Learn the genealogy of Maria Magdalena Wagener [Wagner] Castner, born February 15, 1776.

Caspar Schwenckfeld (1489/90–1561) was impressed with Martin Luther’s reform efforts, but Schwenckfeld soon turned away from Luther. Schwenckfeld emphasized the personal inner experience of Christ (Erkenntnis Christi) was necessary for spiritual growth; that the School of Christ is a life-long endeavor.He emphasized the personal inner experience of Christ (Erkenntnis Christi) was necessary for spiritual growth; that the School of Christ is a life-long endeavor.

George Weiss was a leader of the Schwenkfelders as spelled out in a contract of 1735. In this contract, Weiss instructed people how to live according to the Ten Commandments.

George Weiss became the unofficial leader of the Schwenkfelders in the early 1700s at the time of the emigration to Pennsylvania. The image is the title page of his Catechism (c. 1745).

1767 map by Schwenkfelder surveyor, David Shultze that shows the location of forty-eight homes of Schwenkfelders settlers in Pennsylvania

Schwenkfelders arrive in Pennsylvania on September 22, 1734 and offer thanksgiving two days later.

The American Schwenkfelders fled European persecution in the 1730s.

Family entries in the 1923 Genealogical Record use numbers and typeface to distinguish families, marriages, and religious affiliation. The GR is a great help to many people of Pennsylvania German background in their family history research.

The 1923  Schwenkfelder Genealogical Record provides ways to search for people and family names through its organization. Here are tips for using the book. The G.R., as it is known, is a great resource for genealogists.

The 1923 Genealogical Record (GR) can be hard to read as each emigrant and family are given distinct numbers to follow bloodlines. Here is how to use the book. The G.R., as it is known, is a great resource for genealogists.

The way in which Rev. Heebner organized the Schwenkfelder Genealogical Record in the 1840s is not obvious to us today but formed the basis of the 1879 Genealogical Record compiled by Rev. Kriebel. The G.R., as it is known, is a great resource for genealogists.

Rev. Heebner created a genealogical manuscript in 1848 that later editors of Schwenkfelder Genealogical Record used. The G.R., as it is known, is a great resource for genealogists.

Early efforts to record the people who followed the teachings of Caspar Schwenckfeld include an 1879 publication that lists immigrants to this county in the 1730s and their descendants.

Yes, it’s the 102nd Anniversary of the GR (The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families…) edited by Samuel Kriebel Brecht and published in 1923.