Lois, thanks for your note! We'd be delighted to have the two histories printed.

You might also be interested in the history about the Weaver immigrants from the Zurich Canton, Switzerland to Somerset County, Pennsylvania:

The Weaver Way: Zurich → Pennsylvania → Ohio: Vitter-Weaver Genealogy

vitter.org

We don't yet know if they are blood-related to the Weaver/Weber family that settled in Weaverland, near where we were at the SAGA 2024 Meeting. It's an open problem.

There's also a history about the Weaver move from Pennsylvania to Ohio to Kansas, where my wife Sharon was born. Her paternal great grandfather Martin Samuel Weaver moved from Ohio and established the Weaver Homestead in Wagstaff, Kansas. Martin's mother was Catherine Kauffman, a direct descendant of Isaac Kauffman, mentioned in the "Mennonite Beginnings" history. Here's the link to the history:

Martin Samuel Weaver: Kansas Homesteader: Vitter-Weaver Genealogy

vitter.org

Regards,

-- Jeff

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Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter

+1 (504) 810-7610

jsv@vitter.org | www.vitter.org

On Jun 2, 2024, at 3:06 PM, Lois Ann Mast via List <list@maillist.saga-omii.org> wrote:

Hi Sharon and Jeff,

This email is totally exciting! Thank you for sharing about all your research and especially your website.

Might you be willing for us to print two articles in an upcoming Mennonite Family History? We are interested in your:

1. The Hochstetler Genealogy

2. Mennonite Beginnings

We would design these two in two different MFH issues and then send it to you for your approval. Of course, your contact information would be included for persons to contact you — it is always amazing how new information is uncovered and shared through these publications whether it is on your website or in  Mennonite Family History.

Thank you for your kind consideration.

Lois Ann Mast, Editor

Mennonite Family History

219 Mill Road

Morgantown, PA 19543

www.masthof.com

On Jun 2, 2024, at 4:18 PM, Sharon Vitter via List <list@maillist.saga-omii.org> wrote:

It was great meeting everyone at the 2024 SAGA meeting in April. It was the first time Jeff & I attended a SAGA meeting, and we really enjoyed it. Thanks to Lois and the organizers for a great event, especially the Friday excursion.

Jeff & I updated the "history" on our genealogy site vitter.org about the Hochstetler attack, and we added some photos at the end taken during the excursion, including a long video of the tour Kevin Schlappich gave. He was nice to give us permission to post the video and photo. Here's the link to the Hochstetler attack history:

https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/HochstetlerAttack.php

And Jeff gave a short talk during the Saturday Q&A about updated Kauffman genealogy info. He annotated Charles Fahs Kauffman's famous book on Kauffman genealogy with updates and corrections in the margins (highlighted in yellow), and it's available online. You can find a link to the online annotated pdf in the following history on our website:

https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/MennoniteBeginnings.php

The history also gives a link to Ellen Levy Kauffman's Y-DNA analysis that shows that the immigrant Michael Kauffman (AAMG ID KFM, 1675–1718) was not related by paternal lines to 1737 immigrant and Sharon's 6th great grandfather Isaac Kauffman (AAMG ID KF, born 1685, son of Täuferlehrer Isaac Kauffman AAMG ID KF footnote 8). The history also gives a link to Wayne Kauffman's recent analysis of Michael's likely relatives.

You may be interested in other histories on the home page

https://vitter.org/familytree/index.php

and on the Relativity Research page

https://vitter.org/familytree/histories/relativityresearch.php

Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Looking forward to SAGA 2025!

Regards,

Sharon (née Weaver) & Jeff Vitter

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Sharon W. Vitter
Sharon.Vitter@gmail.com
(979) 587-9900

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