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Lancaster County, PA connections : evidence of persons residing in other states or countries with a connection to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : compiled from deeds recorded in Lancaster from 1770 to 1830

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16322
Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
Responsibility
by Edward N. Wevodau.
ISBN
9781558565173 (v. 1)
1558565175 (v. 1)
9781558565197 (v. 2)
1558565191 (v. 2)
Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Apollo, Pa
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
2 v. : map ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Migration, Internal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Emigration and immigration.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
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Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18937
Date of Publication
©2014.
Call Number
286.5 M627
ISBN
9781601264213
1601264216
Place of Publication
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Publisher
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren,
Date of Publication
©2014.
Physical Description
vi, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.) - History.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Middle Creek - History.
Middle Creek (Pa.) - Church history.
Additional Corporate Author
Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.5 M627
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
Responsibility
by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Mountwaybia Club : The first ninety years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19889
Date of Publication
Ứ́2014.
Call Number
367 M928
Place of Publication
Place not identified
Publisher
The Mountwaybia Club,
Date of Publication
Ứ́2014.
Physical Description
117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary
This publication is from a book club/social group in the Mountville and Columbia ,Pa. areas.
Subjects
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
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
367 M928
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Operation Cinder: A Civil War Spy Novel set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21712
Author
Gontz, Todd.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
813.6 G642
Responsibility
by Todd Gontz.
Author
Gontz, Todd.
Place of Publication
Landisville, Pa
Publisher
Yurchak Printint, Inc.
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
204 p.: maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"The book follows the story of secret agent Tyler Samson, as helps a runaway slave girl elude enemy agents who are hot on their trail. This historical fiction sheds light on the espionage that occurred behind the scenes of the bloody battles of the Civil War. Set in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, home of the author." [Amazon.com]
Subjects
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Fictional Works.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania - History - Civil War,1861-1865 - Fictional works.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.6 G642
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Conoy Township : (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) They Proudly Served

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20642
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
Responsibility
by Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart.
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Place of Publication
Masthof Press
Publisher
Morgantown, Pa. c
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
[7], 427 p. ill. 28 cm.
Notes
An accounting of those from the township who served in every military conflict of the United States from the French and Indian Wars to the invasion of Iraq.
Includes indes and endnotes: pages 411-427.
Subjects
Military biography.
Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Sweigart, Jane Andrews, e jt. author.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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Hannes Eby death and burial record : life and death in Old Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1806-1845

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17397
Author
Eby, Johannes,
Date of Publication
2012.
Call Number
929 E16w
Responsibility
translated by Carolyn C. Wenger ; annotated by Denise Witwer Lahr.
ISBN
1884732089
9781884732089
Author
Eby, Johannes,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
272 p. : ill., facsims. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Series
Mennonite sources and documents ; no. 7
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.
Subjects
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Wenger, Carolyn Charles,
Lahr, Denise Witwer,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E16w
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Pre-Revolutionary slate gravestones in southern Lancaster County : a lasting legacy of the earliest Scots-Irish settlers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17832
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
  1 website  
Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 120-144.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 98 #5.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 97 #1A.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 186 #1A.
Subjects
Bigham, William.
Carmichael Cemetery, (Fulton Township, Pa.)
Morrison Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Chestnut Level Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slate industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stone-cutters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Fulton (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 3 (2013), p. 120-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.8 245 v 114
Websites
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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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2014 Tour of historic business & industry sites in downtown Lancaster, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19656
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
917.4815 T727 2014
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Historic Preservation Trust,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
1 folder with 20 inserts : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Library copy has inserts numbers 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, and 15.
Saturday, October 18 / 10 am - 3 pm.
Subjects
Lancaster - Pennsylvania - Tours.
Central business districts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
917.4815 T727 2014
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