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Relatives of Lorraine Roth view the family tree she painted on a window blind. The blind is hung on the wall of a barn at the Brenneman family reunion. Lorraine's mother was Violet (Brenneman) Roth.

Brick one and a half story house with addition on the back. Roth notes "John R. Brenneman 1962/63, John Ropp 1874-1907, Catherine Brenneman 1907-1933, Barbara W. Brenneman 1933-1962".

Green field on foreground of picture. Farm with red buildings and two tall concrete silos in distance on right.

Corn field in foreground, hill with cell phone tower on top in distance. Roth notes "View of Baden Hill from Trussler Rd.?"

Two story white house with siding and closed in porch at front of house. Roth notes "2-storey log - owned by Amandus Studer in 1861 census (no date given)".

Three story brick building with lower portion of building built out of stone. Porch on front of building. Green roof with red gable ends containing two small windows. Roth notes "3-storey brick building erected by / for Peter Tschirhart 1850/51 hotel, residence, store, etc."

Green field in foreground. Middle ground shows white house on left with gray barn on right. Tree in between house and barn.

Dark blue plaque with gold-coloured edge. Plaque reads "The First Amish Settlement In 1822 Christian Nafziger, an Amish Mennonite from Munich, Germany, came to Upper Canada to find land on which to settle some 70 German families. With the assistance of a group of Mennonites headed by Jacob Erb, who had settled nearby,a petition was made to the government for land here in present-day Wilmot Township. Surveyed two years later by John Goessman, this German Block was people primarily by Amish from Europe. In 1824-25 Bishop John Stoltzfus of Pennsylvania organized the first congregation and ordained as ministers John Brenneman and Joseph Goldschmidt. Services were held in the homes of members until 1884 when a simple frame meetinghouse, which served until 1946 was erected near this site." Roth notes "in Steinmann Mennonite Church Cemetery".

Field in foreground, hills in distance. Roth notes "Baden Hill in distance on right".

One and a half story stone house with white front wall in centre of photo. Tree to right of house and on left edge of photo is part of a gray barn. Roth notes "House built by John Jacky after 1861".

Black and white photo showing large barn in middle ground with a grove of trees to the right. Roth notes "black and white photo taken in early 1980s. Boshart -> Jantzi -> Nafziger farm" and "The Christian and Catherine (Litwiller) Boshart Homestead".

Foreground contains gravel, middle ground shows a field. Just beyond the field are a few tombstones, barely visible. Beyond the tombstones are trees. The upper half of the photograph is sky. Roth notes "could be view toward Baden Hills from Huron Rd."

Foreground of photo contains green lawn. Middle ground shows two houses built very close together but not attached. A red four-wheeler is pulled up onto the porch of the house on the right. Roth notes "southwestern exposure of a 2-storey log house (Christian Lichti - 1838)".

Close up view of white one and a half story house close to the road. Roth notes "John Schmidt/Smith -> Doering. 1864 - C. Doering to Christian E. Ernst 1 ac. 1871 Christian E. Ernst to Daniel Kennel 1 ac. 1880 Christian E. Ernst to Christian E. Kennel .69 ac."