Religious Records Research at the Archives & Library of the Ohio History Connection

Mennonite 

The Mennonite Church originated in Western Europe in the 1500s as offshoots of Swiss Brethren and Anabaptists, and traditionally opposed policies of the Roman Catholic Church. During the 1700s and 1800s, many Mennonites fled religious turmoil in Europe and sought freedom to practice their faith in the new World. Mennonites first arrived in Ohio in the early 1800s. They originally settled in modern-day Stark, Wayne, Holmes, and Knox counties in eastern Ohio. 

Below are lists of select archival and library materials related to the Mennonite Church, available for research at the Ohio History Connection Archives & Library. Review the catalog links below, or explore our Online Collections Catalog using a specific church name or related search terms for more information [example search terms: "Mennonites", "Mennonite Church", "Mennonites -- Ohio", "Mennonites -- Periodicals", 'Mennonites -- History"].

Archival Records

John Mouk Records. 1864-1907 [VOL 508-513]

Church Histories

A brief history of the Swiss Mennonite churches of Putnam and Allen counties, Ohio : written for the centenary of the origon of the Swiss Mennonite churches held on July 4, 1937 at Bluffton, Ohio by Edmund John Hirschler [289.7771 H617b]

Out of the wilderness : history of the Central Mennonite Church, 1835-1960 by Orland R. Grieser and Ervin Beck, Jr. [289.7771 G873o]

Sonnenberg, a haven and a heritage; a sesquicentennial history of the Swiss Mennonite community of southeastern Wayne County, Ohio by James O. Lehman [977.161 L528s]

Periodicals

The Mennonite quarterly review [289.705 M528]

Mennonite yearbook & directory [289.7058 M527]

Pennsylvania Mennonite heritage [289.705 P384]