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The 200th anniversary of the Lititz Moravian congregation sanctuary

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Date of Publication: 1987

Call Number: 284.6 L776a

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: The Church

Date of Publication: 1987

Physical Description: unp. ill. 23 cm.

Subjects: Moravian Church, Lititz, Warwick Twp., Pa.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 284.6 L776a

Abraham Witmer's bridge

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

Abraham Witmer' s Bridge At the period immediately succeed- ing the RevolutionaryWar, there was no bridge along the King's Highway over the Conestoga River. There was, how- ever, a public fording. A fording still exists, though now partly cover- ed over by the tracks of the Lancaster and Eastern

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Responsibility: by Judge C. I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1916

Physical Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 6

Subjects: Witmer, Abraham.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.); Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 6 (1916), p. 155-174Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20

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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

Responsibility: 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

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

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Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Annals of the Susquehannocks : and other indian tribes of Pennsylvania 1500-1763

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Author: Eshleman, H. Frank.

Date of Publication: 2000.

Call Number: 974.8011 E75 2000

Responsibility: H. Frank Eshleman.

ISBN: 1889037249 (paperback : alk. paper)

Author: Eshleman, H. Frank.

Place of Publication: Lewisburg, PA

Publisher: Wennawoods Publishing,

Date of Publication: 2000.

Physical Description: 415 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Susquehanna Indians; Conestoga Indians; Delaware Indians; Iroquois Indians; Mohawk Indians; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 E75 2000

As long as wood grows and water flows : a history of the Conestoga Mennonite Church

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Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 289.7 M423

Responsibility: by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast ; Historical Committee, John H. Mast, chairman, ... [et al.].

Author: Mast, J. Lemar.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, Pa

Publisher: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: vi, 360 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 55 #9A.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 312-325.

Summary: An illustrated history of a congregation that began in 1760 in parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Berks Cos., Pa. The Conestoga Mennonite Church at Morgantown, Pa., is the oldest permanent Mennonite congregation of Amish origins in the U.S.

Subjects: Conestoga Mennonite Church - History.; Conestoga Mennonite Cemetery (Caernarvon Township); Morgantown Region (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Author: Mast, Lois Ann,

Additional Corporate Author: Conestoga Mennonite Historical Committee.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.7 M423

[Assessment map]

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Edition: Latest revision 1970.

Date of Publication: 1960.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE 500

Responsibility: compiled by Lancaster County Assessment Deparrtment

Edition: Latest revision 1970.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Assessment Department ,

Date of Publication: 1960.

Physical Description: 1 map ; 71 x 102 cm.

Notes: Appears in: Real Estate Atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (LC 333.33 R288 1981).; Blue line print.

Contents: Map 18J.

Subjects: Tax assessment - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Real property - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Martic (Pa. : Township) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 974.815 CONE 500

"A time of sifting and winnowing" : the Paxton riots and Quaker non-violence in Pennsylvania

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Author: Sloan, David

Call Number: 905.748 QH v.66

Responsibility: by David Sloan.

Author: Sloan, David

Physical Description: p.3-22.

Notes: In: Quaker History, v.66, #1 (Spring 1977)

Subjects: Society of Friends - Pennsylvania; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa.; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution 1775-1783.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 QH v.66

Baptisms 1815-1869

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Author: Strine, John Jacob.

Date of Publication: n.d.

Call Number: 284.1 S918b

Responsibility: by Rev. John Jacob Strine, Conestoga, PA.

Author: Strine, John Jacob.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: n.d.

Physical Description: unpaged ; 29 cm.

Notes: Bound with Baptisms, 1810-1869 by Rev. J. J. Strine, Columbia, PA.; Listed by date.; Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 67 #3.; Baptisms 1815-1869 all available on database in library.

Subjects: Conestoga Lutheran Church (Conestoga, Pa.); Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbia, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Genealogy

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 S918b

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