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