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Road to freedom

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Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

Responsibility: by Cloister Junior/Senior Chapter, Ephrata Cloister Associates.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Student Historians of Pennsylvania, Inc. ;

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: p. 71 - 78. : 19 cm.

Notes: In: The Junior Historian Magazine, v. 4 (1984-1988).; Bibliography: p. 78.

Subjects: Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County x History.; Christiana (Pa.) - History .

Additional Author: Ephrata Cloister Associates.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 JHM v. 4

History of education in Sadsbury Township and Christiana

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Author: Garrett, Mary D.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 370 G239

Responsibility: by Mary D. Garrett.

Author: Garrett, Mary D.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: s.n.]

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: [32] p.: ill.; 21 cm.

Subjects: Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Christiana (Lancaster County, Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 G239

The hotel by the railroad : Christiana's finest

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Author: Evans, Melvern R.

Date of Publication: 1985.

The Hotel By The Railroad Christiana's Finest By Melvern Evans, Jr. This story is about a hotel. . . .not just any hotel, but the unique Christiana Hotel, which stood so close to the Pennsylvania main-line railroad that everytime a fast freight rumbled by the whole building vibrated. I was born

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Responsibility: by Melvern Evans, Jr.

Author: Evans, Melvern R.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: 53-62 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 89, no. 2

Subjects: Fieles family.; Christiana Hotel (Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 89, number 2 (1985), p. 53-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.89

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Christiana Fire Company : 100th Anniversary, 1884-1984

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Date of Publication: [1984]

Call Number: 352.3 C555

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Date of Publication: [1984]

Physical Description: [28 p.], ill. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Christiana Fire Company.; Fire departments - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.3 C555

The complete parish-officer : containing I. The authority and duty of high constables ... II. Of church-wardens, how chosen, their business in repairing of churches ... III. Of overseers of the poor, and their office ... IV. Of surveyors of the highways, and scavengers ... V. Of watchmen, their original and power : together with the statutes relating to hackney coaches and chairs, watermen, & c

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Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The fourteenth edition /

Date of Publication: 1757.

Call Number: Book 444 1757

Responsibility: by Giles Jacob.

Author: Jacob, Giles,

Edition: The fourteenth edition /

Place of Publication: [London]

Publisher: In the Savoy, printed by Henry Lintot, for C. Hitch [and 15 others],

Date of Publication: 1757.

Physical Description: 227, [16], 8 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Notes: Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.; Yeates's signature at top of title page.; Book number 444 as assigned by Yeates.; Includes bibliographical references.; Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature,

Subjects: Parishes (Local government) - Great Britain.; Constables - Great Britain.; Local government - Great Britain - Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Constables.; Local government.; Parishes (Local government); Social conditions.; Great Britain - Social conditions - 18th century.; Great Britain.; Handbooks and manuals.; Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)

Additional Author: Durning-Lawrence, Edwin,; Lintot, Henry,; Bacon, Francis,; Yeates, Jasper,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection

Call Number: Book 444 1757

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

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

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

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

Records of purchases at the King George Hotel, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 1762-1773

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Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 647.94-C R311

Responsibility: transcribed and translated by Frederick S. Weiser and Larry M. Neff.

ISBN: 0911122532 (pbk.)

Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Birdsboro, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: ix, 210 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Sources and documents of the Pennsylvania Germans ;

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Schaeffer Family.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History - Sources.

Additional Author: Neff, Larry M.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 647.94-C R311

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