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The Strassburger family and allied families of Pennsylvania; being the ancestry of Jacob Andrew Strassburger, esquire, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6938
Author
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver,
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
929 S897
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Responsibility
by his son Ralph Beaver Strassburger.
Author
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver,
Place of Publication
Gwynedd Valley, Pa
Publisher
Printed for private circulation,
Date of Publication
1922.
Physical Description
520 p. front., illus., plates (1 fold.) ports. geneal. tab., facsims. 27 cm.
Subjects
Strassburger family (Johann Ulrich Strassburger, b. ca. 1690)
Strassburger, Jacob Andrew, - 1849-1908.
Yeager family (Johannes Jager, 1721-1796)
Stout family (John Jacob Stout, 1710-1779)
Hartzell family (Jorg Henrich Hartzell, ca. 1692-1784)
Kern family (Frederick Kern 1697-1772)
Schwenk family (Hans Michel Schwenk, 1696-1773)
Bowers family (Hans Bauer, d. 1748)
Landis family (John Landis, fl. 1717)
Markley family (Jorg Merklin, b. ca. 1620)
Dotterer family (George Philip Dodderer, d. 1741)
Shoemaker family (Peter Schumacher, ca. 1622-1707)
Kolb family (Dielman Kolb, 1691-1757)
Ziegler family (Michael Ziegler, b. ca. 1680)
Clemens family (Gerhart Clements, 1680-1744/45)
Lederach family (Andreas Leddraugh, d. 1759)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S897
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A brief record of the Ebys, from their arrival in America to my grandparents Peter and Margaret Hess Eby [and] their descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo703
Author
Eby, Jacob,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 E16e
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Author
Eby, Jacob,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
50 p. 24 cm.
Subjects
Eby family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E16e
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The Pennsylvania Germans; a sketch of their history and life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7593
Author
Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,
Date of Publication
[c1923]
Call Number
974.802812 R813
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by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger.
Author
Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Date of Publication
[c1923]
Physical Description
x, 173 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm.
Subjects
Rosenberg family.
Rosenberger, Henry, - fl. 1729-1745.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 R813
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The Kentucky rifle; a study of the origin and development of a purely American type of firearm, together with accurate historical data concerning early colonial gunsmiths, and profusely illustrated with photographic reproduction of their finest work

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3609
Author
Dillin, John Grace Wolfe,
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
683 D578 Oversize
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By Captain John G. W. Dillin.
Author
Dillin, John Grace Wolfe,
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National rifle association of America,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
4 p. l., viii, 124, [6] p. front. (port.) illus., 126 pl. on 64 l. (incl. ports., facsims.) 33 cm.
Notes
"Edited by Kendrick Scofield."
Subjects
Kentucky rifle.
Additional Author
Scofield, Kendrick,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
683 D578 Oversize
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Polk's official street directory, car line and information guide of Lancaster including ready reference map: giving description, location,number and intersection of each street, and the nearest car line to each number on the street, also key numbers for use with Polk's Ready Reference Map. Also routes of city and suburban car lines, list of public buildings, cemeteries, churches, fire department, libraries, parks,police department, post office, schools and other valuable information

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16637
Date of Publication
1924
Call Number
917.4815
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Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers,
Date of Publication
1924
Physical Description
64 p. map ; 15 cm.
Notes
Includes advertising.
Map tipped in rear cover.
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Additional Corporate Author
R.L. Polk & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815
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Partial genealogy of the Landis family; with some historical notes embracing the direct lineal descendants of Abraham Landis

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18673
Author
Mumma, Beulah F.,
Date of Publication
1925]
Call Number
929 L257m
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Author
Mumma, Beulah F.,
Place of Publication
[Waynesboro? Pa
Date of Publication
1925]
Physical Description
58 p. 20 cm.
Subjects
Landis family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 L257m
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The first railroad in America, a history of the origin and development of the Granite railway at Quincy, Massachusetts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2017
Corporate Author
Granite Railway Company.
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
385 F522
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Responsibility
Privately printed for the Granite railway company in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary.
Corporate Author
Granite Railway Company.
Place of Publication
[Boston]
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
2 p. l., 29 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps. 24 cm.
Notes
"Prepared by direction of Walton advertising & printing co."
Subjects
Railroads - United States.
Additional Corporate Author
Walton Advertising and Printing Company.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 F522
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A history of the Indian villages and place names in Pennsylvania, with numerous historical notes and references

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4877
Author
Donehoo, George Patterson,
Date of Publication
[c1928]
Call Number
974.8011 D681
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by Dr. George P. Donehoo. With an introduction by the Hon. Warren K. Moorehead.
Author
Donehoo, George Patterson,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
The Telegraph press
Date of Publication
[c1928]
Physical Description
xiv, 290 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Blank pages for "Notes" interspersed.
Bibliography: p. 288-290.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 D681
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Comb making in America, an account of the origin and development of the industry for which Leominster has become famous, to which are added pictures of many of the early comb makers and views of the old time comb shops

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17221
Author
Walton, Perry,
Date of Publication
c1925]
Call Number
688.5 W241
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Responsibility
compiled and privately printed for Bernard W. Doyle, president of the Viscoloid company, inc., in commemoration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the comb industry in Leominster, Massachusetts.
Author
Walton, Perry,
Place of Publication
[Boston
Date of Publication
c1925]
Physical Description
xiv, 158 p. incl. front., illus., ports. pl. 27 cm.
Notes
"Compiled, written and printed under direction of Perry Walton."
Contents
Antiquity of combs -- Establishment of the comb industry in America -- Growth of the comb industry in West Newbury -- The Noyes family : their relation to the comb industry -- Improvements in the manufacture of combs -- The Hills family and the comb industry in Leominster -- Comb-making in Clinton, Massachusetts, and other industrial centers -- Horn, tortoise shell, ivory and their substitutes -- The town of Leominster.
Subjects
Combs.
Additional Author
Doyle, Bernard W.
Additional Corporate Author
Viscoloid company, Leominster, Mass.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
688.5 W241
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A brief description of Indian life and Indian trade of the Susquehannock Indians. The tribe which inhabited what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A compilation of pen pictures by the earliest Europeans with whom they came in contact. Also giving a study of the exact location and period of occupation of their villages and fort stes based on the articles found in Indian graves here

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4254
Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
c1929]
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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By D. H. Landis ...
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
c1929]
Physical Description
1 p. β., [7]-48 p. front. (port.) illus. 23 cm.
Notes
Owing to an imperfect impression, p. 48 is numbered 4 in this copy.
"Only 150 copies will be printed and type destroyed."
"Reprinted from the Lancaster new era and also Intelligencer journal, June 22, l929."
Subjects
Susquehanna Indians.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 L257b
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A history of the Heinrich Eberly family and their descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18632
Corporate Author
Eberly Family Association.
Date of Publication
[1927-
Call Number
929 E161
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Responsibility
issued in pamphlet form by the members and friends of the Eberly Family Association ; [edited by] E. Elmer Sensenig.
Corporate Author
Eberly Family Association.
Place of Publication
Allentown, Penna
Publisher
The Association,
Date of Publication
[1927-
Physical Description
v. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Eberly family.
Additional Author
Sensenig, E. Elmer.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E161
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Sketches and genealogy of the Forney family from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in part

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Author
Forney, John Keller,
Date of Publication
1926.
Call Number
929 F727f
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Responsibility
by John K. Forney ....
Author
Forney, John Keller,
Place of Publication
Abilene, Kan
Publisher
Printed for the author by the Reflector Print Co.,
Date of Publication
1926.
Physical Description
115 [i.e. 117] p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Running title: History of the Forney family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"For private circulation"--T.p.
Includes index.
Pages 106a-106b inserted after p. 106.
Subjects
Forney family (Peter Farnie, 1695-1747).
Smith family (Ann Smith Farnie, 1697-1753).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 F727f
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066140906;view=1up;seq=9
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National publications containing short stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver : and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19513
Date of Publication
1915-1925.
Call Number
810.54 P983 Oversize
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Date of Publication
1915-1925.
Physical Description
1 vol. : ill. ; 35 cm.
Notes
Other materials concerning Mary B. Pulver are found in Archives: MG 284 - Mary Brecht Pulver Papers.
Contents
Portrait, biography, poems, and list of stories in magazine form --- "Minnie Good of Manheim" in The Saturday Evening Post, July 24, 1915, p. 16-17, 36-37 -- "His day of days" in The Saturday Evening Post, October 9, 1915, p. 26-30 -- "The Vampire" in The Saturday Evening Post, November 18, 1916, p. 16-17, 54, 56, 58 -- "Cass the Red-Cheeked, what became of the Gypsy's prophecy about her" in The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1916, p. 23, 73-75.
Subjects
Pulver, Mary Brecht, - 1882-1926.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Fiction.
American fiction
American poetry
Authors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
810.54 P983 Oversize
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The story of the Arndts : the life, antecedents and descendants of Bernhard Arndt who emigrated to Pennsylvania in the year 1731

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19112
Author
Arndt, John Stover,
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
929 A747
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Responsibility
by John Stover Arndt.
Author
Arndt, John Stover,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Christopher Sower Co.,
Date of Publication
1922.
Physical Description
427 p. : ill., map, ports ; 23 cm.
Notes
"The real genealogical work, with the exception of a few sketches, was prepared by Mr. Warren S. Ely."--P. 8.
Includes index.
Subjects
Arndt family.
German Americans.
Additional Author
Ely, Warren S.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A747
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The Henckel family records : a periodical publication devoted to collecting and preserving the history of the Henckel family in Europe and America, 1635-1717

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17742
Date of Publication
1926-
Call Number
929 H494b
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Responsibility
Henckel Family Association.
Place of Publication
New Market, Va
Publisher
The Henckel Press,
Date of Publication
1926-
Physical Description
v. : plates, ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
Dates of Publication
No. 1 (May 1926)-
Ceased publication with no. 14 with Aug. 1939?
Notes
Editor: Elon O. Henkel.
LCHS has: #8, Jan. 1932 - #14, Aug. 1939.
Subjects
Henckel family (Anthony Jacob Henckel, 1668-1728)
Henckel family.
Additional Author
Henkel, Elon Osiander,
Additional Corporate Author
Henckel Family Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 H494b
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A short preface to a copy of a memorandum of Jacob Eicholtz, the artist

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Author
Hostetter, Ida L. K.
Date of Publication
1925
A SHORT PREFACE TO A COPY OF A MEMORANDUM OF JACOB EICHOLTZ, THE ARTIST. So much has been written of Jacob Eicholtz born soon after the Declara- tion of Independence that it is not my purpose to go into details, his struggle to succeed in his art, how near we came to losing him, and because of the
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Responsibility
by Ida L. K. Hostetter.
Author
Hostetter, Ida L. K.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1925
Physical Description
107-111 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 9
Subjects
Eichholtz, Jacob, - 1776-1842.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 9 (1925), p. 107-111Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29
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The early architecture of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : being an account of the origin and development of architectural forms in Lancaster County during the eighteenth century

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Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Date of Publication
1920
-seeking pioneers, living in crude log huts, to the more substantial structures of stone and brick, the record of their building progress is very legible and not easily mistaken. Were their buildings not preserved, we would be at a loss to know in what manner of dwelling these early colonists lived their
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Responsibility
by Alfred L. Kocher, A.I.A.
Author
Kocher, Alfred L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1920
Physical Description
91-106 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 24, no. 5
Subjects
Architecture.
Greek revival (Architecture)
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Architecture, Colonial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 24, number 5 (1920), p. 91-106Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.24
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A series of descriptive papers upon a tour made to Alaska, during the summer of 1929 : going by way of the Canadian Rockies, and the inside passage, and returning by way of Northern United States Rockies

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7259
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
ca. 1929]
Call Number
979.8 E75
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by H. Frank Eshleman ....
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
ca. 1929]
Physical Description
24 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"Reprint from the 'Ephrata Review'"--Cover.
Contents
The glory of the Canadian Rockies -- On the way to Alaska -- Tourists' Alaska -- Eastward over the Northern United States Rockies.
Subjects
Alaska - Description and travel.
Rocky Mountains - Description and travel.
Additional Title
Ephrata review.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
979.8 E75
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Genealogy of the Huber family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4883
Author
Shetter, Jacob Huber,
Date of Publication
1924.
Call Number
929 H877s
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Author
Shetter, Jacob Huber,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Herbert Horton, Printing,
Date of Publication
1924.
Physical Description
[4] 93 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Additions 1925,1927, 1929 [9] p.
Xerox copy.
Subjects
Huber family.
Brubaker family.
Burkholder family.
Diller family.
Ebersole family.
Eby family.
Good family.
Groff family.
Kauffman family.
Kreider family.
Martin family.
Shetter family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 H877s
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A memorial of the one hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Philip Schoff and Elizabeth Ramsay, April 10 1794, by their grandaughter [!] Eloise (Walker) Wilder

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Author
Wilder, Eloise (Walker)
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
929 S367w
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April 10, 1894.
Author
Wilder, Eloise (Walker)
Place of Publication
Greenfield, Ind
Publisher
Wm. Mitchell Printing Co.,
Date of Publication
1922.
Physical Description
311 p. illus. (incl. ports., coats of arms) 20 cm.
Notes
Edited by Mrs. Fanny Ramsay (Wilder) Winchester.
"Philip Schoff, a boy soldier of the American revolution, 1778; a member of Washington's army during the Whiskey insurrection 1794, and a soldier in the war of 1812, with an account of his ancestors and descendants by his great granddaughter, Fanny Ramsay (Wilder) Winchester": p. [45]-311.
Subjects
Schoff, Philip, - 1744-ca. 1778.
Schoff family (Johann Jacob Schaaf, - ca. 1713-1801?)
Additional Author
Winchester, Fanny Ramsay (Wilder)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S367w
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