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Pennsylvania German tombstone inscriptions

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Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Date of Publication: c1980-c1984.

Call Number: 284 S921

Responsibility: sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter, Palatines to America.

Author: Stroh, Oscar H.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA (R.D. 4, Box 925, Harrisburg 17112)

Publisher: O.H. Stroh,

Date of Publication: c1980-c1984.

Physical Description: 2 v. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; v. 1 (File 11) includes: Amityville Lutheran Church cemetery, Amity Township, Berks County (p. 47 - 50); Bauerman's Church cemetery, Wayne Township, Dauphin County (p. 26); Belleview United Brethren Church cemetery, North Annville Township, Lebanon Count y.; Bern Church cemetery, Berks County (p. 1 - 6); Bernville cemetery, Berks County (p. 7 - 11); Bindnagle graveyard, North Londonderry Township, Lebanon County (p. 32 - 35); Chambers Hill cemetery, Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 36 - 37); Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) cemetery, Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 50 - 54); Dunkard cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 36); Ebersole farm graveyard, South Hanover Township. Dauphin County (p. 30); Ephrata community graveyard, Ephrata Borough (p. 43 - 47); Fetterhoff Church cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 24 - 25); Fox cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 62 - 64); Greiner farm cemetery, Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County (p. 42); Hoover farm cemetery, Derry Township, Dauphin County (p. 35).; v. 2 (File 11) includes: Bashore family cemetery, Bethel Township, Berks County (p. 67); Baumgardner cemetery, West Hanover Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Bittenbender cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 45); Church of God cemetery, Halifax Township, Dauphin County (p. 47); Crum's cemetery, Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County (p. 52); Enders cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 51); Esterton cemetery, Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County (p. 39); Fisherville cemetery, Jackson Township, Dauphin County (p. 53); Huff cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Huff's Union Church, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 43); Klinger's cemetery, Lykens Township, Dauphin County (p. 91); Masteller cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County (p. 46); Mount Laurel Church of God cemetery, Piketown, Dauphin County (p. 35); Muddy Creek Union cemetery, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County (p. 61); Pleasant Hill cemetery, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); Rutt graveyard, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County (p. 64); St. John's (Host's) Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County (p. 1).

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch; Palatine Americans - Pennsylvania; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Palatines to America (Society). Pennsylvania Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284 S921

Three hundred years with the Pennsylvania traveler

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Author: Shank, William H.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 380.5 S524

Responsibility: by William H. Shank.

Author: Shank, William H.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: American Canal and Transportation Center,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 194.

Contents: Chapters: PENNSYLVANIA INDIAN TRAILS --- EARLY ROAD DEVELOPMENT --- EARLY RIVER TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- LAND VEHICLES AND ROADCONDITIONS, EARLY 1800's --- THE FIRST STONE-SURFACED ROADS --- PENNSYLVANIA PIONEER BRIDGE BUILDERS --- THE CANAL ERA -- AQUEDUCTS AND CANAL ENGINEERING -- INCLINED PLANES AND GRAVITY RAILWAYS --- STEAM RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PLANK ROAD--- THE BICYCLE CRAZE --- URBAN RAIL CARS --- THE AUTO ERA OPENS--- PENNSYLVANIA HIGHWAYS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY --- AIR TRAVEL IN PENNSYLVANIA --- THE PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELER TODAY AND TOMORROW

Summary: Pennsylvania's unusual topography and location at the hub of the original 13 colonies make the state's transportation history unique.This comprehensive, 156-page book with four-color cover employs delightful, often humorous, perceptions of the problems which beset Pennsylvania pioneers. It also details an amazing assortment of vehicles and unusual means of crossing streams and mountains, perhaps unequalled in any other state.

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania; Roads - Pennsylvania.; Canals - Pennsylvania.; Indian trails - Pennsylvania.; Trolley cars - Pennsylvania.; Railroads - Pennsylvania.; Bridges - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 380.5 S524

Custom and contract : household, government, and the economy in colonial Pennsylvania

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Author: Schweitzer, Mary M.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 338.9748 S413

Responsibility: Mary M. Schweitzer.

ISBN: 0231062885

Author: Schweitzer, Mary M.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Columbia University Press,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: xii, 271 p. : ill., facsim. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [255]-266.

Subjects: Money - Pennsylvania; Land use - Pennsylvania; Finance, Public - Pennsylvania; Households - Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania - Economic policy.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - To 1775.; Pennsylvania - Social conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 338.9748 S413

Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Date of Publication: c1989-

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Responsibility: by Martha J. Xakellis.

ISBN: 155856019X (v. 1); 1558561226 (v. 2); 1558562044 (v. 3)

Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c1989-

Physical Description: v. <1-4 > : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents: v. 1. Elizabeth Township -- v. 2. Warwick Township -- v. 3. Clay township -- v.4. Penn Township -- v. 5. Lititz Borough.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Clay (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Lititz (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Pennsylvania German marriages : marriages and marriage evidence in Pennsylvania German churches

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Author: Irish, Donna R.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 929.32 I68

Responsibility: compiled by Donna R. Irish.

ISBN: 0806309652

Author: Irish, Donna R.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: xiv, 817 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; See also "A Listing of Churches by County and Township" compiled by Peggy Sheets Manning to accompany this book (R 929.32 I68 List)

Contents: Allemaengel Lutheran Church, l768-1863 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Friedens Union Church, 1771-1876 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Rosenthal Church, 1761-1853 (Albany twn. Berks County)--Zion Reformed Church, 1765-1861)--Allentown, Lehigh County)--St. Paul's Church, 1754-1802 (Amity twn. Berks County)--Quitophahilla (Hill) Church, 1745-1854 (Near Annville, Lebanon County)--Keller's Lutheran Church, 1751-1870 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Whitpain Reformed Church, 1764-1834 (Bluebell, Montgomery County)--Reiher's Reformed Church, 1766-1831 (Near Brickerville, Lancaster County)--Catawissa Congregation, 1796-1870 (Columbia County)--North & Southampton Dutch Reformed Church, 1710-1820 (Churchville, Bucks County)--St. Jacob's (Stone) Church, 1756-1858 (Codorus twn. York County)--Quickel's Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1765-1842 (Conewago twn. York County)--Coventry Reformed Church, 1743-1831 (Coventry twn. Chester County)--Blymire's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1767-1834 (Dover twn. York County)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church, 1743-1810 (East Cocalico twn. Lancaster county)--Cocalico Reformed Church, 1766-1859 (Ephrata twn. Lancaster County)--Schwartzwald Reforemd Church, 1781-1811 (Exeter twn. Berks County)--Indian Field Lutheran Church, 1753-1840 (Franconia twn. Montgomery County)--Indian Creek Reformed Church, 1753-1851 (Franconia twn. Montgomery County)--St. John's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1796-1865 (Friedensburg, Schuylkill County)--Upper Saucon Union Church, 1763-1852 (Upper Saucon twn. Lehigh County)--Germantown Reformed Church, 1753-1856 (Germantown, Philadelphia County)--Dunkel's Reformed Church, 1746-1832 (Greenwich twn. Berks County)--Hamilton Union Church, 1763-1830 (Hamilton twn. Monroe County)--Emmanuel's Reformed Church, 1770-1856 (Hanover, York County)--Salem Reformed Church, 1788-1842 (Harrisburg, Dauphin County)--Reformed Church at Creutz Creek,1757-1855 (Hellam twn. York County)--Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed Church, 1748-1864 (Jackson twn. Lebanon County)--Swatara Reformed Church, 1740-1862 (Jonestown, Lebanon County)--Lykens Valley Lower Church, 1774-1844 (Upper Paxtang twn. Dauphin County)--Stone Church, 1773-1822 (Moore twn. Northampton County)--First Reformed Church, 1736-1806 (Lancaster, Lancaster County)--Bermudian Union Church, 1745-1864 (Latimore twn. Adams County)--Tabor First Reformed Church, 1764-1851 (Lebanon, Lebanon County)--Conewago Church, 1747-1871 (Near Littlestown, Adams County)--Lowhill Reformed Church, 1769-1881 (Lowhill, Northampton County)--Longswamp Reformed Church,1762-1810 (Longswamp twn. Berks County)--Cacusi Reformed Church, 1745-1805 (Lower Heidelberg twn. Berks County)--Stone Valley Church, 1774-1854 (Lower Mahanoy twn. Northumberland County)--Christ Union Church, 1756-1845 (Lower Saucon twn. Northampton County)--Canadochly Lutheran Church, 1755-1819 (Lower Windsor twn. York County)--Hoffman Reformed Church, 1781-1855 (Lykens Valley, Dauphin County)--Millbach Reformed Church, 1747-1875 (Millbach twn. Lebanon County)--Salem Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1774-1840 (Moore twn. Northampton County)--Dryland Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1763-1808 (Nazareth twn. Northampton County)--Falcknwer Swamp Reformed Church, 1748-1854 (New Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--Seltenreich Reformed Church, 1746-1887 (New Holland, Lancaster County)--Pequea Reformed Church, 1758-1872 (New Providence, Lancaster County)--Nockamixon Lutheran Church, 1766-1820 (Nockamixon twn. Bucks County)--Lischy's Reformed Church, 1773-1901 (North Codorus twn. York County)--St. Jacob's Reformed Church, 1754-1887 (North Lebanon, Lebanon County)--Schlosser's Reformed Church, 1765-1846 (North Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Oley Reformed Church, 1763-1860 (Oley, Berks County)--First Reformed Church, Philadelphia,1748-1831 (Philadelphia)--Oley Hill Church, 1754-1799 (Pike twn. Berks County)--Plainfield Reformed Church, 1763-1853 (Plainfield twn. Northampton County)--Trinity Reformed Church, 1770-1865 (Pottstown, Montgomery County)--St. Luke's Reformed Church, Trappe, 1755-1838 (Providence twn. Montgomery County)--Heidelberg Reformed Church, 1765-1864 (Schaefferstown, Lebanon County)--Christ Lutheran Church, 1782-1833 (Hanover twn. Lehigh County)--Jordan Reformed Church, 1765-1858 (South Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Jordan Lutheran Church, 1740-1801 (South Whitehall twn. Lehigh County)--Trinity Union Church, 1751-1795, Lutheran Church (Springfield twn. Bucks County)--Trinity Union Church, Reformed Church, 1760-1829 (Springfield twn. Bucks County)--Tohickon Reformed Church, 1745-1869 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Tohickon Lutheran Church, 1750-1880 (Bedminster twn. Bucks County)--Trexlertown Union Church, 1784-1882 (Upper Macungie twn. Lehigh County)--Jerusalem Reformed Church, 1783-1893 (Western Salisbury, Lehigh County)--Western Salisbury Lutheran Church, 1759-1786 (Western Salisbury, Lehigh County)--Lower Milford Reformed Church, 1769-1843 (Milford twn. Bucks)--Spiess's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1774-1845 (Upper Alsace twn. Berks County)--St. Michael's Reformed Church, 1810-1858 (Upper Bern twn. Berks County)--Marriages by Rev. Henry Dieffenbach (Berks County)--Marriages by Rev. William Boos (Boas) (Berks County)--Upper Mount Bethel Union Church, 1774-1833 (Upper Mount Bethel twn. Northampton County)--Schwaben Creek Union Church, 1774-1846 (Washington twn. Northumberland County)--Weissenburg Union Church, 1757-1862 (Weissenburg twn. Lehigh County)--Swamp Reformed Church, 1788-1882 (West Cocalico twn. Lancaster County)--Wolf's Reformed & Lutheran Church, 1764-1894 (West Manchester twn. York County)--Zion's Lutheran & Reformed Church, 1762-1867 (Windsor twn. Berks County)--St. Paul's Church, 1766-1875 (Windsor twn. Berks County) Host Church, 1748-1855 (Near Womelsdorf, Berks County)--Wentz's Reformed Church, 1763-1858 (Worcester twn. Montgomery County)-- First (Trinity) Reformed Church, 1744-1853 (York, York County)--Upper Milford Reformed Church, 1757-1885 (Zionsville, Lehigh County)--Helffrich Personal & Pastoral Records, 1790-1810, 1816-1862 (Berks & Lehigh Counties)--East Vincent Reformed Church, 1758-1833 (Vincent twn. Chester County)--Old Organ Church (East Pikeland twn. Chester County)--Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Church, 1751-1828 (Upper Salford twn. Montgomery County)--Falkner Swamp Lutheran Church,1745-1886 (New Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1731-1832 (Upper Hanover twn. Montgomery County)--Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1764-1833 (Upper Salford twn. Montgomery County)--Great Swamp Reformed Church, 1736-1833 (Lower Milford twn. Lehigh County)

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - York County.; Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Pennsylvania - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.32 I68

Guide to the microfilm of the miscellaneous manuscripts of the Revolutionary War era, 1771-1791 (manuscript group 275) in the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1 roll : a microfilm project of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Date of Publication: 1978.

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

Responsibility: Roland M. Baumann, project director and editor, Martha L. Simonetti, assistant editor, Douglas H. West, assistant editor.

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Division of Archives and Manuscripts.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Publisher: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,

Date of Publication: 1978.

Physical Description: 22 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. - Division of Archives and Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Harrisburg; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Manuscripts - Microform catalogs.; Pennsylvania - History - 1775-1865 - Sources - Bibliography - Microform catalogs.

Additional Author: Baumann, Roland M.; Simonetti, Martha L.; West, Douglas H.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 016.9748 P415mrw

History of the Mountwaybia Club

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Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Date of Publication: 1970.

History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

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Responsibility: by Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, B. Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [23]-29 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Breneman, W. P., - Mrs.; Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 23-29Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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Artifacts in the Rockford-Kauffman Museum

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Author: Kauffman, Henry J.,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 069 K21

Responsibility: by Henry J. Kauffman.

Author: Kauffman, Henry J.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Museum,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 51 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 51.

Subjects: Furniture, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Baskets - Pennsylvania.; Fraktur art; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Pewtercraft - Pennsylvania.; Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch - Catalogs.; Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch - Catalogs.; Pottery; Tinware - United States.; Kentucky rifle.

Additional Corporate Author: Rockford-Kauffman Museum (Lancaster, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 069 K21

The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M375

The Pennsylvania Dutch : craftsmen and farmers

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Author: Costabel, Eva Deutsch.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 813.53 C837

Responsibility: written and illustrated by Eva Deutsch Costabel.

ISBN: 0689312814 :; 9780689312816

Author: Costabel, Eva Deutsch.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Atheneum,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

Summary: Describes the crafts of Pennsylvania Dutch living in a rural atmosphere. Includes making quilts, pottery, and tin and tole ware. "Eva Costabel introduces the reader to the life of a typical Pennsylvania Dutch farming family of the colony and to the many crafts produced by the German settlers htere, including quilting, pottery-making, tombstone-carving, woodworking, calligraphy, glass-blowing, and gunsmithing, among others. Her full-color drawings, reflecting the style of the Pennsylvania Dutch, illustrate their many contributions to American life, art, and crafts." [dust jacket]

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile literature.; Handicraft - Pennsylvania - Juvenile literature.; Pennsylvania Dutch; Handicraft - Pennsylvania.; Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Pennsylvania - Social life and customs - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 813.53 C837

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