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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Responsibility: [edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: P.B. Eshelman,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Summary: Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.

Subjects: Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.; Hiller family.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

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Date of Publication: 1924

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO PLACE AND UNVEIL A MARKER DESIGNATING AND COMMEMORATING THE INDIAN TOWN OF CONESTOGA, IN MANOR TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society: Your committee appointed to place, and with appropriate exercises un

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Magee, Daniel F.; Landis, David H.,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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Hearth & heritage along the Conestoga : a collection of stories and recipes from Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, PA

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Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 641.5974815 H435

Alternate Title: Hearth and heritage along the Conestoga

Responsibility: by Historic Poole Forge and the Caernarvon Fire Company Ladies' Auxiliary.

ISBN: 9781601262004; 1601262000

Place of Publication: [Narvon, PA]

Publisher: Published by the Cookbook Committee from Historic Poole Forge and Caernarvon Fire Company Ladies' Auxiliary,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: 291 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 24 cm.

Notes: Map on lining pages.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and index.

Subjects: Cooking - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 641.5974815 H435

Millers of Chester and Lancaster Counties from Witmer's maps of Chester County, 1873 and Atlas of Lancaster County 1864

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Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.5, no.2

Notes: In: Octorara Area Historical Society ,v.5, no.2.

Subjects: Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; West Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Highland (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.5, no.2

Historic Conestoga Township : 2004 architectural history tour

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13576

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H673a

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Historic Preservation Trust ,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: 30 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Map of tour laid in.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Conestoga Township.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H673a

Bart Twp. 1833-1845/ Brecknock Twp. 1833/ Caernarvon Twp. 1844/ Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829/ Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831/ Manheim Twp. 1822-1823 [Tax Records]

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1977

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

Alternate Title: Brecknock Township tax lists; Bart Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1977

Physical Description: Microfilm.

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: "This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."; Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.; Brecknock Twp. 1833; Caernarvon Twp. 1844; Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829; Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831; Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Brecknock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.; Manheim (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #30

As long as wood grows and water flows : a history of the Conestoga Mennonite Church

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Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 289.7 M423

Responsibility: by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast ; Historical Committee, John H. Mast, chairman, ... [et al.].

Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, Pa

Publisher: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: vi, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 55 #9A.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 312-325.

Summary: An illustrated history of a congregation that began in 1760 in parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Berks Cos., Pa. The Conestoga Mennonite Church at Morgantown, Pa., is the oldest permanent Mennonite congregation of Amish origins in the U.S.

Subjects: Conestoga Mennonite Church - History.; Conestoga Mennonite Cemetery (Caernarvon Township); Morgantown Region (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Mast, Lois Ann,

Additional Corporate Author: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.7 M423

Conestoga Valley 1776 bicentennial 1976

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4256

Date of Publication: [1976?]

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C747

Responsibility: prepared by the Conestoga Valley Chapter of the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee.

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: [1976?]

Physical Description: 47 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Groff family.; East Lampeter (Pa. : Township) - History.; Upper Leacock (Pa. : Township) - History.; West Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Conestoga Valley Chapter.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO C747

Christian Tschanz : Mennonite immigrant to the Manor of Conestoga

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Author: Young, Victor A.

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v.8

Responsibility: by Victor A. Young.

Author: Young, Victor A.

Physical Description: 19-24 p.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v.8 (July 1985)

Subjects: Tschanz family.; Schantz family.; Shantz family.; West Lampeter (Pa: Township) - History.; Conestoga Manor (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v.8

Tax Lists: Conestoga Twp., Columbia Boro, Conoy Twp., Drumore, Earl Twp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20796

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #33

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1985

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: Conestoga Twp. 1844 & 1846; Columbia Borough 1845; Conoy Twp. 1844-47; Drumore Twp. 1823, 1825-1827, 1831-1846; Earl Twp. 1823-1827 ["no" is handwritten over 1823 on the box], 1831-1837, 1839-1842, 1845-1846 (Earl Twp. continued on reels #34 & 35)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Columbia (Lancaster County, Pa. : Borough) - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #33

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