. Jahrbuch der Mennoniten-Gemeinden in Ost- und Westpreussen (1883).

Mannhardt. Jahrbuch. 1888 = Mannhardt, H. G. Jahrbuch der altevangelischen Taufgesinnten oder Mennoniten (1888).

Mannhardt. Verzeichnis. 1881 = Mannhardt, Jakob. Namens-Verzeichnisz der in Deutschland, Galizien, Polen und Russland befindllichen Mennoniten-Gemeinden: sowie ihrer Aeltesten, Lehrer und Vorsteher. Danzig: [Westpreussische Mennoniten-Gemeinde], 1881.

MAO = Mennonite Archives of Ontario (Waterloo, Ont.)

Marketplace = Marketplace (published by Mennonite Economic Development Associates, 1971-)

Marpeck, Verantwortung in Marbeck-Schwenckfeld, ed. Loserth (1929) = Marpeck, Pilgram. Verantwortung in Pilgram Marbecks Antwort auf Kaspar Schwenckfelds Beurteilung der Bundesbezeugung von 1542, ed. J. Loserth. Vienna: Carl Fromme, 1929.

Marpeck, Vermanung in Gedenkschrift, ed. C. F. Neff (1925) = Marpeck, Pilgram. Vermanung, ed. Christian Hege in Gedenkschrift zum 400-jährigen Jubiläum der Mennoniten oder Taufgesinnten, ed. C. F. Neff. Ludwigshafen: Konferenz der Süddeutschen Mennoniten, 1925: 185-282.

Mart. Mir. -- D(utch) Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II. Available in full electronic text at: https://books.google.ca/books/about/Het_Bloedig_Tooneel_of_Martelaers_Spiege.html?id=CsdmAAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y

Mart. Mir. E(nglish) -- Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm

Martin. Old Order Mennonites of Ontario = Martin, Donald. Old Order Mennonites of Ontario: Gelassenheit, Discipleship, Brotherhood. Kitchener, Ont: Pandora Press, 2003

MB Profile, 1972-1982 in Direction, 14, no. 2 (1985), sp. issue = Toews, John E., Abram B. Konrad, Alvin Dueck. “Mennonite Brethren Membership Profile, 1972-1982.” Direction 14, no. 2 (Fall 1985), special issue.

MB Yearbook = Mennonite Brethren General Con­ference Yearbook (includes General Conference minutes), published triennially, same as Minutes (MB).

MC Archives (Goshen) = Archives of the Mennonite Church (Goshen, IN)

MC Yearbook (date) = Horsch, James E., ed. Mennonite Yearbook and Directory. Scottdale: Mennonite Publishing House, published annually until 1986; after that in alternate years; vol. 77 = 1986-87)

MCC Story = Dyck, Cornelius J., ed., with Robert Kreider, John A. Lapp, and others, The Mennonite Central Committee Story, 5 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1980-1987

MCC Story, 1 = The Mennonite Central Committee Story, vol. 1: From the Files of MCC. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1980.

MCC Story, 2 = The Mennonite Central Committee Story, vol. 2: Responding to Worldwide Need Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1980.

MCC Story, 3 = The Mennonite Central Committee Story, vol. 3: Witness and Service in North America Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1980.

MCC Story, 4 = The Mennonite Central Committee Story, vol. 4: Biographies: Something Meaning­ful for God. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1981.

MCC Story, 5 = The Mennonite Central Committee Story, vol. 5: Hungry, Thirsty, a Stranger. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988.

MCCC = Mennonite Central Committee, Canada (Winnipeg) (as publisher)

MEA 1 = MacMaster, Richard K. Land, Piety, Peoplehood: The Establishment of Mennonite Communities in America, 1683-1790. The Men­nonite Experience in America 1. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1985.

MEA 2 = Schlabach, Theron. Peace, Faith, Nation: Mennonites and Amish in Nineteenth-Century America. The Mennonite Experience in Ameri­ca 2. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1988.

MEA 3 = Juhnke, James C. Vision, Doctrine, War: Mennonite Identity and Organization in Ameri­ca, 1890-1930. The Mennonite Experience in America 3. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1989.

MEA 4 = Toews, Paul. Mennonites in American Society, 1930-1970 : Modernity and the Persistence of Religious Community. The Mennonite Experience in America 4. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1996.

Mellink, Wederdopers -- Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954.

Menn. Bib. = Springer, Nelson and A.J. Klassen, compilers, Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961, 2 vols. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1977.

Menno Simons, Opera = Opera Omnia Theologica, of alle de Godtgeleerde wercken van Menno Simons. Amsterdam: By Joannes van Veen, boeck- en pargament-verkooper, 1681

Menno, Writings = The Complete Writings of Menno Simons, c. 1496-1561, trans. Leonard Verduin, ed. J. C. Wenger. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1956.

Menno, Writings (1870) = Menno Simons. Complete Writings, Engl. trans. Elkhart, IN: John Funk, 1870.

MennObits = "Name of deceased.” Gospel Herald 88 (14 February 1995). Reproduced in MennObits. “Gospel Herald Obituary - February 1995." Web. 14 January 2006. http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/95/feb1995.html.

Mennonite, The = The Mennonite Available in full electronic text at http://libraryguides.ambs.edu/c.php?g=375300&p=2539496.

Die Mennoniten-Gemeinden in Russland. Heilbronn, 1921.= Hylkema, Tjeerd Oedes. Die Mennoniten-Gemeinden in Russland: waehrend der Kriegs- und Revolutionsjahre 1914 bis 1920. Heilbronn a. Neckar: Kommissions-Verlag der Merin. Fluechtlingsfuersorge E. V. 1921.

Mennonitische Märtyrer = Toews, Aron A. Mennonitische Märtyrer: der jüngsten Vergangenheit und der Gegenwart, 2 vols. North Clearbrook, BC: Selbstverlag des Vefassers, 1949-1954.

MHC (Harleysville) – Mennonite Heritage Center (Harleysville, Pa.).

MHC (Winnipeg) – Mennonite Heritage Centre archives (Winnipeg, Man.).

MHL (Goshen) = Mennonite Historical Library (Goshen, Ind).

Miller, Conservative Mennonite Conference = Miller, Ivan J. History of the Conservative Mennonite Conference, 1910-1985. Grantsville, Md: I. J. Miller, 1985.

Minutes (BIC) (1871-1904) = Kreider, H. K.; Engle, Eli M.; Smith, S.R. Minutes of General Conferences of Brethren in Christ (River Breth­ren) from 1871-1904 in Condensed Form. Harrisburg, PA, 1904.

Minutes (BIC) (1986) = Minutes of the 109th [Seventh Biennial] General Conference, Breth­ren in Christ Church, July 5 - July 10, 1986. Nappanee: Evangel Press, with minutes of earlier General Conference cited with corresponding changes in dates.

Minutes (MB) = Yearbook of the Mennonite Brethren General Conference (same as MB Yearbook).

Minutes (EMB) = Annual Report of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference, later renamed Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches.

Minutes (EMCh) = Annual Report and Directory of the Evangelical Mennonite Church (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Evangelical Mennonite Church).

Minutes (GCM) = Minutes of the general confer­ences of the General Conference Mennonite Church.

Miss.' Focus = Mission' Focus (Elkhart, IN, 1972- ).

'Miss.' Mess. (EMBMC) = Missionary Messenger (EMBMC, 1924- ).

Miss. News and Notes = publication of women's mis­sionary auxiliary (GCM)

ML – Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967.

MLA (North Newton) = Mennonite Library and Archives Bethel College (North Newton, Kan.)

Müller, Berner Täufer – Müller, Ernst. Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1895. Reprinted Nieuwkoop: B. de Graaf, 1972

MWH (1978) = Kraybill, Paul N., ed. Mennonite World Handbook. Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1978

MWH (1984) = Mennonite World Handbook Supplement. Strasbourg, France, and Lombard, IL: Mennonite World Conference, 1984

MWH Website = Mennonite World Conference. World Directory, 2012. [or current appropriate link.

MWR = Mennonite Weekly Review (Newton, 1923-)

Naamlijst -- Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden. Amsterdam, 1731, 1743, 1755, 1757, 1766, 1769, 1775, 1780, 1782, 1784, 1786, 1787, 1789, 1791, 1793, 1802, 1804, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1815, 1829. [Cite only relevant year(s)]

NCE = The New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.

Ned. Archief v. Kerkgesch. = Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis

'Ned. Patriciaat = Nederlands Patriciaat

n.F. = neue Folge (new series—German)

N.N.B.Wb. – Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: [There are 10 volumes; cite the relevant volume and page, i.e. II, 406]. Available online at http://www.dbnl.org/titels/titel.php?id=molh003nieu00

n.r. = nieuwe reeks (new series—Dutch)

n.s. = new series (periodicals)

New Schaff-Herzog = "Name of Article." New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. 13 vols. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1952: [v. #]. Available online in Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Web. 7 July 2007. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc02.html?term=Burrage,%20Henry%20Sweetser</a>> [Insert correct article name, volume #, and appropriate url address]

Obituary Example = "Name of deceased." Gospel Herald 51 (18 February 1958): 166; reproduced in MennObits. 1999. Mennonite Church USA Historical. Committee. Web. 27 November 2005. http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/58/feb1958.html.

Offer -- Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Heeren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: [pages]. Available in full electronic text at: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_off001offe01_01/

Ottius, Annales Anabaptistici = Otte, Johann Heinrich. Annales Anabaptistici : hoc est, Historia universalis de Anabaptistarum origine, progressu, factionibus & schismatis ... Basileae : sumptibus Johannis Regis, 1672

Oud-Holland = Oud-Holland: tijdschrift voor Nederlandse kunstgeschiedenis

Packull = Packull, Werner O. Hutterite Beginnings : Communitarian Experiments During the Reformation. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

S. F. Pannabecker, Open Doors (1975) = Pannabecker, Samuel Floyd. Open Doors: History of the General Conference Mennonite Church. Newton, KS: Faith and Life, 1975.

Peachey, Peter Bitsche = Peachey, Samuel M. A Memorial History of Peter Bitsche, And a Complete Family Register of His Lineal Descendants and Those Related to Him by Intermarriage, from 1767 to 1892. Chronologically Arranged. With an Appendix of Those Not Received in Time for Their Proper Place. Lancaster, Pa: J. Baer's Sons, Printers, 1892. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/memorialhistoryo00peac.

Penner = Penner, Horst. Die ost- und westpreussischen Mennoniten in ihrem religiösen und sozialen Leben in ihren kulturellen und wirtschaftlichen Leistungen, 2 vols. Weierhof, Germany: Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein, 1978-1987.

Plough = The Plough (Rifton, N.Y.: Plough Publishing, 1983- ); also appeared earlier in England.

PMH = Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage (Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1978- ).

Raber, Raber family = Raber, J. A. Family Records of Jacob Raber from Germany: And His Lineal Descendants. Baltic, Ohio: Raber, 1914. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/familyrecordsofj00rabe.

Recovery = Hershberger, Guy F., ed. The Recovery of the Anabaptist Vision. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1959.

Regehr. Faith, Life & Witness = Regehr, T. D. Faith, Life and Witness in the Northwest, 1903-2003 : Centennial History of the Northwest Mennonite Conference. Kitchener, Ont. : Pandora Press, 2003.

Reimer, Familiennamen – Reimer, Gustav E. Die Familiennamen der westpreussischen Mennoniten. Weierhof: Mennonitische Geschichtsverein, 1940.

Reimer, Quilt (1983) = Reimer, Margaret Loewen, ed. One Quilt, Many Pieces. Waterloo, Ontario: Mennonite Publishing Service, 1983.

Reimer, Quilt (2008) = Reimer, Margaret Loewen. One Quilt, Many Pieces: a Guide to Mennonite Groups in Canada. 4th ed. Waterloo, Ontario: Herald Press, 2008.

Rembert, Wiedertäufer -- Rembert, Karl. Die "Wiedertäufer" im Herzogtum Jülich. Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1899.

RGG -- Die Religion in Geschichte and Gegenwart, 2. ed., 5 vols. Tübingen: Mohr, 1927-1932.

Rich, Mennonite Women (1983) = Rich, Elaine Sommers. Mennonite Women: A Story of God's Faithfulness, 1683-1983. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983.

Roosen, Christian = Roosen, Gerhard. Christian Spiritual Conversation on Saving Faith for the Young: In Questions and Answers. Lancaster, Pa: John Baer and Sons, 1857. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/christianspirit00ebygoog.

Roosen, Christliches = Roosen, Gerhard. Christliches Gemüths-Gespräch: von dem Geistlichen und seligmachenden Glauben, und Erkenntniss der Wahrheit, So zu der Gottseligkeit führet in der Hoffnung des ewigen Lebens. Lancaster, [Pa.]: Gedruckt bey Johannn Bär, 1869. Available in full electronic text at http://www.archive.org/details/christlichesgem00unkngoog.

Roth, Fr., Augsburgs Ref.-Gesch. = Roth, Friedrich. Augsburgs Reformationsgeschichte. 2. vollständig umgearbeitete Aufl. München: T. Ackermann, 1901-1911.

Roth, Fr., Zur Gesch. der Wiedertäufer in Oberschwaben III = Roth, Friedrich. Zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer in Oberschwaben: III. Der Höhepunkt der wiedertäuferischen Bewegung in Augsburg und ihr Niedergang im Jahre 1528.. Augsburg: In Kommission der J.A. Schlosserschen Buchh. (F. Schott.), 1901.

Rues, S. F. Tegenwoordige = Rues, S. F. Tegenwoordige staet der Doopsgezinden of Mennoniten, in de Vereenigde Nederlanden: waeragter komt een berigt van de Rynsburgers of Collegianten: beide ter vertooninge van de leer, uiterlyken toestand, en godsdienstige gebruiken dezer kerkelyke genootschappen; nevens een verhael wegens den oorsprong en voortgang van de jongstleden geschillen der eerstgemelde, met de leeraers der Gereformeerde Kerke. T' Amsterdam: By F. Houttuyn, boekverkooper, 1745.

Ruth, John L. Earth = Ruth, John L. The Earth is the Lord's: a narrative history of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 2001

Ruth, John L. Maintaining = Ruth, John L. Maintaining the right fellowship: a narrative account of life in the oldest Mennonite community in North America. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1984

SAGA-OMII ="**Name of Person**." SAGA (Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association) Genealogical Website. Web. 6 July 2007. http://www.saga-omii.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I108&tree=hoover. [Put in correct name of individual, access date and url for record utilized]

SAW = Williams, George H. and Angel M. Mergal, eds. Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers: Docu­ments Illustrative of the Radical Reformation, Library of Christian Classics. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1957

Schapansky = Schapansky, Henry. Mennonite Migrations (and the Old Colony, Russia). New Westminster, BC: Henry Schapansky, 2006.

Schijn-Maatschoen, Geschiedenis I – Schijn, Hermann. Geschiedenis dier Christenen, welke in de Vereenigde Nederlanden onder de Protestanten Mennoniten genaamd worden . . . Tweede Druk op nieuws uit het Latyn vertaald, en vermeerdert door Gerardus Maatschoen. Amsterdam: Kornelis de Wit, 1743

Schijn-Maatschoen, Geschiedenis II, which is volume II of the preceding work. Schijn, Hermann. Uitvoeriger Verhandeling van de Geschiedenisse der Mennoniten. Amsterdam: Kornelis de Wit, 1744

Schijn-Maatschoen, Geschiedenis III, which is volume III of the preceding work. Schijn, Hermann. Aanhangzel Dienende tot den Vervolg of Derde Deel van de Geschiedenis der Mennoniten .. . in het welke noch Negentien Leeraars der Mennoniten . . . Amsterdam: Kornelis de Wit, 1745

Schroeder, William = Schroeder, William. "Maps and Historical Notes related to Mennonite History." Winnipeg, Man.: Mennonite Heritage Centre, 2008. Web. 27 November 2009. http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/holdings/Schroeder_maps/: Map 105- Mennonite Settlements on the Peninsula.

J. W. Shank, Southern Cross (1943) = Shank, Josephus Ward. The Gospel Under the Southern Cross: A History of the Argentine Mennonite Mission of South America Celebrating Its 25th Anniversary, 1917-1942. Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1943

Smith, Illinois = Smith, Willard. Mennonites in Illinois. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983

J. M. Stayer, Sword (1972, 1976) = Stayer, James M. Anabaptists and the Sword. Lawrence, KS: Coronado Press, 1972; revised ed. 1976

Stoltzfus, Mennonites of the Ohio... = Stoltzfus, Grant M. Mennonites of the Ohio and Eastern Conference; From the Colonial Period in Pennsylvania to 1968. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, no. 13. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press, 1969.

Strassburger, Pennsylvania German Pioneers. = Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, edited by William John Hinke. Pennsylvania German pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808,.vol. 1, 1727-1775. Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. Available in full electronic text at http://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000007109121.

TA Baden-Pfalz – Krebs, Manfred. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, IV. Band: Baden and Pfalz. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXII. Band. Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1951.

TA Bayern I – Schornbaum, Karl. Quellen zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer, II. Band: Markgraftum Brandenburg. (Bayern I. Abteilung). Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XVI. Band. Leipzig: M. Heinsius Nachfolger, 1934.

TA Bayern II -- Schornbaum, Karl. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, V. Band: (Bayern II. Abteilung). Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXIII. Band. Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1951.

TA Elsaß I = Krebs, Manfred and Hans Georg Rott, eds. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, VII. Band: Elsaß I: Stadt Strasbourg, 1522-32. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXVI. Band. Gütersloh, 1959.

TA Elsaß II = Krebs, Manfred and Hans Georg Rott, eds. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, VIII. Band: Elsaß II: Stadt Strasbourg, 1533-35. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXVII. Band. Gütersloh, 1960.

TA Elsaß III – Lienhard, Marc, Stephen F. Nelson, and Hans Georg Rott. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, XV. Band: Elsaß III: Stadt Strasbourg, 1536-1542. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte LIII. Band.  Gütersloh: G. Moon, 1986.

TA Hessen – Franz, Günther. Urkundliche Quellen zur hessischen Reformationsgeschichte, IV Band: Wiedertäuferakten 1527-1626. Marburg: N.G. Elwert, 1951.

TA Oberdtsch. I = Müller, Lydia, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, III. Band: Glaubenszeugnisse oberdeutscher Taufgesinnter I. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XX. Band. Leipzig, 1938.

TA Oberdtsch. II = Friedmann, Robert, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, XII. Band: Glaubenszeugnisse oberdeutscher Taufgesinnter II. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXXVI. Band. Gütersloh, 1967

TA Osterreich I = Mecenseffy, Grete, ed., Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, XI. Band: Osterreich I. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XXXI. Band. Gütersloh, 1964.

TA Osterreich II = Mecenseffy, Grete, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, XIII. Band: Osterreich II. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XLI. Band. Gütersloh, 1972.

TA Osterreich III = Mecenseffy, Grete, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, XIV. Band: Osterreich III. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte L. Band. Gütersloh, 1983.

TA Schweiz I: (Zürich) – Muralt, Leonhard von and Walter Schmid. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer in der Schweiz, I. Band: Zürich. Zürich: S. Hirzel, 1952.

TA Schweiz II (Ostschweiz) = Fast, Heinold, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer in der Schweiz, II. Band: Ostschweiz. 1974.

TA Schweiz III (Bern, Aargau) = Haas, Martin, ed. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer in der Schweiz, III. Band: Bern, Aargau. 1974.

TA Württemberg – Bossert, Gustav. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer, I. Band: Herzogtum Württemberg. Quellen und Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte XIII. Band. Leipzig: M. Heinsius, 1930.

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