Sadie R. Blank Mast, Bishop John Blank and Family (Gap, Pa., c.1962). About the family of Bishop John Blank of Spring Garden, with a section on the intermarried Hans Blank family: it reprints the 1885 Hertzler account of the night raid and the black dog, and adds family tradition (two orphan boys, burial on the homestead, the family still on the farm in 1962) and a photograph of the “Hans Blank Homestead” (p. 17).
Used for: Hans Blank (arr. 1751), Magdalena (wife of Hans Blank) (d. 1796)
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
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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.