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History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of the city of Lancaster, Pa., from 1807 to 1893 : with some account of earlier efforts to establish Methodism in Lancaster, also, an appendix containing a sketch of St. Paul's M.E. Church, by the pastor [C. Lee Gaul] and "Conestoga's" notes on the conference of 1855

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Author: McConnell, John S. Janes.

Date of Publication: 1893

Call Number: 287 M592h

Responsibility: by John S.J. McConnell.

Author: McConnell, John S. Janes.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: 1893

Physical Description: 164 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.

Subjects: First Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Gaul, C. Lee.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 287 M592h

The American genealogist : being a catalogue of family histories, a bibliography of American genealogy or a list of the title pages of books and pamphlets on family history, published in America, from 1771 to date

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Edition: 4th ed. /

Date of Publication: 1897.

Call Number: 929.1 M969 1897

Edition: 4th ed. /

Place of Publication: Albany, N.Y

Publisher: J. Munsell's Sons,

Date of Publication: 1897.

Physical Description: 328 p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Munsell's American genealogist.; Former editions were edited by William H. Whitmore in 1862, 1868, and 1875.

Subjects: United States - Genealogy - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Whitmore, William Henry,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.1 M969 1897

Still family history -- 1770's -- 2017: Pennsylvania - Maryland - New Jersey - Virginia : connecting to Dauphin County families of : Bowman, Shade, Wert, Weltmer, Dunkel; Bailey - Lancaster County; connecting to Maryland families of : (4th. generation) William W. Still / Sophia Wert, (7th. generation) Smith / Simpson / Howard, Getzendanner / Ridgley / Worthington / Hall / Duvall; connecting to Virginia families of : (8th. generation) Madigan, Neathery, Brooks / Dow / Higdon : a genealogical publication for the above families, published and revised in 2017

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Author: Still, Joseph Norwood.

Edition: Rev.

Date of Publication: 2018.

Call Number: 929 S857

Alternate Title: Beginning Still family history; The Still famiy : our history from the 1770's.

Responsibility: prepared by Joseph Norwood Still.

Author: Still, Joseph Norwood.

Edition: Rev.

Place of Publication: Place not identified

Publisher: J.N. Still,

Date of Publication: 2018.

Physical Description: 174 l. in various pagings : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, maps, ports.

Summary: Isaac Still (1774-1854), son of David Still/Steel and Catherine, married Mary Kelly (1779-1853), daughter of James Kelly. They had six children.

Subjects: Still.; Bowman.; Brooks.; Dow.; Dunkel.; Duvall.; Enders.; Getzendanner.; Hall.; Higdon.; Howard.; Madigan.; Neathery.; Ridgley.; Seiders; Shade.; Simpson.; Smith; Weltmer.; Wert.; Worthington.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S857

A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 : in which is sketched a history of that church and congregation from 1741 to the present time

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Author: Timlow, P. J.

Date of Publication: [1892]

Call Number: 285.1 L434

Responsibility: by P.J. Timlow.

Author: Timlow, P. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Daily intelligencer Print.,

Date of Publication: [1892]

Physical Description: 55 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: A history of the Leacock Presbyterian church and congregation of Leacosk, Lancaster County, Pa.

Subjects: Leacock Presbyterian Church (Leacock, Pa. : Township) - History.; Thanksgiving Day addresses.; Leacock (Pa. : Township) - Church history.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Timlow, P. J.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 L434

A description of the true and of the false church : as outlined in a certain history, properly named The bloody theatre, or Martyrs mirror, by Thieleman J. van Braght, 1660, and A solution to wor[l]d problems

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Author: Braght, Thieleman J. van

Edition: 3d ed.

Date of Publication: 1945.

Call Number: 272 B813

Responsibility: compiled by Menno Sauder.

Author: Braght, Thieleman J. van

Edition: 3d ed.

Place of Publication: Elmira, Ont

Publisher: Menno Sauder,

Date of Publication: 1945.

Physical Description: viii, 228 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Cover title: The true and the false church ...

Subjects: Church history.; Martyrs.

Additional Author: Sauder, Menno,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 272 B813

The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8227

Author: Mercer, Henry Chapman,

Edition: Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.

Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 749 D754 1914; 749 M554

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Author: Mercer, Henry Chapman,

Edition: Rev. corr. and enl. by Horace M. Mann. 2d ed.

Place of Publication: Doylestown, Pa

Publisher: Bucks County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: [6] 216 p. : plates, port. ;

Notes: Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870); Bibliography: p. 206-208.

Contents: Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves

Summary: Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.

Subjects: Stoves.; Stove-plates.; Christian art and symbolism.; Germans - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 749 D754 1914; 749 M554

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History of the Reformed Mennonite Church

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Author: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Date of Publication: 1945

as the Reformed Mennonite Church, which had its beginning in 1812 on a quiet, peaceful farm in the beautiful countryside on the edge of the historic borough of Strasburg, when John Herr, Abraham Lan- dis and Abraham Groff became the leaders of a new denomina- tion, it seems altogether proper that an

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Responsibility: by Wilmer J. Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Wilmer J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1945

Physical Description: [85]-[117] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 4

Subjects: Reformed Mennonite Church.; Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 4 (1945), p. 85-117Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49

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The Taufers: or, The German Baptist brethren. The origin, history, religious beliefs and achievements of one of the prominent religious denominations in the United States

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1899.

Call Number: 286.5 D569

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Reprinted from the New era,

Date of Publication: 1899.

Physical Description: 23 p. 24 cm.

Notes: Signed: F.R.D.; A review of "A history of the German Baptist brethren in Europe and America." By M.G. Brumbaugh.

Subjects: Brumbaugh, Martin Grove, - 1862-1930.; Church of the Brethren.; German Baptist Brethren (U.S.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 286.5 D569

Geologic notes on the Pequea Silver Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : A brief history of the Pequea Silver Mine Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Date of Publication: 1947.

Call Number: 550 F686

Responsibility: Richard M. Foose.

Author: Foose, Richard Martin,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa. : Franklin and Marshall College

Date of Publication: 1947.

Physical Description: [13 p] ; 25 cm.

Notes: From the proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science : Vol. XXL, 1947.; Includes index.

Summary: Refers to several mines in a half mile square area in Lancaster County marked by Pequea Creek in the south, Silver Mine Run in the east , and an unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek to the west.

Subjects: Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mines and mineral resources - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Silver mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Price, John W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 550 F686

In the interest of History: Corrections to the published history of the 3rd USCT in the Civil War

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Author: Hawkins, Katherine.

Date of Publication: 2017.

Responsibility: by Katherine Hawkins.

Author: Hawkins, Katherine.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2017.

Physical Description: 38-49 p.

Summary: This article states that there are errors in two books about the Civil War regarding the 3rd United States Colored Troops. The author says that the book "Lancaster County Pennsylvania In The Civil War" confuses the Corps de Afrique's with the 3rd United States Colored Troops. And the author finds that the "History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania" by Ellis and Evans also has errors regarding the 3rd United States Colored Troops. The author provides corrections to both books.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 118, number 1 (2017), p. 38-49Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article974.9 L245 v. 118, no. 1

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