I would strongly recommend getting this book on interlibrary loan, which I did several years ago. It has a picture of nearly every leader of the Brethren who it chooses to include with a bio, usually just about a page or two in length. It is really swell to look into the eyes of these actual leaders when they were alive, and read of their bios, written either shortly after their deaths or maybe some while they were still alive. There are 47 libraries that own this, and you should be able to get a copy even though it is approaching 100 years. Maybe if you wait until it is 100 years old you won't be able to get it any longer?? The title is: Some who led;or, Fathers in the Church of the Brethren who have passed over, Miller, D. L. 1841-1921. (Daniel Long), Royer, Galen Brown,; 1862- ; joint author. Publication: Elgin, Ill., Brethren Pub. House, Year: 1912 Description: 223 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 20 cm. It was written in an era when one on one personal contact and relationships were still valued. In this day and age when people write about others who they have never known personally it is somewhat refreshing to read such a book. Especially about so many people who sacrificed so much for the benefit of others. A must read for everyone on this list I would think, even those who think they know little or even those who think the know everything about the Brethren but never really lived like or knew personally these early Brethren who are really worthy of being called "leaders." They may be absent from many standard history books, but their stories speak about their own movements, family connections, joys and sorrows. Though not comprehensive by any means, it can provide some understanding of various Brethren churches in America and good geographic clues to your own families if you can tie them to the same churches or counties/towns, as good researchers will note parallels in movements in some of the ministers' families and their own. Richard B.