Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm

Your help is appreciated to identify the Individuals sitting at the entrance to the former Jerden Falls Store. Here are some names that have surfaced: Alfred and Florence (Chartrand) Campany, Eli Chartrand, and Christian L. and Catherine (Zehr) Yousey.

Next TourMagination Virtual Museum Zoom Tour is Tuesday, January 26, 8 PM - "Exploring Questions from the Mennonite Past" by John D. Thiesen, Archivist, Mennonite Library & Archives at Bethel College (North Newton, KS). Why did Mennonites migrate to Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and California? Did Mennonites collaborate with Nazis during WWII? How did Mennonites relate to Native Americans when they settled in the Western US? The Mennonite Library and Archives helps people answer questions from Mennonite history. https://www.tourmagination.com/vtour-3/

House of Rudolph Virkler, 1834 pioneer settler and Mennonite minister for about a decade, on the Black Creek Road that was taken in August 1975. About a month later, the building was torn down and destroyed. He had built a log cabin prior to this home. The Virkler family helped form the Evangelical Baptist Church.

Photos donated to archives and would appreciate help in identification. Thanks!

ROUND 3 "The Anabaptist Story Lives On: Virtual Museum & Archive Tour" is Tuesday, January 19, at 8 p.m.

AMHA would appreciate help to identify the first gentleman (Lehman ?) on the left. To the right is Jacob Moser taken at the former New Bremen Feed Mill.

WEEK 5: Tuesday, December 1, 8 PM - Mennonites at War: Highlights from the MHV Collection. Andrea Klassen, Senior Curator, Mennonite Heritage Village (Steinbach, MB). Mennonites have a long-standing history of meeting violence with non-resistance. However, this traditional response to violence and war has been tested, and even discarded, at numerous points over their five-hundred-year history. Join Senior Curator Andrea Klassen for a preview of Mennonite Heritage Village’s 2021 exhibit Mennonites at War, highlighting artifacts from the museum’s collection. REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR

"Blast from the Past - 2001" recently shown on WWNY-TV evening news and permission granted to share again. https://www.wwnytv.com/2020/11/13/blast-past-quilt-making/

http://www.tourmagination.com/vtour-3/ TourMagination is hosting Round 3 of the virtual museum and archive tours on Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. from January 5 to February 2. Archivists and executive directors from Anabaptist and Mennonite museums, archives, and heritage centres in the USA and Canada will show unique artifacts, photos, and documents as they share part of the Anabaptist story. Each 20-minute presentation is followed by questions and answers. Please visit the site to learn more of the planned virtual tours and to register with Zoom.

"....let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." Heb. 13:5"....let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name." Heb. 13:5

Tuesday, November 24, 8 PM - Jason Kauffman, Director of Archives and Records Management, Elkhart, Indiana, addresses "Mennonite Relief Pioneers: Stories from the MC USA Archives." Here is a preview trailer with registration information. https://www.tourmagination.com/vtour-2/

"Mennonite Central Committee is 100" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sslgfG7HaUU