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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

Tax Lists: Mount Joy Twp., Rapho Twp., Sadsbury Twp

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Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #42

Alternate Title: Mount Joy Township taxes

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1985

Physical Description: Microfilm.

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

Notes: Mount Joy Twp 1846 (continued from reel #41); Rapho Twp 1831, 1836, 1838-46.; Sadsbury Twp 1832, 1838, 1840-46.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Mount Joy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Rapho (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 5: #42

Through the windows of Wickersham

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Author: Hiestand, Esther Mae Longenecker,

Date of Publication: 1986

Call Number: 370 H633

Responsibility: by Mrs. Paul Hiestand

Author: Hiestand, Esther Mae Longenecker,

Place of Publication: Elizabethtown, PA

Publisher: Y/Z Printing Co.

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 166 p. ill. 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index

Contents: Part I: Stackstown- History of Stackstown, Tillman S. Kraybill farm, Oliver Sager, William Ort, Benjamin Hoffman, Goudie's Creamery, Aunt Sally's store, Demmy's milk route, Stackstown Store // Part II: Billmeyer: J. E. Baker, Conoy Store, Billmeyer School, Rebecca Chapel, Bainbridge Sportsmen's Club // Part III: Wickersham School.

Summary: "Located in the rolling hills of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, the Wickersham Grammar School faithfully served the surrounding communities from 1870 to 1955....Although the Wickersham School forms the heart of this book, I have included the history of Stackstown and Billmeyer, since the pupils who attended the school came from these areas." [from the preface]

Subjects: Wickersham School (Conoy Twp.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Schools - Conoy Twp.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Education.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Social life and customs.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 H633

Tales told out of school : An informal history of the Lancaster Country Day School and the Shippen School

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Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 370 C855

Responsibility: compiled by Anna Downey Gardner.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The School ,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: 52 pages : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Subjects: Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster County, Pa.); The Shippen School (Lancaster, Pa.); Miss Stahr's School (Lancaster, Pa.); Lancaster College (Lancaster, Pa.); Franklin and Marshall Academy (Lancaster, Pa.); Private schools - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Education - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 C855

Records of pastoral acts at Emanuel Lutheran Church, known in the eighteenth century as the Warwick congregation, near Brickerville, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1743-1799

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Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 284.1 E53a

ISBN: 0911122478 (pbk.)

Place of Publication: Breinigsville, Pa

Publisher: Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: vii, 229 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Sources and documents of the Pennsylvania Germans ; 8

Notes: "Translated by Frederick S. Weiser."--Cover.; Includes index.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 160 #2.

Subjects: Emanuel Lutheran Church (Elizabeth, Lancaster County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Church registers and records - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township)

Additional Author: Weiser, Frederick Sheely,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 E53a

The North Museum : and the natural history tradition of Lancaster County

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Date of Publication: 1986

Call Number: 069 K56

Responsibility: W. Fred Kinsey, III ed. ...

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Printed and published by Science Press,

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 2 p.l., 167, [1] p. : ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Series: Science Press Keepsake ;

Notes: Edition limited to 1,200 copies, of which this is number 820.

Subjects: North Museum (Lancaster, Pa.); Botany - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Geology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Paleontology - Pennsylvania.; Natural history - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Kinsey, W. Fred,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 069 K56

The charter, laws, catalogue of books, list of philosophical instruments, &c. of the Juliana Library-Company, in Lancaster : To which are prefixed, some reflections on the advantages of knowledge; the origin of books and libraries, shewing how they have been encouraged and patronized by the wise and virtuous of every age. : With a short account of its institution, friends and benefactors. ... Published by order of the directors

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Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Corporate Author: Juliana-Library-Company in Lancaster.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Printed by D. Hall, and W. Sellers.,

Date of Publication: MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Physical Description: [4], xi, 12-56 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)

Notes: Evans; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,; Winans, R.B. Book cats.,; The earliest library in Lancaster, known as the "Juliana Library," was established in 1759, under the name of "The Lancaster Library Company." It was the third subscription library established in Pennsylvania. In 1763 it was chartered, and, out of compliment to Lady Juliana Penn, daughter of the Earl of Pomfret, and wife of Thomas Penn, one of the proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, it was called the Juliana Library. The library at one time had about 800 books on its shelves and was fairly prosperous. Its most flourishing period was from 1760 to 1775.; On back of cover: "#532 Hinkels Sale Mar 31 1920 --$61.00. Purchased by Chas. I. Landis July 14 1920 from Nevin F. McGirr fpr $25."; Marbled wrappers.

Subjects: Juliana Library Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Proprietary libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Subscription libraries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Libraries.; Library catalogues - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.

Place: United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 025.31 P544 1766

Scrapbook

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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Description: This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Creation Date: April 1988 - July 1995

Year Range From: 1988

Year Range To: 1995

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

Subjects: Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Amish; Amish farmers; Amish women; Amish--Customs and practices; Amish--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Amish--Marriage customs and rites; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Education; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--20th century; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--Economic conditions; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Social life and customs; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Public Opinion; Barns; Carriages; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horticulture; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Rumspringa; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Amish; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Scrapbooks; Women

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.; Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54; The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819; Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: This item may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box 21

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Bethel African Methodist Church in Lancaster : prolegomenon to a social history

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1986.

assemble a comprehensive history of Bethel, hence, our limited goal of prolegomenon to a history. Lancaster County is an area rich in history and tradition. Local in- dividuals, institutions, and events of not just regional but also national in- terest have been chronicled by a long series of local

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Responsibility: by Leroy Hopkins, Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 205-236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 4

Subjects: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. James' African Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Columbia.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 4 (1986), p. 205-236Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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A plot map and coded listing of information given on grave markers and tombstones in Altland's Meetinghouse Cemetery, Paradise Township, York County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Date of Publication: [1980]

Call Number: 974.841 P729

Responsibility: compiled, 1977, by Rodney W. Trimmer, and compared with 1934 compilation of the Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania.

Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1980]

Physical Description: 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 10 (Jan. 1980)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Altland's Meetinghouse Cemetery (York County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of York County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 P729

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