Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126) and index.
Contents
A Lancaster Amish wedding -- Other wedding practices -- A Woolwich Mennonite baptism -- Choosing a minister : Holmes County Amish -- An Old German Baptist Brethren annual meeting -- Meetings of other groups -- An Amish Sunday in LaGrange County, Indiana -- A Big Valley Amish funeral -- The auction at Bart -- Holidays, family days and working days.
Summary
Discusses the weddings and other special occasions of the Amish and Old Order Mennonite people, answering questions about baptisms, worship services, funeral practices, and holidays.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-391) and index.
Summary
"Religious and national diversity characterized the settlements of the Delaware Valley almost from the first arrival of Europeans, and America's first pluralistic society evolved from this colony established by William Penn on the western shore of the Delaware River in 1681. Penn himself set forth a new, ideological basis for pluralism and tolerance, and this transformed a tentative, pragmatic pattern of relative harmony and tolerance into official policy. The English culture transplanted to Pennsylvania was itself fragmented. Quakers and Anglican, for example, had very different religious, social, and cultural values. Colonists from different parts of the British Isles-the Welsh, the Scots, and the Scotch-Irish-did not share common experiences or cultures. The 'Swedes' were both Swedish and Finnish in origins and culture and, while often designated 'Germans' or 'Palatines' by English-speaking Pennsylvanians, emigrants from the Rhineland spoke different dialects, practiced a wide variety of religious observances, and had little in common historically or culturally. Penn's ideals, ideas and policies set in motion forces that had significant effects on the development of this extremely heterogenous colony. This book explores the ways in which the implications of Penn's ideals were gradually worked out in Pennsylvania and how a stable and generally tolerant society was created."
"Limited to one hundred fifty copies"--V. 1, t.p. verso.
"Limited to one hundred copies"--V. 2,t.p. verso. LCHS has copy no. 57.
"Limited to two hundred copies"--V. 3, t.p. verso.
Limited ed. of 100 copies (v. 4).
"Limited to two hundred seventy-five copies"--V. 5, t.p. verso. LCHS has copy no. 175.
Errata slip inserted in v. 3.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. The genealogy of Otho Stevens, 1702-1771, together with Kent, Hills, Hastings, Smith, Proctor, Sproule, and associated lines -- v. 2. The genealogy of John Christian Croll, 1707-1758, together with Garber, Ivins, Shreve, Knowles, Freeman, Prence, Brewster, Mayo, Higgins, Linnell, and associated lines -- v. 3. The genealogy of Christian Gottlob Knauss, 1830-1885, together with Bahret, Binetsch, Nickse, Reumann, Weigand, Speer, Feierabend, Hess, and associated lines -- v. 4. The genealogy of Robert Pond, ?-1637, together with Shepard, Lindsay, Churchill, Foote, Dunbar, Conant, Benjamin, and associated lines -- v. 5. Errata and addenda to volumes I through IV.
Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
