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3 myths about the Pennsylvania Dutch country : hex signs, seven sours and seven sweets, the Amish blue gate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18324
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Call Number
398.3 S559
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Dutch Folk-lore Center,
Date of Publication
[c1951]
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Folklore - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Superstition.
Folklore.
Germans.
Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398.3 S559
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Fraktur: the illuminated manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Dutch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15889
Author
Lichten, Frances.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
745.67 L699
Author
Lichten, Frances.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Free Library of Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
26 p. 21 cm.
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Fraktur.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
745.67 L699
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History of Ephrata, Pa., and its cloister/ by Milton H. Heinicke

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4188
Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Call Number
286.3 H469
Author
Heinicke, Milton H.,
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
ca. 1956.
Physical Description
various paging: maps. ; 28 cm.
Contents
Letter to Elizabeth Keifer detailing his research - Appraisal of Adam Koningmacher's estate - The Gibbons tract, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pa. (map and text) - [Indenture:] James Gibbons to Moses Brinton - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congregation, Conestoga, 172?-1732 Foreward - First early English land grants - Pennsylvania granted to William Penn,1681 - Founding of the German Baptist Sabbatarian Congretation Conestoga, 1721-1732 (map) - Conestoga German Baptist Congregaton (map) - Founding of the Germapn Baptist Sabbatarians at Conestogao 1721-1732 (text) - German Seventh Day Baptist branches: Virginia - Ephrata Borough limits and underlying Penn grants (map and text) - Cloister properties with surrounding properties with date warranted (map) - Disposal of various Cloister properties (map) - Approximate location of all Cloister buildings (map) - Chronology of land in Cloister - Acquisition of 27 1/2 acres and buildings by the state including inventory of personal property - Various names by which theGermanSabbatariaons and site were known.
Subjects
Beissel, Conrad, - 1690-1768.
Ephrata Cloister.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 H469
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History of the Bishop John M. Sauder family and related groups

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Author
Sauder, George Good,
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
929 S255
Author
Sauder, George Good,
Place of Publication
[Goodville, Pa.]
Publisher
Author,
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
24 p. 23 cm.
Subjects
Good family.
Zimmerman family.
Martin family.
Sauder family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S255
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The Jacobs family of Windsor Township York County Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16015
Author
Knipe, James Lloyd.
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: "Various Family Histories"
Responsibility
by James Lloyd Knipe.
Author
Knipe, James Lloyd.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
J.L. Knipe,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
1 reel , 35 mm.
192 leaves ;
Notes
Box labeled: "Various Family Histories".
Typescript.
Includes index.
Subjects
Jacobs family.
Abel family
Bair family.
Burkhart family.
Campbell family.
Dellinger family.
Ebersole family.
Fry family.
Gnau family.
Grove family.
Hedrick family.
Henry family.
Keller family.
Knisely family.
Martin family.
Miller family.
Reeling family.
Sherwood family.
Williams family.
Young family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 1, sec. 2: "Various Family Histories"
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A jaunt into the Dutch country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5202
Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Date of Publication
c1952.
Call Number
289.71 F822
Author
Franck, Ira Stoner,
Place of Publication
[Dover? Del.,]
Date of Publication
c1952.
Physical Description
2 v. illus. 23 cm.
Contents
Part 1-Accent on the Amish--Part II-Accent on the Mennonites.
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 F822
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Ministers of the German Reformed congregations in Pennsylvania and other colonies in the eighteenth century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3206
Author
Hinke, William John,
Date of Publication
1951.
Call Number
285.8 H659
Responsibility
by the Rev. William J. Hinke. Edited by George W. Richards.
Author
Hinke, William John,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Historical Commission of the Evangelical an Reformed Church,
Date of Publication
1951.
Physical Description
viii, 432 p. port. 24cm.
Notes
Maps on lining papers.
Subjects
Reformed Church in the United States - Biography.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
285.8 H659
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The Pennsylvania Dutch country. Art [by] Malcolm R. Potteiger

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15267
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Date of Publication
c1954]
Call Number
917.48 S559
Author
Shoemaker, Alfred Lewis,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Rudisill [for Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, Franklin and Marshall College,
Date of Publication
c1954]
Physical Description
1 v. (chiefly illus.)
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 S559
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Pennsylvania Dutch, the plain and the fancy

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Author
Brenner, Scott Francis,
Date of Publication
[1957]
Call Number
917.48 B838
Author
Brenner, Scott Francis,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Stackpole Co.
Date of Publication
[1957]
Physical Description
244 p. illus. 23 cm.
Subjects
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Social life and customs.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.48 B838
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Pennsylvania German tombstones : A study in folk art

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12146
Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
Responsibility
by Preston A. Barba. Drawings by Eleanor Barba.
Author
Barba, Preston Albert,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,
Date of Publication
c1954.
Physical Description
v. 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania German Society (Yearbook) v. 18.
Notes
Bibliography : p. 29-30.
Subjects
Sepulchral monuments - Pennsylvania
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Barba, Eleanor.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v.18
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