Newsletter Back Issues: 2005

Vol. 08, No. 01; Spring 2005

The Horrors of the Immigrants' Voyage
Translation of a letter written by Johannes Kunchel (1709, Florsbach, Germany) who, with wife Anna Magdalena emigrated on the ship, Patience, 16 September 1748.
Article taken from the book: "A Gathering & Mingling of Early Kunkel-Kunkle-Gunkel Families" by James E. Kunkle and W. M. Kunkel
A detailed article on the financial suffering, and health suffering immigrants endured traveling by ship across the atlantic in the mid 1700's. The suffering continued once the immigrants landed in Philadelphia where many were separated and forced into years of servitude to pay for their crossing.

Vol. 08, No. 02; Summer 2005

Die Albrecht's Leute - Albright's People in Albany Township
Early historians of the Evangelical Association Church chronicled many challenges faced by one local family when Albright's people came Albany Township

Origins of the Evangelical Association
Founded by Jacob Albright in the late 1700's the early followers were known as Albrecht's Leute, or Albright's People, and were scorned because their meetings were very emotional.

The Evangelical Association in Albany Township
The evolution and struggles of the Evangelical Association in Albany Township and involving the children of Michael Brobst and the children of George Miller of Schuylkill County.