Forefather Farm: We Restored a Pennsylvania German Farmstead History Menno Simons became the leader

Menno Simons became the leader of the Anabaptists

Her work also shows how early Pennsylvania Germans defined their own identities

The stories in this book are intended to be uplifting

Family names from first names

this collection provides a wealth of information for genealogists and Cocalico Valley historians

Forefather Farm: We Restored a Pennsylvania German Farmstead History Menno Simons became the leaderIn 1982, the author and her husband bought an abandoned farmstead, complete with seven outbuildings, in Bucks County, PA. They spent the next thirty years researching, restoring, and preserving the farm in an ambitious do it yourself project that earned placement on the National Register of Historic Places. This book details their adventures, reflecting the sense of humor that has sustained them through the challenges as they maintained the exterior