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Roots of Reamstown: commemorating 250th anniversary 2010

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15924

Date of Publication: [2010]

Call Number: 974.815 ECOC R783

Place of Publication: [S. l

Publisher: s. n.]

Date of Publication: [2010]

Physical Description: 68 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Comprised of portraits and short biographies of Reamstown citizens.; Library copy is #5 of 200.

Subjects: Reamstown (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.; Reamstown (Lancaster County, Pa.) - Biographies.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 ECOC R783

Cedar Grove Cemetery, East Earl Township, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19877

Date of Publication: [2015]

Call Number: 310.35 C389e

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: [2015]

Physical Description: 7, [32] leaves.

Notes: Includes the Old, Middle and New Sections.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 128 #3A.

Subjects: Ceder Grove Cemetery (East Earl Township, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - East Earl Twp.; Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 C389e

Early Cocalico area roads

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20541

Author: McCrea, Kenneth D.

Date of Publication: 2016.

Responsibility: by Kenneth D. McCrea.

Author: McCrea, Kenneth D.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: 109 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes every name index.

Summary: "The history of early Cocalico roads, compiled using early road papers and dockets of Lancaster County dating from 1735 to 1802. The documents provide insight into the residents living along the roadways as well as clues to everyday life and the growth of the area's economy." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.; Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Cocalico Township

Contained In: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley v. 41, 2016.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 JHSCV v. 41

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d93bb007-7aee-4f71-8018-604129249674

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-16-01-60

Date Range: May 2010

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Reenactors at Maytown's Memorial Day Parade.

Date Range: May 2010

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Maytown, East Donegal Twp.; Memorial Day; Parades; Reenactors

Place: East Donegal Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Condition: Good

Object ID: 1-16-01-60

Images

Bachman-Rohrer Cemetery : Cemetery delineation geophysical survey traditions of America, East Hempfield site

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22199

Corporate Author: Rettew Assdciates, Inc.

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: LC 310.35 B124

Responsibility: prepared by Rettew Associates Inc.

Corporate Author: Rettew Assdciates, Inc.

Place of Publication: [Lancasater, Pa.]

Publisher: Rettew Associates Inc.,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: unnumbered pages and leaves : Photographs and surveys ; 29 cm.

Notes: Rettew Project No. 09482017; A survey of the Bachman-Rlohrer Cemetery, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; This resource can be found in the LancasterHistory library on the shelf of cemetery resources.

Subjects: Bachman-Rohrer Cemetery (East Petersburg, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - East Petersburg.; East Petersburg, Pa., - Genealogy.; Lancasater County (Pa.) - Genealogy

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: LC 310.35 B124

One room schools in East Hanover, Union, Swatara, North Annville, North Londonderry and surrounding townships

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18868

Author: Anspach, Wayne.

Edition: 21st ed.

Date of Publication: â„—â™2014.

Call Number: 974.819 A623

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Wayne Anspach.

Author: Anspach, Wayne.

Edition: 21st ed.

Place of Publication: [Lebanon, Pa.]

Publisher: [Lebanon County Historical Society],

Date of Publication: â„—â™2014.

Physical Description: 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Rural schools - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Pictorial works.; Rural schools.; East Hanover (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Union (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Swatara (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; North Annville (Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; North Londonderry (Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Pennsylvania - East Hanover (Lebanon County : Township); Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Pennsylvania - North Annville (Township); Pennsylvania - North Londonderry (Township); Pennsylvania - Swatara (Lebanon County : Township); Pennsylvania - Union (Lebanon County : Township); History.; Pictorial works.

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County History Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 A623

An illustrated history of paper advertising in the Cocalico Valley : 1795-1950

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17995

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Edition: Limited ed.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 741.67 S762

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Edition: Limited ed.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, PA

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: No. 149 of limited edition of 700 copies.

Summary: "A beautiful volume containing over 600 full color illustrations of local advertising from around the Cocalico Valley. Included in the book is the history of the various newspapers that were published in the Cocalico Valley, a selection of 19th and early 20th century public auction broadsides, and an outstanding sampling of advertising ephemera of area businesses. Accompanying each advertising item is a detailed history of the business which it prompted. Businessesinclude: general merchandise and dry goods stores, drug stores, clothing and shoe stores, grocery stores, hardware stores and lumber yards, hotels, etc." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]

Subjects: Advertising, Newspaper.; Advertising, Magazine.; Advertising specialities.; Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 741.67 S762

Through the years : Photographic views of the Cocalico Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17468

Author: Marquet, Cyntha.

Date of Publication: 2011.

Call Number: 974.815 EPH M357

Responsibility: by Cynthia Marquet.

Author: Marquet, Cyntha.

Place of Publication: Ephrata (Pa.,)

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. , 29 cm.

Notes: Includes endnotes.; Ninth in a series of books based on the collections of photographs held by the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.; Limitedv edition No. 354 of 700 copies.

Summary: "Fascinating book containing over 175 previously unpublished photographs from around the Cocalico Valley. The photographs are arranged by municipality, span the years 1870 through the 1960's, and represent local events, buildings, and even a few personalities from bygone days. Each photograph is accompanied by text that records the history of the image." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]

Subjects: Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EPH M357

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2fde02c9-b19c-4251-98b9-115873451547

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Object ID: MG0166

Date Range: 1738-1920

Content Note: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military

1 document

Collection: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Title: Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection

Description: The Frank R. Diffenderffer Collection contains documents collected by Mr. Diffenderffer. These documents are primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and include letters, legal and court papers, indentures, receipts, property and probate records, and financial and military papers. The people and businesses represented include George Ross, Jasper Yeates, A. Herr Smith, Timothy Matlack, Mount Hope Furnace, and the Lancaster, Elizabethtown & Middletown Turnpike Road Company.

System of Arrangement: Collection retains original arrangement.

Date Range: 1738-1920

Year Range From: 1738

Year Range To: 1920

Date of Accumulation: 1738-1920

Creator: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Adams, John Quincy; Adreas, Agnes; Albright, W.; Anderson, James; Andrews, Jacob W.; Andrews, James P.; Ashbridge, Elizabeth; Ashbridge, J. H.; Ashbridge, Sarah; Ashbridge, Sidney; Atlee, Samuel; Attlee, Samuel; Autstch, Adam; Bare, Martin; Barlow, Thomas; Barnitz, Joseph; Barr, John; Barton, David R.; Barton, W.; Bauer, Adam; Beams, Jacob; Beard, Robert; Bearn, John; Beck, Martha; Beck, Paul; Beck, Samuel; Bender, Leonard; Benezet, Daniel; Benner, Henrich; Berntheisel, Henry; Berry, William; Bickham, F. A.; Bickman, George; Bletz, Jacob; Blumer, Abraham; Bollinger, Esther; Bombarger, Martin; Bomberger, John; Bower, Samuel P.; Bowman, Henry; Bowman, J.; Bowman, Samuel; Bowman, W.; Boyd, James; Boyd, Samuel; Bradford, Samuel J.; Breck, Samuel; Bredenstein, Philip; Brown, David; Brown, Matthew; Brown, William; Broud, Bill; Bruener, G.; Bryan, George; Bryan, George I.; Burd, Edward; Burkholder, E.; Burt, Nathaniel; Caldwell, James; Caldwell, Oliver; Caldwell, Robert; Calhoun, John C.; Cameron, James; Cameron, John; Campbell, Sarah; Carpenter, Abraham; Carpenter, Daniel; Carpenter, Jacob; Carpenter, William; Cather, Robert; Chambers, Stephen; Chambers, W.; Charlton, Thomas; Clark, Brice; Clark, John; Clark, Washington; Clemson, Joseph; Cochran, A.; Cochran, William; Coleman, William; Connor, Kitty; Cookson, Thomas; Cooper, William; Creasy, Solomon; Creasy, Solomon M.; Crone, Robert; Cunningham, Hugh; Cunningham, Thomas; Damant, James; Damisch, Fred; Davis, Zaccheus; Deckert, Jacob; Dederick, Henry; Dering, Henry; Derward, Jonas; Detrick, P.; Dickert, Jacob; Dieterick, Jacob; Diffenderffer, David; Diffenderffer, Frank Ried; Diffenderffer, Harold F.; Diffenderfer, Michael; Diffenderfer, Philip; Diller, Peter; Doerses, Frederick; Dougherty, William; Douglass, George; Douglass, James; Doyle, Thomas; Dryer, Andrew; Dubbs, Joseph H.; Duck, Geotge; Duncan, Daniel; Eagen, James; Eagen, Thomas; Eberman, John; Eberman, Philip; Eckert, George; Eckman, John; Eftwein, Johannes; Eichholtz, H.; Eichholtz, Leonard; Eliot, Daniel; Emanuel, John; Ench, Jacob; Espy, George R.; Evans, Frances; Evans, Isaac; Evans, James C.; Evans, Samuel; Ewing, John; Faghterin, Mary; Fahnestock, Samuel; Fehl, Andrew; Feltman, George; Ferree, Conrad; Ferree, Polly; Fissel, Michael; Flowers, Christian; Foltz, Bernard; Fordney, Casper; Fouts, Martin; Franklin, Thomas; Franklin, Thomas E.; Franklin W. B.; Frantz, Phil; Frey, J.; Fultz, John; Galbraith, Bertram; Galloway, Joseph; Geddis, Samuel; Gibble, L. W.; Gibbons, William; Gildersleve, Jonathan H.; Gildersleve Sarah; Gill, Deborah; Gill, Eramus; Gill, James; Gill, Matthew; Givler, Mary; Golden, Jeffery; Graass, Jacob; Graeff, Matthias; Graeff, W.; Graff, Benjamin; Graff, Henry; Graff, Jacob; Gratz, Hyman; Groff, Abraham; Groff, David; Groff, Isaac; Gross, Michael; Grove, Abraham; Grubb, Baird; Grubb, Curtis; Grubb, Henry; Habacker, George; Habacker, Wager; Hartz, John; Hake, Elizabeth; Hake, Jacob; Hale, Charles; Hambright, Henry; Hamilton, James; Hamilton, William; Hand, Edward; Hart, Elizabeth; Hartand, John; Hartmyer, Frederick; Haton, James; Hatz, John; Hayn, Christopher; Hehl, Matthew; Henderson, Mary; Henry, Christopher; Henry, Elizabeth; Henry, Joseph; Henry, Josiah; Henry, John Joseph; Henry, Mary; Herr, Christian; Hensel, William Uhler; Hibshman, Henry; Hoff, John; Hoofnagle, P.; Hoover, Jacob; Host, Catharine; Host, Michael; Howell, William H.; Howell, William Wilson; Huber, J.; Huber, John; Hubley, Adam; Hubley, John; Hubley, Joseph; Hubley, M.; Hubner, Nathanael; Huston, Alex; Hutchinson, E.; Jacks, James; Jenkins, Ron; Johns, Elizabeth; Johns, Jacob; Johns, Paul; Johnston, Sam; Jones, John; Jones, Owen; Jones, Paul T.; Jordan, J.; Kauffman, Abraham; Kauffman, Joseph; Kehler, Andrew; Kelly, Joseph P.; Kelly, William; Kenedy, John; Kittera, John Wilkes; Kittera, Thomas; Kline, David; Kline, George; Kline, Michael; Kling, M.; Konigmaker, James; Krebil, John; Krieg, Philip; Krug, Edward; Krug, H. V.; Krug, Jacob; Krug, Valentine; Kuhn, Frederick; Kuhn, Jacob; Lanck, Jacob; Landes, John; Lauman, Ludwig; Lechler, John; Leman, H. E.; Lewis, Abraham; Lewis, Ellis; Liews, Eliza; Lightner, Nathaniel; Likens, James; Lind, John; Long, Charles E.; Long, Jacob; Longenecker, David; Lowery, Alexander; Lowery, Lazarus; Lowman, Ludwig; Lutz, Peter; Lynch, Thomas; MacGonigle, Jonathan T.; MacGregor, John; MacGregor, Peter; Machold, Lewis Frederick; Marshall, Christopher; Matlack, Timothy; Mattes, George; Mauer, Peter; Maus, Peter; Mayer, John; Mayer, Lewis; McGown, William; McClure, David; McClure, Randle; McKim, James; McKinney, Mordecai; Mease, James; Mease, John; Mercer, John Q.; Messersmith, George; Metzer, Jonas; Metzer, Norman; Miller, David; Miller, Harry; Miller, Henry; Miller, James; Miller, John; Miller, T. H.; Minnich, Lizzie; Mohler, Henry; Montgomery, Jane; Montgomery, S. H.; Moore, James; Moore, John; Musser, John; Myer, John; Myer, John P.; Myer, Josephine; Myers, Christian; Myers, Eckert; Myers, Henry; Myers, Jacob; Myers, John; Myers, Joseph; Myers, Josephine; Myers, S. H.; Myers, Sidney; Muhlenberg, F. A.; Muhlenberg, G. H. E.; Muhlenberg, Henry; Muhlenberg, Henry A.; Munster, Paul; Nager, Ben Willis; Nagle, John; Neal, John; Nees, Adam; Neisser, G. Br.; Nelson, William; Nicholson, John; Norgrave, H.; Odonel, Charles; Old, James; Parvin, Francis; Passmore, John; Patton, James; Pendleton, George H.; Pennypacker, Samuel W.; Penrose, Clement; Petersby, Richard; Physick, Edmund; Pine, Michael; Pohlman, Abraham; Price, Eli K.; Purviance, Samuel; Ralston, Robert; Ramsay, Catharine; Ramsay, David; Ramsay, James; Ramsay, Nathaniel; Ramsay, William; Randall, Samuel; Rank, Samuel; Redsecker, Jacob; Reed, E. L.; Reed, George; Reedly, George; Reedly, John; Reigart, Adam; Reigart, Emanuel; Reigart, Jacob; Riche, Thomas; Rieger, Ann; Rohrer, John; Ross, George; Ross, James; Roth, Jacob; Schaum, Philip; Scheaffer, John; Schnierer, John, Mrs.; Schweinhaupt, Br.; Sell, Henry; Seward, Hugh; Shafer, John; Shaffer, Jacob; Sharer, David; Shearer, Jacob; Sheef, William; Sheldon, William; Shippen, Edward; Shireman, Jacob; Shol, Peter; Shware, Peter; Simon, Joseph; Simon, William; Sindersmith, S. V.; Singer, Casper; Singer, Emanuel; Skiles, William; Slaugher, Hiram; Slaymaker, Amos; Slaymaker, Henry; Slough, Matthias; Smith, A. Herr; Smith, Eliza; Smith, Joanna; Smith, Thomas; Smith, William; Snapp, Samuel; Solomon, Myer; Spencer, S. S.; Sprecher, Frank L.; Stauffer, Henry; Stedman, Alex; Stedman, Charles; Steinert, Christian; Steinman, Charles; Steinman, Frederick; Steinman, George; Steinman, John F.; Stevens, R. S.; Stevenson, George; Stone, John; Stoneman, Tobias; Stones, John; Stuart, Robert; Swan, John G.; Swain, R.; Swentzel, H. Y.; Swift, Joseph; Tanger, David R.; Titball, Joseph; Trimble, James; Trissler, John; Trissler, Joseph David; Turner, Ambrose; Turner, Catharine; Wagen, Philip; Walk, Deetrick; Walker, John; Wallace, John; Wallace, William; Warden, M.; Warfel, John; Washington, Samuel; Watson, David; Webb, James; Weber, Adam; Wegman, Mary; Weitzel, George; Wenger, Roland; Werner, Jacob; Wertsburger, Henry; West, William; Wetherill, Samuel P.; White, George; White, T.; Whitaker, George; Wildred, Daniel; Williams, Evans P.; Williams, John; Wistar, Thomas; Witlow, Hugh; Witman, John; Witman, Michael; Witmer, Abraham; Witmer, Benjamin; Witmer, David; Witmer, Henry; Wolford, Ludwig; Wood, George; Work, Joseph; Wright, James; Wright, John; Wright, S. W.; Yaner, Jacob; Yeates, Jasper; Yeates, John; Young, Henry; Young, Mattias; Zahm, Godfrey; Zantzinger, Adam; Zantzinger, Ester; Zeigler, George; Zimmer, Henry

Subjects: Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Court records; Finance, Personal; Invoices; Letters; Lotteries; Minutes (Records); Probate records; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Schools; Stocks

Search Terms: Accounts; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Armor's Old Bookstore; Articles of agreement; Beaver Creek; Black Horse Farm; Bonds; Business records; Certificates; Charles E. Wentz and Bros.; Christ Lutheran Church; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Steam Mills; Constables; Correspondence; Court records; Farmers Bank of Lancaster; Farmer's Hay and Straw Market Association; Finance, Personal; Finding aids; Franklin Savings and Building Association; Grosh and Levering; Hamilton Lots; Indentures; Indian Queen Hotel; Invoices; Lancaster Cemetery; Lancaster County Agricultural Park; Lancaster County Historical Society; Lancaster, Elizabethtown and Middletown Turnpike Company; Letters; Lotteries; Manuscript groups; McDowell's Mill; Minutes; Mount Hope Furnace; Northern Central Railway Company; Pennsylvania Council; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Probate records; Protestant Episcopal Church; Receipts; Sam Wetherill and Sons; Schools; Shaffner and Ziegler; St. James Episcopal Church; Steinman and Son; Stocks; Trinity Lutheran Church; W. Kirkpatrick and Company; Zahm and Jackson Jewelers

Extent: 1 box, 27 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0166

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Frank R. Diffenderfer Collection (MG0166), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1964.013

Other Numbers: MG-166

Classification: MG0166

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 September 2021.; Accession # L64-13

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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Date of Publication: 2016.

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Responsibility: by D. Douglas Miller..

ISBN: 9781514473665; 1514473666

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Publisher: Xlibris Corp

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: 260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Smedley, R. C.; Wright, Willilam.; Gibbons, Hanna.; Gibbons, Daniel.; Whitson, Thomas.; Coates, Lindley.; Rakestraw, William.; Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Hood, Caleb.; Bushong, Henry.; Russell, John Neal.; Wood Day.; Brown, Jeremiah.; Haines, Timoghy.; Brown, William.; Lewis, Elijah.; Scarlett, Joseph.; Jackson, James.; Hanway, Castner.; Smith, Joseph.; Lamborn, George S.; Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.; Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..; Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Slavery and the church; Antislavery movements; Underground railroad.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 M647

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