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1710 Pequea Settlement tour resource information booklet

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Author: Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.

Date of Publication: 1999.

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM W474

Responsibility: compiled and written by Samuel Esbenshade Wenger.

Author: Wenger, Samuel Esbenshade.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: the author ,

Date of Publication: 1999.

Physical Description: 169 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: This report contains historical maps of the area and genealogical data of families who settled within each tract of the Pequea Settlement.

Contents: Brief History--Historical Maps--Martin Kendig Tract # 1--John Funk Tract #2--Jacob Miller Tract #3--Christopher Franciscus Tract # 4--Johann Rudolph Bundeli Tract #5--Wendel Bowman Tract #6--John (Hans) Herr Tract #7--Marti Kendig Tract #8--Christian Herr Tract #9--Martin Mylin Tract #10--Martin Kendig Tract #11.

Subjects: West Lampeter (Pa. : Township); Pequea Valley (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lancater County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 WLAM W474

Berks County church records of the 18th century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

"Both ornamental and useful" : the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital

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Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 362.5 B749

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Responsibility: Prepared by Monique Bourque, Nancy K. Zeigler, Bernard L.Herman, Rebecca J. Sides.

Place of Publication: Newark, Del

Publisher: Center for Architecture and Engineering, University of Delaware,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: v. 93 p. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Photocopy.

Contents: The Architectural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: Setting and Current Appearance Construction Changes in the Structure Early Almshouses and Hospitals of the Lower Delaware Valley / The Social and Cultural Context of the Lancaster County Almshouse and Hospital: English Antecedents and Early Pennsylvania Poor Relief General Functions of the Almshouse The Almshouse and the Community Occupants of the Almshouse Conclusions / Recommendations for Future Use.

Subjects: Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.); Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Almshouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Additional Author: Bourque, Monique.; Zeigler, Nancy K.; Herman, Bernard L.; Sides, Rebecca J.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 362.5 B749

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Cemetery records of Martic Township : Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Renkin, Jenne.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 310.35 M378

Responsibility: Jenne Renkin.

Author: Renkin, Jenne.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: vi, 135 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Muddy Run Presbyterian Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Marticville United Methodist Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Mt. Nebo United Methodist Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Bethesda United Methodist Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Rawlinsville United Methodist Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Rawlinsville Mennonite Church - Martic (Pa. : Township).; Clearfield United Methodist Church - Providence (Pa. : Township).; Colemanville United Methodist Church - Providence (Pa. : Township).; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Martic (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 M378

The "cloven foot" rediscovered : the historiography of the Conestoga Massacre through three centuries of scholarship

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Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Profile of the Paxton Boys: Murderers of the Conestoga Indians." Cavaioli attempted a prosopographical study [a study that relates a group of persons within a particular historical context] of those men clearly identified in contemporary documents as leading the riots, i.e., Smith, Gibson, Elder, etc

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Responsibility: by Edwin Thomas Schock, Jr.

Author: Schock, Edwin Thomas.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [99]-112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 96, no. 3

Subjects: Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 96, number 3 (1994), p. 99-112Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.96

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Conestoga Area Historical Society newsletter

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Date of Publication: 1997

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H673

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: 1997

Physical Description: v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Library has Fall 1997 to date.

Subjects: Conestoga Area Historical Society (Pa.) - Periodicals.; Newsletters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H673

Conestoga Memorial Park interments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo190

Date of Publication: [1994]

Call Number: 310.35 C747

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Typescript

Date of Publication: [1994]

Physical Description: 206 p. 23 cm.

Notes: Alphabetical list of all interments at Conestoga Memorial Park as of Oct. 1994.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 244 #17.

Subjects: Conestoga Memorial Park (Lancaster Twp. Pa.); Burial - Pennsylvania - Lancaster (Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvnia - Lancaster(Township)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 C747

Conestoga Township book, tax records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo861

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 352.13 C747 Oversize

Responsibility: Compiled by Pauline Benedict Eshelman

Publisher: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: unp. 30 x 42 cm.

Notes: Contains tax records from 2 April 1743 to 1 June 1861. These include poor tax, road tax and school tax.

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Conestoga (Township)

Additional Author: Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.13 C747 Oversize

The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Responsibility: [edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Author: Hiller, Peter C.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, PA

Publisher: P.B. Eshelman,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.

Summary: Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.

Subjects: Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.; Hiller family.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.; Diaries.

Additional Author: Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CONE H652

Documents showing the successive owners of the land now constituting Susquehannock State Park, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1738-1959

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16038

Date of Publication: [1991]

Call Number: 363.68 S984

Responsibility: compiled by Dr. Ronald B. Mitchell, Freeman E. Morgan, Jr., Jay Newswanger, Warren Brannon

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: [1991]

Physical Description: 44, [1] p. : map ; 28 cm.

Notes: "It contians all the legal documents from John Mitchell's original grant, 1738, to the sale to the state in 1959." - Letter of transmittal.

Subjects: Mitchell family.; McCullough family.; Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Susquehannock State Park (Pennsylvania) - Deeds.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 363.68 S984

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