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Mortal remains : death in early America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14627
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Responsibility
edited by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein.
ISBN
0812236785 (cloth : alk. paper)
081221823X (paper : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
viii, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-245) and index.
Subjects
Death - United States.
Funeral rites and ceremonies - United States
Thanatology - United States.
Attitude to Death - United States.
Funeral Rites - United States.
Literature, Modern - United States.
Religion and Psychology - United States.
United States - Social life and customs - To 1775.
United States - Social life and customs - 19th century.
Additional Author
Isenberg, Nancy.
Burstein, Andrew.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 M887
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15355
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Date of Publication
c2001.
Call Number
306.9 I78
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Responsibility
Kenneth V. Iserson.
ISBN
1883620228 (cloth)
Author
Iserson, Kenneth V.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Tucson, AZ
Publisher
Galen Press,
Date of Publication
c2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 821 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Dying to know : introduction -- I'm dead--now what? -- Help for the living : organ, tissue, & whole-body donation -- The autopsy : my body and the pathologist -- Beauty in death -- The eternal flame -- Souls on ice -- Wayward bodies -- Nightmares -- Going out in style -- Black tie affairs -- From earth to earth -- A hand from the grave -- Say it gently : words, sayings, & poetry about the dead.
Subjects
Death.
Autopsy.
Undertakers and undertaking.
Mortuary Practice.
Attitude to Death.
Funeral Rites.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
306.9 I78
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This list of deaths is from the ledger of Johannes Bachman, 1769-1829/ List of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7903
Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
310.35 B124
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Author
Bachman, Johannes ,
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Ellis R. Bachman ,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
10 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
"The original ledger is written in German script. The translation and copy has been by Noah G. Good."
Also contains list of deaths copied from "Washington House Registers" of Strasburg. The range is fro February 1875 through August 1880.
Subjects
Death notices - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
310.35 B124
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Index to marriage and death notices in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1836-1870

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20736
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
929.3 B586
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Responsibility
compiled, researched and written by Frank A. Biebel.
ISBN
1877692077
9781877692079
Author
Biebel, Frank A.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
viii, 496 pages ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-488).
Subjects
German Americans - New York (State) - Genealogy.
Marriage records - New York (State) - Indexes.
Death notices - New York (State) - Indexes.
New York (State) - Genealogy.
United States, New York - Newspapers - Indexes.
United States, New York, New York (City) - Newspapers - Indexes.
Additional Corporate Author
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Additional Title
New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung (New York, N.Y. : Daily)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 B586
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Obituaries in American culture

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15353
Author
Hume, Janice.
Date of Publication
c2000.
Call Number
929.1 H657
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Responsibility
Janice Hume.
ISBN
1578062411 (cloth : alk. paper)
157806242X (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Hume, Janice.
Place of Publication
Jackson
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi,
Date of Publication
c2000.
Physical Description
198 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-190) and index.
Subjects
Obituaries - United States
Death - United States.
Memory - United States.
United States - Civilization - 19th century.
United States - Civilization - 20th century.
United States - Civilization - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 H657
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Into the American woods : negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13456
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Call Number
974.802 M568
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Alternate Title
Negotiators on the Pennsylvania frontier
Responsibility
James H. Merrell.
ISBN
0393046761
Author
Merrell, James Hart,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Norton,
Date of Publication
2000, c1999.
Physical Description
463 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Notes
"1st pub. as a Norton paperback 2000"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-438) and index.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Pioneers - Pennsylvania
Negotiation - Pennsylvania
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania
Intercultural communication - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 M568
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Marriages and deaths reported by Der Pennsylvanier, a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1868-1879

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19397
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466m
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Responsibility
translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman.
ISBN
9780788450082 (paperbound)
0788450085 (paperbound)
9780788482069 (clothbound)
0788482068 (clothbound)
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
84 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
German Americans.
Marriage records.
Registers of births, etc.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Vital records.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Newspapers.
Genealogy.
Additional Title
Der Pennsylvanier.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 H466m
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Deaths reported by Der Libanon Demokrat : a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1832-1864

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19398
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
©1990, 2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466d
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Responsibility
translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman.
ISBN
155613410X
9781556134104
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Place of Publication
Bowie, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
©1990, 2009.
Physical Description
130 pages ; 21 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Abstracts.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Genealogy.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
American newspapers.
German Americans.
Registers of births, etc.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Obituaries.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Newspapers.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon - Obituaries.
Abstracts.
Genealogy.
Additional Title
Libanon Demokrat.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 H466d
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Black family research : records of post-Civil War Federal agencies at the National Archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14147
Author
United States National Archives and Records Administration.
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
016.326 U58
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Responsibility
compiled by Reginald Washington.
Author
United States National Archives and Records Administration.
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Archives and Records Administration ,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
Reference Information Paper 108.
Subjects
United States. - Bureau of Refugees, Freedman, and abandoned lands - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
United States - Commissioners of Claims - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
United States - Freeman's Bank and Trust Company - History - Sources - Bibliography - Catalogs.
African Americans - United States
African American families.
Freedmen
Registers of births, etc.
Additional Author
Washington, Reginald.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.326 U58
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Locating Union & Confederate records : a guide to the most commonly used Civil War records of the National Archives and Family History Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14386
Author
Morebeck, Nancy Justus.
Date of Publication
2001.
Call Number
929.1 M837
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Responsibility
Nancy Justus Morebeck.
ISBN
0944931898 (softbound)
0944931901 (hardbound)
Author
Morebeck, Nancy Justus.
Place of Publication
North Salt Lake, Utah
Publisher
HeritageQuest,
Date of Publication
2001.
Physical Description
vi, 152 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
United States. - National Archives and Records Administration.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. - Family History Library.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Archival resources.
Confederate States of America - History - Archival resources.
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 M837
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