Hello,
I have tracked my family back to Jacob Hertzler- I was born Amish. My mother was a Byler and hers was a Hostetler.

I don't know my family because we were all "shunned" when my parents chose to leave- when we were young children. There are "Wengers" in my family book-but mostly Bylers, Hostetlers, Yoders, and Zooks.

My gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grandmother was Barbara Wenger and she married Jacob Hoffman. Jacob was left with an Amish family when his parents went west, but they never returned for him. I have quite a few relatives that lived in Nebraska (1880-1904) to settle, then later returned to Ohio, Indiana, Pa and such. Aaron Hostetler writes that "reports were that they were killed by Indians."

I would love to make contact with any of my family members, obviously the non-Amish are more likely to respond. Please contact me if you think we may be related: lilac_moon_99@yahoo.com