Dear PAYork Listers, Could someone enlighten me on the availability of Mennonite records, marriage, baptism, etc. for the time period of early 1700's York to about 1810? Do such records exist in this society? I'm needing some guidance in locating the best sources for Mennonite records of the York area or possibly of Lancaster. I am researching a Daniel Kindig who is possibly related to Henry Kindig of Hellam Twp. The Henry Kindig property was in close proximity of the Kreutz Creek Church and early records do not show a Kindig affiliation to this local congregation. Daniel Kindig married Susannah Weigle in 1803 at Christ Lutheran in York City but I've not found the Kindig family with strong ties to this Lutheran congregation either. We believe Daniel and Susannah later removed to Cumberland Co by 1810 but family traditions show some of the first children should have been born in York. As I continue to ferret out other information about the Kindig family I am very aware of the Lancaster Co. families and the possible tie in to Martin Kindig who came to Lancaster Co about 1710 or his brother Jacob who came later in 1717. These people were some of the early Mennonites as I'm beginning to understand the local history. Probate records in Lancaster Co. reveal that Henry Kindig of Hellam Twp. was from Lancaster and that he received a large inheritance of property from his father George, this same property had been bequeathed to George from his father George as well. Henry sold his property in 1779 and in that same year he is found on the tax lists in York in Hellam twp. I've become somewhat familiar with the Lutheran records as I have found ample information published on them. Any insights to the Mennonite records or other church records would be most helpful. Thank you in advance for your help. Sam Silvey Sam Silvey

Keep in mind that Mennonites, like other Anabaptist groups (Amish, Brethren, Dunkards, etc.), did not baptize children. You will not find any baptism records. I'm not sure about today, but in the early years the Anabaptist marriages were recorded among the records of other churches - usually Lutheran or Reformed. This often leads to the misidentification of the couple as something other than Anabaptist. I took a quick glance through the book "Church and Cemeteries of Lancaster Co" and found that records for the Mennonite and Brethren churches (at least the 5 or 6 I looked up) don't begin until the 20th century. Anabaptists came here with a history of persecution, so that may have influenced their early record-keeping. As previously mentioned, the Mennonite Historical Society is the best place to begin your search. It is located in Lancaster, but its records include York Co and beyond. Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Silvey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 11:41 PM Subject: [PAYork] Mennonite records of early York County and LancasterCounties > Dear PAYork Listers, > > > > Could someone enlighten me on the availability of Mennonite records, > marriage, baptism, etc. for the time period of early 1700's York to about > 1810? Do such records exist in this society? > > > > I'm needing some guidance in locating the best sources for Mennonite > records > of the York area or possibly of Lancaster. I am researching a Daniel > Kindig > who is possibly related to Henry Kindig of Hellam Twp. > > > > The Henry Kindig property was in close proximity of the Kreutz Creek > Church > and early records do not show a Kindig affiliation to this local > congregation. Daniel Kindig married Susannah Weigle in 1803 at Christ > Lutheran in York City but I've not found the Kindig family with strong > ties > to this Lutheran congregation either. > > > > We believe Daniel and Susannah later removed to Cumberland Co by 1810 but > family traditions show some of the first children should have been born in > York. > > > > As I continue to ferret out other information about the Kindig family I am > very aware of the Lancaster Co. families and the possible tie in to Martin > Kindig who came to Lancaster Co about 1710 or his brother Jacob who came > later in 1717. These people were some of the early Mennonites as I'm > beginning to understand the local history. > > > > Probate records in Lancaster Co. reveal that Henry Kindig of Hellam Twp. > was > from Lancaster and that he received a large inheritance of property from > his > father George, this same property had been bequeathed to George from his > father George as well. Henry sold his property in 1779 and in that same > year > he is found on the tax lists in York in Hellam twp. > > > > I've become somewhat familiar with the Lutheran records as I have found > ample information published on them. Any insights to the Mennonite records > or other church records would be most helpful. Thank you in advance for > your help. > > > > Sam Silvey > > > > > > > > > > > > Sam Silvey > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed > messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >