Bibliography - Paper Trail References and Links
This section includes miscellaneous papers and documents that are related to the genealogy of Kauffman/Coffman.
(Contributions are welcome)
The MFH Article - The Genetic Genealogy of Some Mennonite and Amish Kauffman-Coffman Families. The MFH article is Ellen Coffman's October, 2006 article from "Mennonite Family History". It is reproduced here in PDF format and presented with permission from the author (Ellen Coffman) and from the publisher (Masthof Press). It is a large file and will take some time to download on slower hookups.
Immigrants List - Kauffmans to America 1704-1776 - This list was created from several sources and may, or may not, be all-inclusive. It is presented here as a starting point for those interested in the Kauffman lines in America. Most on this list were known or suspected to be Mennonite or Amish, part of the Anabaptist group of people that were exiled from Switzerland in the years from about 1640 - 1710. (compiled by Donald D Kauffman from several sources)
Sons of KF-Isaac Kauffman - An Analysis of the AAMG Listing of the Assumed Sons of Isaac Kauffman (KF) by S. Duane Kauffman. A summary of the known documentation for each of the assumed sons of KF-Isaac Kauffman and Anna Streit. (by S. Duane Kauffman)
German (Hessian) Mercenaries - German (Hessian) Mercenary Soldiers - At least three Kauffmann soldiers (Hessians) remained in North America after the American Revolution, aka American War of Independence. (by Donald D Kauffman)
About Isaac Kaufmann - About Isaac Kaufmann - Stan Kauffman's translation of court records printed in "Souvenance Anabaptiste Mennonitisches Gedachtnis - number 18 - 1999" pertaining to the move of nine families who became Amish, to Clemont/Montbeliard in 1709. Translated from a French article by Robert Baecher.
More About Isaac Kaufmann - Gleanings from MFH and SA/MG to show suggestions that there was more than one family of Kauffman from the Steffisburg area of Switzerland.
The Swiss Volhynian Kaufmans - Descendants of the Mennonite preacher, Isaac Kaufmann (1653 - 1715) through eldest son Michael, "went to France for 100 years from Switzerland, then through Poland to the Ukraine and then to Central Kansas in 1875". Information is compiled from "The European History (1525 - 1874) of the Swiss Mennonites from Volhynia" originally a doctoral thesis by Martin H. Schrag and edited & copyrighted 1974, by Harley J. Stucky; Mennonite Press, Inc.; North Newton, Kansas 67117. --- (KF-Isaac, immgrant 1737 to Pennsylvania, was a brother of this Michael.)
Photos From the Somerset County, Johnston, Pennsylvania Area - a collection of Kauffman and Lehman photos. (This is an off-site web page. Hit your BACK button to get back to here) Does anyone recognize any of these folks? Does anyone know of other interesting collections like this?
A book report - comparing two old "Kauffman" books; "Forerunners: A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families Their Kith and Kin", by Harry M. STRICKLER; 1925 and "A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America", by Charles Fahs Kauffman; 1940