Mennonite Genealogy Data Index: Abbreviations & Sources

Abbreviations & Sources

• AFHS - Alberta Family Histories Society (Calgary, AB)
• AGS - Alberta Genealogical Society (Edmonton Branch), Grande Prairie & district Branch
• Arndt, Darren - Leaves of our Family Tree
• BC-MLA - Bethel College Mennonite Library & Archives (N Newton, KS)
• BHU - Benjamin Heinrich Unruh. Used in these pages to refer to his 1955 book, Die niederlaendisch-niederdeutschen Hintergruende der mennonitischen Ostwanderunen im 16., 18. und Jahrhundert The book is out of print. However, an index to BHU appears online at the Odessa Library, and that index along with the genealogically-relevant pages of that book were scanned into GRANDMA II (Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry) available from CMHS below.
• BYU - Brigham Young University, Family History Archives.
  Canadian Mennonite - online - bi-weekly Anabaptist/Mennonite periodical for Mennonite Churches Canada
• CMBS - Centre/Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies (Winnipeg, MB , Fresno, CA, Hillsboro, KS)
• CGC - Conrad Grebel University College (Waterloo, ON)
• CMHS - California Mennonite Historical Society (Fresno, CA)
• Coaldale Mennonite Church - Coaldale, Alberta T0K 0L0
• CMU - Canadian Mennonite University (Winnipeg, MB)
• DFP - DFP Publications, Box 1960, Steinbach, MB R0A 1A0
• DO - Dave Obee
• Directions - Directions is a journal to address theological issues, the church in theory and practice, sociological
  problems, and discipleship matters in the Mennnonite Brethen Church
• EMC - Evangelical Mennonite Church Archives (Steinbach, MB)
• Fernheim Colony - see catalogue online and e-mail link
• FindMyPast - Developed by Title Research Group, an long-standing business which provides genealogical research services to lawyers and corporate and public trustees around the world.
• FPC - Fresno Pacific College, Fresno, California
• Forest River Community 4068 - 35 Avenue NE, Fordville, ND 58231 Att: Tony Waldner
• Friesen, Adeline - ahfriese@gwtc.net
• Friesen, Norm - norm.friesen@ualberta.ca
• GAMEO - Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
• Gem Historical Committee (Gem, AB)
• GRANDMA - Genealogical Registry and Database of Mennonite Ancestry - Editions I, II and III have been released. Some editions are out of print; consult the CMHS webpage for information about availability.
  In Canada, order GRANDMA IV from MHSA.
  In the US and for GRANDMA IV, order from CMHS.
• Hepburn History Book Committee, Box 109, Hepburn, SK S0K 1Z0
• HS - Henry Schapansky, 914 Chilliwack Street, New Westminster, BC V3L 4V5
• HSHS - Hanover Steinbach Historical Society (Steinbach, MB)
• IATA - Internet Archive - Text Archive
• InternmentNet - www.Internment.net
• JR - JR Solutions
• LAC - LIbrary and Archives Canada
• LDS - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormon) www.familysearch.org
  - Find an LDS Family History Center Near You
• MGS - Manitoba Genealogical Society (Winnipeg, MB)
• MCC - Mennonite Church Canada (Waterloo, ON)
• MHC - Mennonite Heritage Centre (Winnipeg, MB)
• MHM - Mennonite Heritage Museum (Goessel, KS)
• MIHF - Mennonite Immigrant Historial Foundation (Goessel, Kansas)
• MMHS - Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society (Winnipeg, MB)
• MHSA - Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta (Calgary, AB)
• MHSBC - Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia (Abbotsford, BC)
• MHSC - Mennonite Historical Society of Canada (Waterloo, ON)
• MHSO - Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario (Waterloo, ON)
• MHSS - Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK)
• Namaka Community Historical Committee - Namaka, AB
• Odessa Library (aka "The Pixel")
• OCFA - Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
• Our Future, Our Past - Alberta newspapers and local history books digitized
• Our Roots
• Plett Foundation - D. F. Plett Historical Research Foundation, Inc.
• Polk County Genealogical Society - 5335 Ash Street, Dallas, OR 97338
• Rosthern Historical Society, Rosthern, SK
• Rush Lake History Book Committee - Rush Lake, SK
• RDF - Russland Deutschland Familienforschung
• SAB - Saskatchewan Archives Board
• SGS - Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
• Thesis Canada Portal - a project of Library & Archives Canada
• UTRL - University of Toronto, Robart's Library
• von Beunigen - Konrad van Beunigen transcribed some of the very earliest Prussian church records in a limited circulation book. Copies of it are available at the MHSA and CMU
• Yarrow - Before We Were the Land's: Yarrow, British Columbia - Mennonite Promise, ed. by Leonard N. Neufeldt, published in 2002 by touchwood Editions and distributed by The Heritage Group, #108-17665 66A Avenue, Surrey BC V3S 2A7

Other Mennonite Genealogy Resources

• Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopaedia Online
• Directory of Mennonite Historical Societies Mennonite Church (MC) Historical Committee & Archives
• Mennonite Villages MHSA
• Odessa Archives, Fund (Collection) 6 - Descriptions & Data Extractions MHSA
• Prussian Gazeteer - Stephen S. Barthel
• Atlas des Deutschen Reichs (Map of the German Empire) - Ludwig Ravenstein
• Genealogical Resources for the Low German Mennonite Researcher Tim Janzen