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This book is not in the Litsy database, and it is not very well written, but I am very grateful to the author for all of the genealogical research that he did, as well as writing down the oral history from my great-grandmother‘s side of the family. She comes from a Mennonite family that migrated from Lancaster, PA to the Shenandoah Valley in the 1700s. My ggrandmother made the reverse journey to PA with her husband when my grandma was a teen.

alisiakae I read this for #popsugar2018 #tiedtoyourancestry #pop18 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Cool! You know I‘m in Lancaster, right? If you want headstone photos of any ancestors‘ graves up here, just let me know. (Weird, but it‘s a genealogical thing.) 5y

alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes! you knew I grew up in York? There‘s an old Bentz homestead cemetery somewhere near Dillsburg that houses all of my dad‘s ancestors. 😃 And my biological family are all from Delta and Hartford County, MD. 5y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft I did know that, but I forgot. Did you know Sally Kranich? I think she‘s a little older than you, come to think of it. She and I worked together in Philly many years ago, and of course that‘s her maiden not married name. 5y

Cinfhen Really cool 5y

Leftcoastzen I have a fondness for people who work hard on family records even if their writing style isn‘t the best. 5y

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alisiakae

OMA. | Roberto Gargiani

After a day of mysterious dizziness and fatigue which had me bedridden all afternoon, I‘m finally feeling well enough to pick up a book.

For the #pop18 #tiedtoyourancestry prompt, I took a literal interpretation. Oma Wenger Bowman is one of my grandmother‘s 1st cousins, so this genealogical book is all about one aspect of my ancestry! I will definitely be updating my Ancestry.com family tree with this source info found at my parent‘s house!

Avanders Glad you're feeling better! Day of dizziness sounds terrible! 🤕🤗 5y

alisiakae @Avanders Thanks! I think it‘s a side effect of a medication I‘m currently taking. I still feel *off*, but I can function again. Hopefully tomorrow will be better! It came as an unpleasant surprise, it first hit me during a yoga class this morning. 5y

AlaMich Vertigo is no fun! Hopefully it won‘t repeat itself with you. 5y

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Avanders Ish sounds awful! Medicine side effects 👎🏽👎🏽 Hope tomorrow is much better! ♥️♥️ 5y

Amie My last name is Wenger, and it's not a name I see very often, especially outside of the area in Ohio where I grew up. 5y

alisiakae @AlaMich Thank you. 💕 @amie My grandmother was part of the Mennonite community in Shenandoah Valley, VA, although her parents and siblings all moved to PA when she was a teen. Apparently there are hundreds of Wenger descendants in VA, near Harrisonburg. (edited) 5y

Amie @4thhouseontheleft My family was Mennonite, too. I had forgotten that there is a Mennonite community at Harrisonburg. Other than when I visit my hometown, I don't often encounter people with Mennonite heritage, so it's interesting to meet someone here on Litsy 🙂 5y

alisiakae @amie It is rare!! Although ironically, I didn‘t know my grandmother was Mennonite until this year, but it definitely explains a lot! She converted to Presbyterian when she got married, my great-aunts and uncles never talked about their ancestors (or I didn‘t listen when I was younger) My mom is not into family history, I only figured it out when I started doing my own research and asked why my great-uncles are buried in a Mennonite cemetery. 5y

alisiakae @amie Are you from Fairview County? I just came across this: “However, many Mennonites moved south into Rockingham County. Some relocated west to Fairview County, Ohio.” 5y

Amie Interesting! I'm from Wayne county. There's not a Fairview county in Ohio now but there is a Fairfield county and some towns called Fairview I think, but none near where I'm from. My family has a book about our first Wenger ancestor who came to the US from Switzerland. I should find it when I'm at my parents' next week and see what path they took to Ohio. 5y

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alisiakae

OMA. | Roberto Gargiani

I‘m excited to read this book for #popsugar2018 sometime this year. It‘s my pick for #tiedtoyourancestry and it is actually about one of my ancestors...my great-grandmother was a Mennonite Wenger from Shenandoah Valley, and Oma Wenger was her 1st cousin. Lizzie Wenger, my ggrandmother, is mentioned multiple times!

I love finding treasures while visiting my parents. 😃😃😃 (this book is not in the Litsy database)

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BarbaraBB Wow, so cool! What a treasure! 6y

alisiakae @BarbaraBB It is! And my mom has never even read it. I am the only one in the family interested in genealogy, maybe because I have so many ancestors, if I combine both adopted and biological relatives! 6y

Lcsmcat That‘s so cool! I have a book (Home Town Sketches) that mentions my great grandmother and it‘s so fun to think about her life as a young woman. 6y

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DivineDiana How fantastic! 6y

BarbaraBB Cherish it! By the way, the Dutch word for grandmother is Oma. Does this mean she is Dutch? 6y

alisiakae @BarbaraBB The ancestors on that side that immigrated to America in the 1700s were Swiss-German Mennonites. They first settled in Lancaster, PA (descendants count themselves as part of the PA Dutch community), then moved to Shenandoah Valley in the 1780s. My grandmother and her siblings all moved to York, PA (next door to Lancaster) in the early 1920s, but most of her extended family stayed in VA. 6y

BarbaraBB That is so interesting! You can trace your ancestors back to the 1700s. Really fascinating!! 6y

kspenmoll How wonderful!!!! 6y

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