Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society is your home for Mennonite and Pennsylvania German history, genealogy, faith, art and culture.

2010 is the 300th Anniversary of permanent European settlement in Lancaster County by Swiss German Mennonites.  Join us for a series of special events!

Find the information you want at our site map.

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society is the first stop for genealogists. From fan charts to cemetery records, we have the resources for your family research.

Beginning and Intermediate classes to learn Pennsylvania German resume Weds, Sept. 16 and Thurs, Sept. 17.

Visit our museum to experience our latest exhibit, "Decorated and Plain: A Mennonite and Amish Sampler."

A blog by our Executive Director keeps you informed about new LMHS objectives, initiatives and vision.  (Updated May 20, 2009)

Join us for our 29th annual summer used book sale.  Cylo, Lancaster's baseball team mascot, will be with us 10-11 am Weds, as part of the "Read with the Barnstomers" program.

Fall field trips include, "Dutch Anabaptists in New Amsterdam (New York City), 1620-1820," on September 12; "Native Americans in the Lower Susquehanna Valley," on September 26; and "Trail of the Conestoga en route to Canada: Lancaster Homesteads," on October 17.  More info at upcoming trips.