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The West Conestoga : Lancaster County's first Amish settlement

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17252
Author
Reeser, Robert L.,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Call Number
929 G213
Responsibility
Robert L. Reeser.
Author
Reeser, Robert L.,
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Reeser Research,
Date of Publication
c2011.
Physical Description
173 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Notes
"Project five."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
From Europe to America -- Establishing the West Conestoga -- The four settlements: Mannheim Township, Upper Leacock, Warwick ; Earl, Leacock ; Cains/Compass ; Pequea/Mill Creek -- Names of interest in the West Conestoga from 1770-1800 -- Progressive trends of the West Conestoga -- True to the Old Order -- Families of the West Conestoga amd Mill Creek/Pequea from 1737-1810. Garber, Schantz, Johns, Erb, Rickenbach, Nafzigor, Kurtz, Rupp, Seiler, Linder, Shellenberger, Farny, Forney, Von Gundy, Showalter, Schmucker, Alleman, Stoltzfus, Borntrager, Schenk, Sommers, Yoder, Sharp, Kenegy, Benedum, Reinhart, Fisher, King, Beiler, Zook, Lapp.
Summary
An account of the families ... who comprised the first Amish community in Lancaster County for about the earliest 70 years, or until 1810.
Subjects
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 G213
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