iv [i.e. v], 96 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Contents
Dedication/The challenge -- Table of contents -- Special recognition -- Lawn literature -- Introduction -- Ch. 1: The time of Lawn's birth -- Ch. 2: History of the village of Lawn -- Ch. 3: Cronological [sic] history and development -- Ch. 4: The origin of Lawn's name -- Ch. 5: Geography -- Ch. 6: Native American accounts -- Ch. 7: The railroad -- Ch. 8: Lawn businesses (past and present) -- Ch. 9: Lawn layout; Lawn map (historical site locations) -- Ch. 10: Lawn E.C. Church -- Ch. 11: Lawn Fire Company -- Ch. 12: The U.S. post office -- Ch. 13: Lawn schools -- Ch. 14: Clubs and organizations -- Ch. 15: Athletic teams -- Ch. 16: Leading citizens -- Ch. 17: Unusual events -- Ch. 18: Lawn events historical and social -- Ch. 19: Historical pictures -- Closing comments.
Preface--Sadsbury Monthly Meeting, Sadsbury Township, birth records from the 1730s--Little Britain Monthly Meeting, Little Britain Township, birth records from the 1770s--St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church, Lancaster, birth records from the 1750s--Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, East Cocalico, baptismal register begun in 1733--Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Elizabeth Township, also called Old Warwick Lutheran Church, baptismal register begun in 1742--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, baptismal register begun in 1730--Moravian Church, Lancaster, baptismal register begun in 1743--First Reformed Church, Lancaster, baptismal register begun in 1736,--Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland, birth records from the 1730s--St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster, birth records from the 1770s--Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, baptismal register begun in 1771--Muddy Creek Reformed Church, East Cocalico Township, birth records from the 1770s--Bangor Protestant Episcopal church, Caernarfon Township, birth records from the 1770s--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church, Ephrata Township, birth records from the 1740s--Rev. John Waldschmidt, personal register begun in 1751--Rev. John Cuthbertson, personal register, begun in 1751--Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing, personal register begun in 1779--Christ Lutheran Church, Elizabethtown, birth records from the 1770s--St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Strasburg, birth records from the 1750s--Swamp Reformed Church, West Cocalico Township, baptismal register opened in 1788--Zion Reformed Church, Elizabeth Township, also known as Reyer's Reformed Church, birth records from the 1760s--Blasser Reformed Church, West Donegal Township, birth records from the 1750s--White Oak Lutheran and Reformed Churches, Penn Township, baptismal register opened in 1754--Zeltenreich/Seltenreich Reformed Church, baptismal records from the 1740s--Maytown Reformed Church, East Donegal Township, birth records from the 1760s--St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim, baptismal register begun in 1771--Pequea Reformed Church, Strasburg Township, birth records from the 1740s--Maytown Lutheran Church, East Donegal Township, birth records from the 1760s--Cocalico Reformed Church, Ephrata, birth records from the 1740s--Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr., personal register begun in 1729--Moravian Church, Lititz, baptismal register opened in 1744..