Mennonite Migration Aid Society The Mennonite Migration Aid
Society was founded after World War I to aid Mennonites from
Russia in their attempt to settle in North America. The business
office was in Newton, Kansas, and the Executive Board consisted
of H. P. Krehbiel, president, C. E. Krehbiel, secretary, and J.
G. Regier. Other members were P. H. Unruh, Gerhard Regier, and
P. H. Richert. According to the files of the president of this
organization the primary purpose seems to have been to settle a
group of Mennonites from Russia in Mexico at San Juan, Irapuato,
and Gto. The Society dealt with Mennonite immigrants from
Russia, the government of Mexico, land agents of Mexico, the
Dutch Immigration Bureau of Rotterdam, and the Mennonite
congregations who supported the project. The settlement in
Mexico was unsuccessful. The activities of the Society and the
settlement have not been fully investigated. Adapted by
permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and
Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedi