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Volume 4 News


Volume 4 is here!

Copies of Volume 4 of "The Brethren Encyclopedia" have been mailed to those who ordered them in advance.  This 816 page volume brings to completion this comprehensive and useful reference work. Volume 4 contains:
• A comprehensive and extensive index covering all four volumes (528 pages).
• 372 new articles covering developments among the six larger Brethren bodies from 1980 to 2000.
• Additions and corrections for the first three volumes.
• Updated bibliography on writings by and about Brethren.
• 70 Photographs.
• Listing of ministers ordained since 1980.
• Additional “side-bar” articles of special human interest.

See the encyclopedia page to order your own copy.


Excellent for Genealogical Research!

Genealogists and Family Historians should know that "The Brethren Encyclopedia" is an excellent resource that is unparalleled for its completeness and scope of coverage for names, dates, and places of ancestors related to the Brethren movement around the world.  Volume 4 makes it even more accessible and attractive to easily do research.  The Index in Volume 4 serves to help locate names buried in the text even if that name is only used in one unobtrusive place. 

Brethren History Video Series & Brethren Heritage Travelogue

are now available on DVD.   These videos also continue to be available in VHS format.   The new DVD's may be ordered by contacting The Brethren Encyclopedia, 313 Fairview Avenue, Ambler, PA 19002.