The Dreisbach/Dresbach Newsletter concentrates on people, events and places that occurred after the Dreisbachs arrived in Pennsylvania. A few newsletters deal with the trans-Atlantic voyage, but most issues involve people or events between 1743 and the early 1800’s. The issues of the newsletter can be viewed by clicking on the titles. Our companion newsletter, the Dreisbach Emigration Research Report, known as the DERR, concentrates on Dreisbachs in Wittgenstein and other areas of what is now Germany before they emigrated to Pennsylvania.


The following newsletters are accessible by clicking the year of publication in the menu at the left:

2023 New Year’s Day Pennsylvania Dutch Traditions

2022 Christmas Newsletter

2022 - 1826-2022, 196 Years of German Immigration on the North Coast of Rio Grande do Sul

2022 The Dreisbach Families Settle in Ohio 1801-1875 Part 2

2022 The Dreisbach Families Settle in Ohio 1801-1875 Part 1

2021 When the Simons and the Martins Met

2020 Groundhog Day

2020 Fastnachts - What Are They?

2020 Jost’s 3 Elizabeths - Who was Jost Dreisbach’s wife?

2020 Genealogy For Sale on eBay

2020 Christmas in Wittgenstein Germany

2019 “Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben” by Heinrich Imhof

2018 Elizabeth Dreisbach Waldman’s Story

2017 Dreisbach-Dresbach Christmas 1762

2017 The Hoffman Family (Martin’s wife) - A tale of moving up and moving down

2016 The Final Days of Simon Dreisbach Jr

2016 Simon Jr, the Tanner

2015 Simon Jr in Politics

2015 Taverns and Dreisbach Inn Keepers

2014 Lewisburg, PA and Martin Dreisbach

2014 Rev. John Dreisbach, from 1789 to 1815

2014 Simon Dreisbach Jr - the Middle Years from 1769 to 1773

2013 Simon Dreisbach Jr - the Early Years, 1730-1769

2013 Dreisbach Men, the Revolution and Valley Forge

2013 Martin Dreisbach’s Voyage

2013 Martin Settles in Buffalo Valley, PA. 1773-1799

2013 Fraktur Printing and John S Dreisbach, 1825-1867

2012 Martin Dreisbach - From Germany to Pennsylvania, 1717-1773

2012 A Research Trip to Wittgenstein

2012 A Family of Grist Millers

2011 Christmas with the Dreisbachs, ca. 1770

2011 Potatoes and Dreisbachs

2011 Settlers’ Food - What Did the Dreisbachs Eat, ca. 1750-1776

2011 The Dreisbachs’ Two Josts and the Revolutionary War 1776-1783

2011 The Brazilian Connection - the Trespachs in Brazil

2010 About the 2010 DFA Reunion

2010 Dresbacks in Ohio