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Baden : Atlantic bridge to Germany

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12823
Author
Herrick, Linda M.
Date of Publication
c2004.
Call Number
929.3 H174 2004
Alternate Title
Baden Atlantic bridge to Germany
Atlantic bridge to Germany
Responsibility
by Linda M. Herrick and Wendy C. Uncapher.
Author
Herrick, Linda M.
Place of Publication
Jannesville, WI
Publisher
Origins,
Date of Publication
c2004.
Physical Description
152 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - Germany - Baden.
Baden (Germany)
Additional Author
Uncapher, Wendy K.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 H174 2004
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Illustrated dictionary of place names, United States and Canada

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8641
Author
Harder, Kelsie B.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
973 H328
Responsibility
edited by Kelsie B. Harder.
ISBN
0442230699
Author
Harder, Kelsie B.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
xiv, 631 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
"A Hudson group book."
Bibliography: p. 627-631.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - United States.
Names, Geographical - Canada.
United States - History, Local.
Canada - History, Local.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973 H328
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Eighteenth-century emigrants from Kreis Simmern (Hunsrueck), Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, to Central Europe, Pfalzdorf am Niederrhein, and North America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8843
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
929.3 S644ek
Responsibility
Clifford Neal Smith.
ISBN
0915162156 (pbk.)
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
iii, 23 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
German-American genealogical research monograph,
Notes
Bibliography: p. iii.
Subjects
Hunsrück (Germany) - History.
Hunsrück (Germany) - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Europe, Central - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Pfalzdorf (Goch, Germany) - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Goch, Germany - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
North America - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S644ek
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Impress of early names and traits

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4844
Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Date of Publication
1899
M. Franklin, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Names, Geographical. Pennsylvania--Names. Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Names. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1898-99 Description: [45]-53 p. ; 23 cm. Series
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Responsibility
by Walter M. Franklin, Esq.
Author
Franklin, Walter M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1899
Physical Description
[45]-53 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 3, no. 2/3
Summary
The author of this journal article wishes to show the importance of various nationalities that settled in Pennsylvania - the Dutch, English, German and Scotch Irish are discussed.
Subjects
Names, Geographical.
Pennsylvania - Names.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Names.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 3, number 2/3 (1899), p. 45-53Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.3
Documents

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An universal etymological English dictionary : comprehending the derivations of the generality of words ... and also a brief and clear explication of all Difficult words ... relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chy-mistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks ... together with a large collection and explication of words used in our ancient statutes ... and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. Also a Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22166
Author
Bailey, N.
Edition
The Twentieth edition to which are added, above 3000 words, interspersed in their proper places, none of which are to be found in any former edition of this book.
Date of Publication
M, DCC, LXIV [1764].
Call Number
Bookk 1039 1764
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Responsibility
by N. Bailey.
Author
Bailey, N.
Uniform Title
Universal etymological English dictionary
Edition
The Twentieth edition to which are added, above 3000 words, interspersed in their proper places, none of which are to be found in any former edition of this book.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Ware, W. Innys and J. Richardson, J. and P. Knapton, T. and T. Longman, et al.,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, LXIV [1764].
Physical Description
944 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
"Philologos" in title after author's name is printed in Greek characters.
At foot of titlepage: price six shillings. A reissue, with errors on the titlepage corrected --ESTC T87509.
Signatures: pi⁴ a⁴ B-6C⁴.
LHO copy wanting main title page.
Apparently from the personal libray of Yeates.
Book number 1039 not asssigned by Yeates.
Signature of John Yeates at top of dedication page.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTC
Alston,
Contents
Dedication, pi² -- Introduction, pi³ -- Abbreviations made use of in the following work, a⁴ (recto) -- Alphabets of the English, Saxon, Greek* and Hebrew Characters, paralleled for the Use of those who would acquaint themselves with Etymological Words, a⁴ (verso) -- An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: AND An Interpreter of Hard Words, [A-Z], Signatures B-6C⁴.
Subjects
English language - Dictionaries - Early works to 1800.
Names - Great Britain - Dictionaries.
Names, Geographical - Great Britain.
Proverbs.
Dictionary
Terminology as Topic
English language.
English language
Names.
Names, Geographical.
Great Britain.
Dictionaries.
Early works.
Originally threequarters leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding).
Additional Author
Ware, Richard,
Yeates, Jasper,
Yeates, John.
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 1039 1764
Websites
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Mercenary troops from Anhalt-Zerbst, Germany, who served with the British forces during the American Revolution

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7187
Author
DeMarce, Virginia Easley,
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
973.342 D372
Responsibility
Virginia Easley DeMarce.
ISBN
0915162210 (pbk. : set)
Author
DeMarce, Virginia Easley,
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
2 v. (iv, 107 p.) ; 28 cm.
Series
German-American genealogical research monograph,
Notes
LCHS has pt. 1. Surnames A through Kr.
Bibliography: p. ii.
Contents
pt. 1. Surnames A through Kr -- pt. 2. Surnames Ku through Z.
Subjects
German Americans
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - Germany - Anhalt Region.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
Anhalt Region (Germany) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 D372
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A law dictionary, or, The interpreter of words and terms : used either in the common or statute laws of Great Britain, and in tenures and jocular customs : first published by the learned Dr. Cowel, and in this edition very much augmented and improved, by the addition of many thousand words, found in our histories, antiquities, cartularies, rolls, registers, and other manuscript records : with an appendix, containing two tables; one of the antient names of places in Great Britain, and the other of the antient surnames; both of them very necessary for the use of all such, as converse with antient deeds, charters, &c

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21845
Author
Cowell, John,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVII [1727]
Call Number
Book 793 1727
Alternate Title
Interpreter of words and terms
Author
Cowell, John,
Uniform Title
Interpreter
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe ... [and 10 others],
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVII [1727]
Physical Description
[488] p. ; 33 cm. (folio)
Notes
Originally issued with title: The interpreter, or, Booke containing the signification of words. Cambridge : Printed by Iohn Legate, 1607.
Signatures: A⁶ B-Z⁴ 2A-2Z⁴ 3A-3N⁴ 3O-3Q².
The preface includes (p. [7]-[9]) the Proclamation of James I., dated 25th March, 1610, by which the first edition of Cowell's Interpreter, 1607, was suppressed.
"Books lately printed": p. [488], 3Q2v.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 793 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC (RLIN)
Subjects
Law - Great Britain - Dictionaries.
Names, Geographical - Great Britain.
Law.
Names, Geographical.
Great Britain.
Dictionaries.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 793 1727
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Alsace-Lorraine place name indexes : identifying place names using alphabetical and reverse alphabetical indexes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15309
Author
Minert, Roger P.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
914.438 M664a
Responsibility
Roger P. Minert.
Author
Minert, Roger P.
Place of Publication
Provo, Utah
Publisher
GRT Publications,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
x, 100 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Names, Geographical - France - Alsace - Indexes.
Names, Geographical - France - Lorraine - Indexes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
914.438 M664a
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The Swiss anabaptist emigration to Germany

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11541
Author
Weaver, William Woys.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.5 no.1
Author
Weaver, William Woys.
Physical Description
2-8 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v.5, no.1, (January 1982).
Subjects
Anabaptists.
Mennonites
Germany - History - 17th century.
Switzerland - History - 17 th century.
Palatinate - History - 17th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.5 no.1
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Native American waterbody and place names within the Susquehanna River Basin and surrounding subbasins

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12673
Author
Runkle, Stephen A.
Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
917.48 R942 CD
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Responsibility
Stephen A. Runkle.
Author
Runkle, Stephen A.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Susquehanna River Basin Commission,
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
1 CD-ROM : col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series
Publication ; no. 229
Notes
Title from PDF t.p.
"September 2003."
This report is a compilation of the waterbodies and places in and around the Susquehanna River Basin that have names whose origins are directly linked to Native Americans.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Names, Indian - North America - Susquehanna River Watershed.
Names, Geographical - Susquehanna River Watershed.
Susquehanna River Watershed - Names.
Additional Corporate Author
Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
917.48 R942 CD
Websites
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