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Learn the basics of reading and interpreting German Script! Mennonite Life Archivist & Librarian Julia Wiker will teach attendees the German script alphabet, as well as abbreviations and variations in writing and spelling. The session will also offer practice interpreting 18th- and 19th-century family records from Mennonite Life’s collections. Knowledge of German is […]
Join Mennonite Life for a webinar with Troy Osborne, author of Radical & Reformers: A Survey of Global Anabaptist History. From renegade gatherings of Christian believers in the 1500s to a global communion of more than 2.1 million members, the Anabaptist-Mennonite movement has been marked by faithfulness and failure, continuity and conflict, radicalism and reformation. […]
Join artist Emily Smucker-Beidler for a hands-on workshop exploring the traditional Pennsylvania German folk art of Fraktur. You'll start with your choice of a tulip template, and with Emily's guidance you'll create a small finished piece in your own style. Emily will also include information on how to transform the finished piece into a personalized […]
The Mennonite Life library is OPEN on Saturday, February 22, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. All are welcome to visit the library. Use of the library’s research materials is complimentary for Mennonite Life members, and $7 for non-members. The Mennonite Life Museum and museum store will be open as well. If you have a specific research […]
