"Over the years Lloyd and Mabel [Heller] raised two sons of their own; in addition they adopted two children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau. They also raised four foster children and kept many other children from the Lancaster Children's Bureau for shorter periods of time ranging from six to eight months. They also kept approximately twenty children from the neighborhood for up to several months and at times as long as a year...In 1958, Mabel 'Mama' Heller was recognized by the Lancaster Children's Bureau of Lancaster County for her involvement with the Children's Bureau in the raising of forty children at the Heller farm in Narvon Pennsylvania." [from the introduction]
"A true story of the author and his family members, friends and neighbors circa 1942 to 1964. It also gives the reader a real and factual understanding of the life in that time period surrounding the area of Lancaster County called 'The Welsh Mountains'." [from the book jacket]
The Landis Legacy: Descendants of Jacob and Anna (Witmer) Landis, 1717 immigrants to East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, following paternal lineages up to the twentieth century with an emphasis on generations one through seven
Mike Roth and Stanley T. White, printed by Seaber Turner & Associates,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
546 p. : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm
Notes
Maps on endpapers.
Includes index.
Summary
"Book includes over 900 photos dating from the late 1800's to the current day. Each business or structure explores the original history from its beginning, right up to the current day occupants. This is the most complete history ever written about the Borough of Quarryville, in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A treasure-trove of genealogy, historical maps, black and white "period" photos, color photography, and more! Simply a "must have" for anyone with roots in that part of Pennsylvania"--Publisher's description.
"John Piersol McCaskey (1837-1935) was a beloved Lancaster, PA, public school teacher and principal, editor of The Pennsylvania School Journal, mayor of Lancaster, publisher, journalist, and compiler of some of America's first songbooks and textbooks. This biography provides a glimpse into the beginnings of Pennsylvania's public schools, with McCaskey as a pupil, and then the system's evolution, with McCaskey influencing its curriculum and goals. Lancaster's history is interwoven in the text, particularly the Civil War years and McCaskey's mayoral years. A man of integrity who expected the same from his students, McCaskey held family and his Christian faith above all else." [from the publisher]
From Europe to America -- Establishing the West Conestoga -- The four settlements: Mannheim Township, Upper Leacock, Warwick ; Earl, Leacock ; Cains/Compass ; Pequea/Mill Creek -- Names of interest in the West Conestoga from 1770-1800 -- Progressive trends of the West Conestoga -- True to the Old Order -- Families of the West Conestoga amd Mill Creek/Pequea from 1737-1810. Garber, Schantz, Johns, Erb, Rickenbach, Nafzigor, Kurtz, Rupp, Seiler, Linder, Shellenberger, Farny, Forney, Von Gundy, Showalter, Schmucker, Alleman, Stoltzfus, Borntrager, Schenk, Sommers, Yoder, Sharp, Kenegy, Benedum, Reinhart, Fisher, King, Beiler, Zook, Lapp.
Summary
An account of the families ... who comprised the first Amish community in Lancaster County for about the earliest 70 years, or until 1810.
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 136, no. 1, January 2012.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 1