Bibliography leads from Krahn and Smith: online status
Christopher asked (2026-10-31) which sources cited in Krahn - Dutch Anabaptism (1968) and Smith - Smith’s Story of the Mennonites (1981) can be found online to expand the research. Checked the same day.
Online and free
| Work | Where | What it can add | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belk, The Great Trek … to Central Asia (1976) | archive.org | Am Trakt villages; Lysanderhöh; Bergmann; Beatrice returnees; Fieguth | Read: Belk - The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia (1976) |
| Exiled by the Czar: Cornelius Jansen and the Great Mennonite Migration (1956) | archive.org | The Jansens founded the Beatrice settlement; mentions Elder Johann Wiebe of Fürstenwerder and his half-brother Gerhard Wiebe of Ohio | skimmed; read the Beatrice chapters |
| Horst Penner, Ansiedlung mennonitischer Niederländer (1940) | English translation, MHA | Krahn’s source for Danzig | already used: Penner - Settlement of Mennonite Dutch in the Vistula Delta (1963) |
| Herbert Wiebe, Das Siedlungswerk niederländischer Mennoniten im Weichseltal (1952) | English translation, MHA PDF (14 MB) | Settlements upriver (Graudenz–Thorn); village lists | downloadable; not yet read |
| H. G. Mannhardt, Die Danziger Mennonitengemeinde 1569–1919 (1919) | archive.org | Danzig congregation history | OCR of the German blackletter is poor; page images needed |
| J. P. Müller, Die Mennoniten in Ostfriesland (1887) | archive.org (BSB) | Emden refugees | no text layer; page images only |
| A Legacy of Faith (1962), incl. Horst Quiring, “Die Danziger Mennoniten” | archive.org | Danzig; Krahn biography | open; no family names found |
| Mennonite Life (1946–), ed. Krahn | archive.org (many issues) and Bethel College | Articles on Prussia, the Trakt, Beatrice; Horst Quiring, “Die Auswanderung aus Preussen 1788–1870” (Apr 1951) | search issue by issue |
| Christlicher Bundesbote, Mennonitische Rundschau (1880s–) | archive.org | Letters from Lysanderhöh and Beatrice; obituaries (Aron J. Wiebe’s is already used) | full-text searchable |
Not online (library or archive request)
| Work | Holder | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Flemish Mennonite Church record of Danzig (Gemeynte Godts) | Mennonite Library and Archives, Bethel College | Krahn’s source (n. 33); kept in Dutch until 1784; possible early Wiebes |
| Wolfgang G. Fieguth, term paper on nonresistance in Prussia (Bethel, 1948) | MLA | a Fieguth family writer |
| James O. Lehman, Creative Congregationalism: Oak Grove Mennonite Church (1978) | archive.org (borrow only) | Christopher’s home church |
| Walter Kuhn, Geschichte der deutschen Ostsiedlung in der Neuzeit II (1957) | libraries | the 750-family estimate |
| Felicia Szper, Nederlandsche nederzettingen in West-Pruisen (1913) | not found on archive.org; try Delpher (Dutch library portal) | Dutch settlements in West Prussia |
| Robert Dollinger, Mennoniten in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Lübeck (1930) | libraries | the Hanseatic route |
Next steps
- Read Herbert Wiebe (1952 translation) for the Werder villages and family names task/ai
- Sweep the Christlicher Bundesbote and Mennonitische Rundschau (1880–1900) for Lysanderhöh, Bergmann, Fieguth and Wiebe task/ai
- Read Exiled by the Czar chapters on Beatrice task/ai
- Ask MLA (North Newton) about the Danzig Gemeynte Godts record and W. G. Fieguth’s paper task/human
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.