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Abstracts of Snyder county probate and Orphans court records (1772-1855)

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Author
Fisher, Charles Adam,
Date of Publication
1940]
Call Number
974.849 F533
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by Dr. Charles A. Fisher...
Author
Fisher, Charles Adam,
Place of Publication
[Selinsgrove? Pa
Date of Publication
1940]
Physical Description
1 p.l., 77 numb. l., 9 l. 28 x 22 cm.
Notes
Mimeographed.
Subjects
Wills - Pennsylvania - Snyder County.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Snyder County.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Snyder County)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.849 F533
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African American lives

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Edition
Widescreen format.
Date of Publication
[2006]
Call Number
929.373 A258 DVD
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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
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/about.html
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American Ethnographical survey: the Conestoga Expedition, 1902 (Preliminary report)

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Call Number
905.748 GA v.1,5
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Responsibility
M.D. Learned, Dexter.
Physical Description
1-7; 30-53 p.
Notes
In: German American Annals, v.1 (1903) and v.5 (1907).
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania
Strasburg (Pa. : Township) - Social life and customs.
Additional Author
Learned, Marion Dexter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 GA v.1,5
Websites
https://archive.org/details/germanamericanan05germuoft/page/n9
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An address delivered before the students of Strasburg Academy, September 8, 1845 on the means of obtaining happiness and true eminence of character

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Author
Leaman, John..
Date of Publication
1845.
Call Number
814 L436
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Responsibility
John Leaman.
Author
Leaman, John..
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Publisher
D.S. Kieffer,
Date of Publication
1845.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
With: An address delivered before the Students' Literary Society, of Strasburg Academy, September 14, 1843.
With: History of the Cedar Grove Presbyterian Church and congregation of East Earl Twp. Lancaster County.
Subjects
Strasburg Academy (Strasburg, Pa.)
Christian education.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
814 L436
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Baptismal record of the German Reformed Church of New Providence, Pa. from 1760 to 1800

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Date of Publication
n.d.
Call Number
285.8 N558g
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Responsibility
translated from the Old German script by Ernst Waelder, a native of Hechingen, Germany but now of Lancaster, Pa. (1977).
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
n.d.
Physical Description
26 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 401 #3.
Subjects
Zion Reformed Church (Strasburg Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Township
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Township
Additional Author
Waelder, Ernst
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
285.8 N558g
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Baptismal records of St. Michael's Lutheran Church Strasburg, Pa. : from 1753-1816

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Date of Publication
1954
Call Number
284.1 S146
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Responsibility
translated and typed by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Heisey.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
the authors,
Date of Publication
1954
Physical Description
24 p., 41 p., 12 l : 29 cm.
Notes
Baptisms 1753-1869 with surname index; burials 1816-1869; baptisms 1862-1896; and burials 1861-1895.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 397 #1.
Subjects
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Strasburg
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Strasburg
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
284.1 S146
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Brackbill and Neff Graveyard : Strasburg Township

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Call Number
310.35 W919 Worner v. 6, no. 106
Number Surname First Name Middle Name Prefix/Suffix Birth Date Death Date Notes Cemetery Name Cemetery Location Worner Volume # Cemetery Number Page Number 3514 Baehr Elisabeth August 9, 1807 In German Brackbill and Neff Graveyard Strasburg Township 6 106 53 3515 Bar Jacob January 1, 1749 May 11
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Notes
This is part of the Worner Collection and contains tombstone inscriptions recorded in the 1930's by William Frederic Worner. These volumes are housed in the Reading Room.
Subjects
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Township.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 W919 Worner v. 6, no. 106
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A brief history of Strasburg

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Date of Publication
[1959?]
Call Number
974.815 STRB B853
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Responsibility
[Published by the 9A civics section, class of 1963, Lampeter-Strasburg High School, as a class project.]
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Forry & Hacker,
Date of Publication
[1959?]
Physical Description
16 p. illus. 21 cm.
Subjects
Silknetter, John M.
Strasburg (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 STRB B853
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A brief history of the Strasburg Rail Road

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Author
Hallock, Donald E. L.
Date of Publication
1964
A Brief History of the Strasburg Rail Road Donald E. L. Hallock " . . . in the late summer of 1960, the nation's oldest 'short-line' Rail Road had a day of supernal glory. "The Strasburg Rail Road not only was operating its regular daily runs between Strasburg and Paradise, Pa., but, for the first
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Responsibility
Donald E.L. Hallock.
Author
Hallock, Donald E. L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1964
Physical Description
[121]-146 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.68, no. 4
Subjects
Strasburg Railroad.
Transportation - Pennsylvania
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 68, number 4 (1964), p. 129-146Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.68
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The Carroll Motor Car Company of Strasburg

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Author
Summar, Donald J.,
Date of Publication
1973.
The Carroll Motor Car Company of Strasburg by Donald J. Summar Prior to the First World War, small companies were organized to manufacture automobiles in cities and towns throughout the Uni- ted States. In Lancaster County, attempts to enter the infant auto- mobile industry were made by companies
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Responsibility
by Donald J. Summar.
Author
Summar, Donald J.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
[133]-142 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 77, no. 3
Subjects
Aument family.
Carroll Motor Car Company (Strasburg, Pa.)
Automobile industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 77, number 3 (1973), p. 133-142Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.77
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