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Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
  1 website  
Responsibility
a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
ISBN
1415716943
Edition
Widescreen format.
Place of Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif
Publisher
PBS Home Video ; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Date of Publication
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Contents
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Summary
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
Subjects
African Americans
African American families
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary - Feature.
Additional Author
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris,
Jones, Quincy,
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara,
Jemison, Mae,
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi,
Additional Corporate Author
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
Websites
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Author
Black, Doris Louise.
Date of Publication
c1976.
Call Number
929 B636
  1 website  
Responsibility
compiled by Doris Louise Black ; [editor, John W. Costello].
Author
Black, Doris Louise.
Place of Publication
White Heath, Ill
Publisher
Mt. Vernon House,
Date of Publication
c1976.
Physical Description
460 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Folded genealogical table inserted.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Black family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B636
Websites
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Boyd's Lancaster county business directory. The names of the citizens of Lancaster: state, county, and city record; and an appendix of much useful information. 1859-60

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16988
Date of Publication
[1859]
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
  1 website  
Responsibility
Comp. by William H. Boyd ...
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Penn
Publisher
Sprenger and Westhaeffer, 44 North Queen
Date of Publication
[1859]
Physical Description
316 p. illus. 20 cm.
Subjects
Directories.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
917.4815 D598 1859-60
Websites
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The genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families, seekers of religious liberty who fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the years 1731-1737

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4327
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Date of Publication
1923.
Call Number
929 S414b
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by Samuil Kriebel Brecht...
Author
Brecht, Samuel Kriebel,
Place of Publication
New York, Chicago
Publisher
Printed for the Board of publication of the Schwenkfelder church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania [by] Rand McNally & company,
Date of Publication
1923.
Physical Description
xx, 1752 p. front., illus. (coat of arms) plates, ports., maps, facsims. 29 cm.
Notes
A revision of the Genealogical record of the descendants of the Schwenkfelders, by R. Kriebel.
The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled From Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737 by Samuel Kriebel Brecht chronicles the genealogy of the followers of Caspar Schwenkfelder, German religious reformer. The book also includes photographs of people, places, and documents; historical sketches; church organization, maps, and other information
Bibliography: p. xix-xx.
Subjects
Schwenckfeld, Caspar, - 1489-1561.
Schwenkfelders - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Kriebel, Reuben,
Additional Corporate Author
Schwenkfelder Church.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S414b
Websites
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History of Fort Freeland / by Hon. Frederic A. Godcharles. Record of the Society, 1920-1922

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7228
Author
Godcharles, Frederic A.
Date of Publication
1922.
Call Number
974.851 G577
  1 website  
Alternate Title
Fort Freeland.
Record of the Society, 1920-1922.
Author
Godcharles, Frederic A.
Place of Publication
Williamsport, Pa
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1922.
Physical Description
36 p. : front., ill. 24 cm.
Series
Lycoming Historical Society. Proceedings and Papers ;
Notes
"Fort Freeland, on north side Warrior Run about six miles north of Milton, Northumberland County." c.f. p. 7.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Penn. - Northumberland County.
Northumberland County (Pa.) - History - French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
Northumberland County (Pa.) - History - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
Fort Freeland (Pa.).
Additional Corporate Author
Lycoming Historical Society (Lycoming County, Pa.).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 G577
Websites
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History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and a genealogical and biographical record of its families

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo510
Author
Roberts, Charles Rhoads,
Date of Publication
1914.
Call Number
974.827 L522h
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Charles Rhoads Roberts ... Rev. John Baer Stoudt ... Rev. Thomas H. Krick ... William J. Dietrich ...
Author
Roberts, Charles Rhoads,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Lehigh valley publishing company, ltd.,
Date of Publication
1914.
Physical Description
3 v. illus., plates, ports., fold. maps, fold. plan. 28 cm.
Notes
Prepared by a committee appointed by the Lehigh county historical society; chapters contributed by various writers.
"Genealogical and biographical": v. 2-3.
Subjects
Lehigh County (Pa.) - History.
Lehigh County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Lehigh County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Stoudt, John Baer,
Krick, Thomas H.,
Dietrich, William Joseph,
Additional Corporate Author
Lehigh County Historical Society
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.827 L522h
Websites
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Journal of an English emigrant farmer : a record of the journey of an unknown Englishman to America in the year 1838 and his sojourn for a summer among the early pioneer settlers of Muncy Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8103
Date of Publication
1928.
Call Number
974.851 J86
  1 website  
Responsibility
edited by T. Kenneth Wood.
Place of Publication
Williamsport [Pa.]
Publisher
Lycoming Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1928.
Physical Description
38 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Proceedings and papers - Lycoming Historical Society ; no. 6
Notes
"Occasional Publication No. 6."
Subjects
Farmers
United States - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - Personal narratives.
Additional Author
Wood, T. Kenneth.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.851 J86
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Pennsylvania marriage licenses, issued by Governor James Hamilton, 1748-1752

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13439
Author
Jordan, Helen
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.32
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Helen Jordan.
Author
Jordan, Helen
Physical Description
71-87 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.32 (1980)
Subjects
Hamilton, James.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania.
Marriage licenses - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.32
Websites
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Pennsylvania marriages prior to 1790 : names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7147
Edition
Reprinted with supplementary material from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography and the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine.
Date of Publication
1979.
Call Number
929.32 L758
  1 website  
Responsibility
compiled under the editorial supervision of John B. Linn and William H. Egle.
Edition
Reprinted with supplementary material from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography and the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
376 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"Originally published as volume II, second series, Pennsylvania Archives, Harrisburg, 1890."
LCHS copy 2 does not include the supplementary material.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Linn, John Blair,
Egle, William Henry,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.32 L758
Websites
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They came in ships : a guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12614
Author
Colletta, John Philip,
Edition
Rev. ed., 2nd ed., rev. & enl.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
929.3 C368
  3 websites  
Responsibility
by John Philip Colletta.
ISBN
0916489426 (pbk.)
Author
Colletta, John Philip,
Edition
Rev. ed., 2nd ed., rev. & enl.
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah
Publisher
Ancestry,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
xv, 93 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-93).
Subjects
Ships - United States
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 C368
Websites
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