Publications - Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society

MENNONITES IN ILLINOIS

Mennonites in Illinois. IMHGS commissioned this comprehensive history of Mennonite and Amish congregations in Illinois. It includes a brief history of Mennonite origins in Europe, establishment of congregations, and the effect of “awakening” and more recent influences of Fundamentalism and acculturation.

Author Willard H. Smith, (1900-1998) was professor emeritus of history at Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, author of several books and many historical articles. He was an Illinois native whose family were among early Mennonite settlers in the state and active in the spiritual life of their community. (Herald Press, 1983) 613 pp., hard cover, jacket, $30.

PERIODICAL

Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly, published since 1974, contains 20-28 pages of historical and genealogical research, stories and reminiscences. Individual copies are $5.00 each, and are included with IMHGS membership. [Membership information is located in last two paragraphs on Home page.]

Click News for a listing of leading articles in the latest issues of Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly.

Visit Illinois Mennonite Heritage Twenty-FiveYear Index 1974-1998 (entitled Mennonite Heritage from 1974-1990) here indexed by Author and Subject. Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly FiveYear Index 1999-2003 will soon be added. The periodical is also indexed in Genealogical Periodical Annual Index.

For those wishing to use material from the Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly, please see our Permission Policy. The Permission Policy will also be printed in the 2009 Spring Illinois Mennonite Heritage Quarterly.

BOOKS FOR SALE

CONGREGATIONAL HISTORIES

At the Bend in the River: A 100-Year History of East Bend Mennonite Church by Verle C. Oyer. History of the Mennonite congregation established in 1889 near Fisher, Illinois. (1989) 50 pp., $5

The Cullom Mennonite Church by Thomas Yoder. History of the Mennonite congregation at Cullom, Illinois, est.1860 and discontinued ca.1963. (1974) 72 pp., $3

First Mennonite Church of Champaign-Urbana: A 25-Year History by Gordon Oyer, Mary Sprunger, and Paul Meyer Reimer. History of Illinois’ first dual conference congregation, established in 1964. (1989) 124 pp., $5

History of the Roanoke Mennonite Church . . . 125 Years, 1875-2000: Understanding of the Past, A Guide to Our Future by Kenneth Ulrich. (2000) 87 pp., spiral bound, $10

Keeping The Faith:The Third Fifty Years, Hopedale Mennonite Church 1954-2004 by Carolyn Nafziger. (2004) 69 p. $8.

Living Stones: A History of the Metamora Mennonite Church by Steven R. Estes. History of Illinois oldest Amish or Mennonite congregation, established in 1833. (1984) 394 pp., hard cover, $10

To God Alone Be the Honor! A Short History of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church by Steven R. Estes. History of congregation established 1836 near Tiskilwa, Illinois. (1996) 25 pp., $2

GENERAL HISTORY

A Community of Memory: My Days with George and Clara by Jeff Gundy. A collection of ‘creative nonfiction’ narratives from the lives of eight Amish and Mennonite individuals covering four generations. (U of I Press, 1996) 58 pp. $15

C. Henry Smith Speech at the first homecoming celebration of the old Partridge congregation near Metamora on August 20, 1940. Published by Ken Ulrich. 32 pp. $3.50.

C. Henry Smith Revisited, Session 1, "Always an Amish-Mennonite Farm Boy," and Session 2, "Premier Mennonite Historian—Master Story Teller," Dr. Robert Kreider's addresses to IMHGS on September 15, 2002, on DVD. $10.

Love God and Love Your Neighbor: The Life and Ministry of Christian Engel by Steven R. Estes. Biography of an immigrant from Lorraine, France, who served as Illinois’ first Amish bishop. (1993) 137 pp., $10

Pastor Amos: Tragedy and Triumph by Herbert J. Oyer. Amos Oyer, missionary to Africa and pastor to a number of Baptist and Mennonite congregations, was slain in Chicago in 1931. The story of a loving Christian family, stepmother and extended family, is researched and well-written by Amos’ son. (Fairway Press, 1997) 228 pp., $13

Tradition and Transition: An Amish Mennonite Heritage of Obedience, 1693-1993 ed. by V. Gordon Oyer. Anthology of 15 essays and other material spanning 300 years of Amish history, presented by contemporary Mennonite historians at a commemorative conference in Illinois. (IMHGS, 1994) 241 pp., $8

Transplanted German Farmer: The Life and Times of Christian Iutzi (1788-1857), 1832 Immigrant to Butler County, Ohio, in His Own Words ed. and annotated by Neil Ann Stuckey Levine. Presents Pioneer Christian Iutzi's description of life in Butler County, Ohio and settlements. (Friends of Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, March 2009) 253 pp., $20

“They Harry the Good People Out of the Land” Essays on the Persecution, Survival and Flourishing of Anabaptists and Mennonites by John S. Oyer, ed. John D. Roth. (Mennonite Historical Society, 2000) 331 pp., $12

You Must Be Born Again: A History of the Evangelical Mennonite Church by Stan Nussbaum. The story of the evangelical denomination that emerged in the 1860s from an Amish revival movement led by Henry Egli. (1980) 71 pp., $3

GENEALOGIES

The Albrechts 1836-1969 by Amanda Sears, et al. (1969) 4th edition. 100 pp. $5

The Albrechts 1836-1986 by Lucille Albrecht Reid, Chr., et al. (1986) 5th edition. 154 pp. $10.

Amish Immigrants of Waldeck and Hesse by John M. Byler. (1993) 231 pp., hard cover, $17.50

Christian and Catherine (Ulerich) Wagler: Tazewell Settlers by Verle and Margaret Oyer. (1970) 93 pp., $5.

Christian Engel and His Family by Val Swartzendruber. (1983) 28 pp., $2.

Christian Schmucker: Stalwart Pioneer by Silas J. Smucker (1986) 44 pp., $2.

The Family of Joseph and Barbara (Ulrich) Litwiller by Donald W. Roth (1994) 340 pp. + index, $25.

The Jacob and Magdalena Kinzinger Gundy Family by Vera Maude Sakemiller Root. 64 pp. of descendants to 1981 plus Gundy and Kinzinger family history, $5.

Joseph and Elizabeth A Sourcebook: the Lives and Ancestry of Joseph Shellenberger Shoemaker (1854-1936) and Elizabeth Sechrist Brubaker (1856-1932) by Robert Kreider, Jakob Miller, and Eileen Roth. (Shoemaker Family Association: N. Newton, KS, 1998) 145 pp., spiral bound, $25.

A Genealogical Study of the Nicolaus and Veronica (Zimerman) Roth Family 1834-1954 by Ruth C. Roth with Roy D. Roth. (1955) 329 pp., $15.

VINTAGE BOOKS, COLLECTIBLES, USED OUT-OF-PRINT AND RARE BOOKS

The Great Doctrines of the Bible edited by Daniel Kauffman. (Scottdale, PA, 1914) 701 pp., $10.

(History of the) Central Conference Mennonite Church by Wm B. Weaver. (Danvers, IL, 1926) 254 pp., $25.

Conrad Grebel, c. 1498-1526, The Founder of the Swiss Brethren by H. S. Bender. #6 Vol. I of Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite history. (Menn. Hist. Soc., Goshen, IN, 1950) 326 pp., $20.

Education Among the Mennonites of America by J. E. Hartzler (Danvers, IL, 1925) 195 pp., $20.

Glimpses of Mennonite History and Doctrine by J. C. Wenger. (Scottdale, PA, 1947) 258 pp., $5.

Mennonite Church History by J. S. Hartzler and Daniel Kauffman. (Scottdale, PA, 1905) 422 pp., (3) good condition, (1) fair $25.