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Mennonite Genealogy Inc. fonds

  • CA MHC ORG
  • File
  • 1556-2007, predominant 1958-2007

This fonds consists of a number of categories of materials created and collected by its founder Abram A. Vogt, and subsequent volunteer staff. The oldest item is a book by Menno Simons published in 1556 entitled Die Fundamente der seligmachenden Lehre unsers Hern Jesu Christi. Most of the published [Series 3] and unpublished genealogies and family histories were published in the 20th century with most of them bewteen 1960 and 2004. Collection contains a Historical Library of 1155 published titles related to Mennonite history and genealogy. Unpublished Mennonite genealogical collections is another category of materials [Series 1]. There are over 200,000 cards in a genealogy card index (entitled Kartei) [Series 4]. There is a substantial collection of biographical newspaper clippings (entitled the Aktei) and geographical/event newspaper clippings (entitled Chronik) [Series 2]. The MGI photograph collection contain photo of individuals, families and organizations [Series 5]. There are 37 maps related to Mennonite history. The collection contains the correspondence from the MGI Office with researchers [Series 6]. There are also electronic records -- both related to administration of the collection and also various genealogical databases in PAF and BK formats.
The MGI holdings also contained the following separate fonds or collections: a) Mennonite Benevolant Society - Bethania fonds, b) Agnes Kettler collection, c) Anna Vogt fonds, d) A.K. Friesen letter collection, e) Katherine H. Loewen collection (to be described separately).

Mennonite Genealogy Inc. (Winnipeg, Man.)

Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church glass slide collection

  • CA MAO XIII-2.15.2/14
  • File
  • 1824

This file contains a sampling of the glass slides collected and used at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in the 1940s. Some of the slides were created from photographs of church activities or supplied to the church by mission organizations. Others, mostly texts of hymns, were ordered from the United Church Publishing House in Toronto and used in informal worship services. All slides in this file bear the United Church Publishing House label (not visible in scans), which would indicate that this publishing house did the work of transforming all of these photographs into slides.

Several mission and service activities supported by the congregation are highlighted. They include: 1) The Stirling Crusaders program whereby children and youth grew produce, raised livestock, collected recycling and did odd jobs to raise funds for war relief and missions projects; 2) the activities of missionaries Lillian and Cyril Forth of the Sudan Interior Mission (a non-Mennonite mission in Nigeria supported by the congregation); 3) the House of Friendship in Kitchener. These slides were used by the congregation in meetings and informal services to highlight these mission and relief activities.

Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ontario)

Gordon C. Eby wartime photograph album

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.66.4.1
  • File
  • 1866-1949

Photographs in the album are predominantly from Gordon Eby's time in the military, 1914-1919. Some photographs of family before and after the war are also included. Captions were probably composed and added by Anne Eby Millar, Gordon's daughter. The photographs and captions together narrate chronologically Gordon Eby's family of origin, his experience in the First World War with the 118th and 21st battalions as a signaler, the months spent in Germany at the end of the war as a translator, his marriage in 1921, and his growing family.

Eby, Gordon Christian, 1890-1965

Christian S. Bender and Annie (Kennel) Bender family photograph collection

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.2.97.2
  • File
  • [1867?]-1949, 2002

This file contains photographs of ancestors and descendants of Christian S. Bender and Annie (Kennel) Bender. Items 19-30 are from a photograph album compiled by Joseph Kennel, probably after his return to Canada, containing largely unidentified photographs of Kennel relatives from France, Germany and Algeria.

Simeon Reesor photograph collection

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.287.13
  • File
  • 1918

Photographs of Carl Reesor and Simeon Reesor, 2nd cousins from the Markham, Ontario area at the Niagara-on-the-Lake military training camp. They were required to attend camp until their conscientious objector status was confirmed.

Unknown

Conference Tent at Drake

  • CA MHSS 4.1.56-4
  • File
  • 1929

Large white tent set up for 1929 conference. Konferenzzelt in Drake

Unknown

Alma and Lewis Reesor photographs

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.324/9
  • File
  • [1941 or 1942]

This file consists of photographs from Lewis Reesor's time at the Montreal River Alternative Service Work Camp in northern Ontario. Reesor was in Group 4, which served from 25 Nov 1941-24 Mar 1942. This group overlapped with Group 5, which served from 9 Dec 1941-11 Jul 1942.

Reesor, Lewis, 1919-1999

Wilson Hunsberger photograph album

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.22.1.3
  • File
  • 1941-1944

The album consists of photographs taken or collected by Hunsberger during his time in Alternative Service.

Hunsberger, Wilson A., 1919-2008

Harold Schmidt photograph collection

  • CA MAO Hist.Mss.1.282.3
  • File
  • 1941-1943, 1946

The collection consists of photographs taken by Schmidt during his time in Alternative Service.

Schmidt, Harold J., 1920-2001

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