DFA Publications

The Dreisbach Family Journal (1913-1915)
The Dreisbach Book (1998) and the
CD-ROM Supplement (2001) to The Dreisbach Book.

Pictures and Maps from The Dreisbach Book

Raumland, Germany, birthplace of Martin Dreisbach 1717	Wittgenstein, origin of many North American Dreisbachs	St. Martin's Church, Feudingen, Germany	St. Martin's Church, Raumland, Germany
Berleburg Castle, Wittgenstein	Wittgenstein Castle, Bad Laasphe	Where Dreisbachs Settled in Pennsylvania	Routes to Ohio in the early 1800's

• When is a Dreisbach a "Trashpack"?
• Who was "the fattest person ever known"?
• Who was shot off his horse by his mother-in-law?
• Which 2 Dreisbachs sat on Lincoln's knee?
• Who published a cure for corns involving a live toad?    (Answers)

To receive your copy, kindly send a personal check, made payable to Fred Varker in the amount of $30 per copy - which includes postage  to anywhere in the USA.  Be sure to include your shipping address- shipment shall be made within three days of receipt of check.  Please understand that the copy is identical to the original, except for the covers and binding.

REUNION 2001 CD-ROM SUPPLEMENT

In 1998, The Dreisbach Book was published.  This fascinating and valuable research tool has helped scores of Dreisbach descendants understand their connection to the larger family.

Since that time, many family researchers have contributed to our growing database, which currently contains nearly 29,000 individuals.  Most of these have been identified.  In addition, many of the “Appendices” from the book have been connected to the main lines, and several new lines have come to light.

The CD-ROM Supplement contains updated information, including many new individuals and lots of additional detail on existing individuals.  It is a boon to any family researcher with computer access.  Updated disks will be periodically available at a discounted price to current owners.

WHO PUT THIS BOOK TOGETHER?
Ardis Grosjean, nee Dreisbach, B. Jack Dreisbach and Charles Dreisbach, in close contact with Bill Dreisbach and many family researchers, have collaborated on this substantial, one-volume tome.

WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN?

I:  A Family History
Extending from the prehistoric meaning of the name 'Dreisbach', and the Wittgenstein ancestors of numerous U.S. Dreisbachs, to the recent events leading to the re-discovery of our roots, and of the interconnections among our families.

Along the way, readers will find:

• The names of the Dreisbachs who illegally left Wittgenstein for America around 1725, including the Dreisbach family that jumped bail.
• The families who had to flee from attacking Indians in the 1750's and 1770's.
• The Dreisbach Indian captive who later met up with family members, but refused to leave her husband, an Indian chief.
• The exodus of Dreisbachs to Ohio in the early 1800's, where many became Dresbachs and Dresbacks.
• Two full pages of Dreisbach immigrants, with date and name of ship where known.
• A chapter full of mysteries: Tricebock, Dresback, Treisbach, etc. lines that are looking for an ancestor.
• The Austrian immigrant family that chose to be called Dreisbach.

II:  Descendant Listings from A to Q.
Here are the names of some 9000 members of Dreisbach and related families, generation by generation, starting with the earliest known (and recently discovered) ancestor, Abraham who lived in the Wittgenstein villlage of Balde in 1575.  Listings include not only the two large lines descended from Simon and Martin Dreisbach  (whose relationship was definitively
established recently by the Wittgenstein historian who has written the Foreword to our book), but many other Descendant Listings going back to early settlers or to more recent immigrants.

--The editors of The Dreisbach Book

The other chapters are:

• 1. The Dreisbach Name
• 2. Wittgenstein and the Dreisbachs
• 3. Wittgenstein Dreisbachs Emigrate
• 4. Dreisbachs in America: the Beginnings
• 5. Putting Down Roots in Pennsylvania and Ohio
• 6. Dreisbach, Tricebock, etc. Lines that are Still a Mystery
• 7. "Pockets" of Dreisbachs: The Dreisbachs Scatter
• 8. Discovering the Past: Dreisbachs Come Together
• 10. Dreisbach Sources and Records, Old and New