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Hist. Mss. 1-423
Levi D. Christner, 1897-1984
Papers, 1946-1967, 1984, 2000
1 Box (Green)

Introduction

A 1548 Froschauer German Bible containing Christner Family Records, and some personal correspondence and documents were deposited into the Archives by Levi D. Christner, Wolcottville, Indiana, in 1971-72 and in 1975. Additional information on the Christner family was deposited by E. Wayne Christner, Boardman, Ohio, in 2000. The 1548 Froschauer Bible; the photographs taken of the Bible; the Buckwalter Family Records, 1802-1837; and The Christners [Family History] (August 15, 2000) were transferred to the Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College, in 2000. This library holds many older family Bibles, and is a good resource for historians working on genealogy and family history. The archives has retained the personal correspondence.


Inventory

Box 1 (Green)

Bible, Froschauer, 1548
Includes documentation and photocopies of several pages of this Bible, which was in Christner family. Bible found at Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College.
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1946
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1948
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1949
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1950
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1951
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1952
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1953
Letter from Isaak M. Dyck, Bishop of the Old Colony Reinlaender Mennonite Church, Chihuahua, Mexico, determined to be dated from early 1953.
Correspondence to Levi D. Christner, 1967
Obituary, Levi D. Christner, 1984

The Christners Family History, 29 pages, May 23, 2000
Compiled by E. Wayne Christner, Boardman, Ohio. A longer and updated The Christners Family History, 100+ pages, as compiled by E. Wayne Christner, August 15, 2000, is found at the Mennonite Historical Library, Goshen College.
Christner, E. Wayne, 2000
Correspondence with Archives about 1548 Bible and Christner Family History

Subject Tracings

Old Colony Mennonites
Amish
Dyck, Isaac, Bishop

 

March 18, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
August 7, 2001 / Update by Monica Zimmerman
Previously posted on web
August 23, 2000 / Dennis Stoesz
File: "Hm1-423.doc"
Archives of the Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana

 

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