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A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American colonies, 1734-1752

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13269
Author
Steinmann, Ernst,
Date of Publication
1951, c1953.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v. 16
Responsibility
edited by Ernst Steinemann ; with an introduction by Don Yoder.
Author
Steinmann, Ernst,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society,
Date of Publication
1951, c1953.
Physical Description
(In Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook. 24 cm. v. 16 (1951). p. [185]-196)
Notes
The following list of contents includes other topics included in the yearbook. Each topic has its own entry in the database.
Contents
The later poems of John Birmelin (p. 7-156) -- Pennsylvania German folklore - an interpretation (p. 157-170) -- A list of German immigrants to the American Colonies from Zweibruecken in the Palatinate 1750-1771 (p. 171-184) -- A list of eighteenth-century emigrants from the Canton of Schaffhausen to the American Colonies 1734-1752 -- In memoriam - Philip Mason Palmer.
Subjects
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v. 16
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Bibliography of articles about Holtwood and Safe Harbor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13279
Author
Schuleen, E.T.
Date of Publication
1956.
Call Number
333.914 S128b
Responsibility
by E.T. Schuleen, compiler.
Author
Schuleen, E.T.
Place of Publication
Mimeographed
Date of Publication
1956.
Physical Description
24 l. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Mimeographed.
Subjects
Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation (Safe Harbor, Pa.) - Bibliography.
McCall Ferry Power Company (Holtwood, Pa.).
Holtwood Power Plant (Holtwood, Pa.).
Power plants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
333.914 S128b
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Thaddeus Stevens; a being darkly wise and rudely great

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13287
Author
Korngold, Ralph,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Date of Publication
[1955]
Call Number
923.2 S846k
Author
Korngold, Ralph,
Edition
[1st ed.]
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Date of Publication
[1955]
Physical Description
xiv, 460 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 447-452.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846k
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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The American heritage book of great historic places

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13346
Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Date of Publication
[1957]
Call Number
911.07 A512
Responsibility
by the editors of American heritage. Narrative by Richard M. Ketchum. Introd. by Bruce Catton.
Author
Ketchum, Richard M.,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
American Heritage Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1957]
Physical Description
376 p. illus. (part col.) ports. (part col.) col. maps. 29 cm.
Contents
Chapters: New England - Atlantic gateway - Appalachian frontier - The old South - The great river - Lakes and prairie - The great plains - The Spanish southwest - The farthest frontier.
Summary
"A pictorial history of America in terms of the places where history was made--places that you can visit today. The book is divided into nine geographic sections, each abundantly illustrated with rare photographs, eyewitness paintings, drawings, engravings, and sketches." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Historic sites - United States.
Historic buildings - United States.
United States - History.
Additional Title
American heritage.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
911.07 A512
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The story of the Lancaster Union Stock Yards

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13371
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
636.0831 S884
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The Lancaster Livestock Exchange and the Union Stock Yard Company ,
Date of Publication
1959.
Summary
Promotional booklet . Features information on the history of the stock yards, information about the stock yards as of 1959 and LOTS of black and white pictures, including, cattle pens, unloading chutes, railroad dock facilities, stockyard alleys, hog pens, loading facilities, weighmaster, veal calf sales, daily market news service, cattle judging at 4-H Club time, The Stockyard Inn, Exchange Room.
Subjects
Lancaster Union Stock Yards.
Stock yards - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
636.0831 S884
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Genealogical notes on the Shelly-Shelley family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18804
Author
Shelley, E. Herman.
Date of Publication
1955]
Call Number
929 S545
Alternate Title
Shelley family history.
Responsibility
by [E. Herman Shelley]
Author
Shelley, E. Herman.
Place of Publication
[Camp Hill, Penna
Date of Publication
1955]
Physical Description
1 p. 1eaves 87, [7] leaves.: maps.; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Shelley family.
Brubaker family.
Croll family.
Crull family.
Rife family.
Shelly family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S545
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The descendants of John B. and Anna H. Oberholtzer Weaver

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18807
Author
Hoover, Anna W.,
Date of Publication
June 1954.
Call Number
929 W363h
Author
Hoover, Anna W.,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
June 1954.
Physical Description
[20] leaves ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Weaver family.
Weaver, John B., - 1858-1947.
Weaver, Anna H. (Oberholtzer), - Mrs., - 1863-1947.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W363h
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[The United Churches of Lancaster County : general assembly annual report]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18836
Date of Publication
1950--
Call Number
267.13 U58
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
[s.n.],
Date of Publication
1950--
Physical Description
v.
Notes
Library has: 4th-10th.
Subjects
United Churchs of Lancaster County.
Interdenominational cooperation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
267.13 U58
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A brief history of Lewis Allen, Of Fisher's Island and New London, Conn., and his descendants from 1699 to 1954

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18844
Author
Phinney, Mary Allen,
Date of Publication
[1954]
Call Number
929 A425p
  1 website  
Author
Phinney, Mary Allen,
Place of Publication
Rutland, Vt
Publisher
Tuttle Pub. Co.
Date of Publication
[1954]
Physical Description
207 p. illus. 24 cm.
Notes
Indexed.
Contents
Contents: - Ancestors of Lewis Allen. - Life of Lewis Allen... - Lewis Denison Allen and his Descendants... - Mary Smith Allen and her Descendants. - Frances Elizabeth Allen and her Descendants. - Harriet Amelia Allen and her Descendants. - Sarah Ann Allen and her Descendants. - Frederick Lee Allen and his Descendants. - Thomas Humphrey Cushing Allen and his Descendante - Jane Cellina Allen and her Descendants. - Eleanor Caroline Allen and her Descendants.
Subjects
Allen family.
Brubaker family.
Smith family.
Stoddard family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A425p
Websites
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The genealogy of Henry Baer of Leacock, Pennsylvania (Baer-Bear-Bare)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18846
Author
Baer, Willis Nissley,
Date of Publication
1955.
Call Number
929 B145
Author
Baer, Willis Nissley,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa
Publisher
Schlechter,
Date of Publication
1955.
Physical Description
xvi, 290 p. illus., port., maps (1 fold.) coats of arms (part col.) facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 265-267.
Subjects
Bear family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B145
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Bacon and allied families, a family directory; truly a cross section of America, plus families in Scotland, England, Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18847
Author
Bacon, J. Dean
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
929 B128
Responsibility
[Compiled by J. Dean Bacon and Dow P. Bacon]
Author
Bacon, J. Dean
Place of Publication
Culver City, Calif
Publisher
Murray & Gee,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
370 p. illus. 24 cm.
Subjects
Bacon family.
Additional Author
Bacon, Dow Patterson,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B128
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Author
Beery, William,
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
929 B415
Responsibility
[by] William Beery [and] Judith Beery Garber.
Author
Beery, William,
Place of Publication
Elgin, Illinois
Publisher
Printed by the Brethren Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1957.
Physical Description
783 p. illus. 22 cm.
Subjects
Beers family.
Additional Author
Garber, Judith Beery,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B415
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Narratives of the Goodrich-Brenneman genealogy ... as of May 1, 1956

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18863
Author
Brenneman, Herbert Clarence,
Date of Publication
1956]
Call Number
929 B837b
Alternate Title
Memorabilia and a genealogy of the ancestors, descendants, and other relatives of Herbert Clarence Brenneman
Author
Brenneman, Herbert Clarence,
Place of Publication
[Odessa, Missouri
Publisher
s.n,
Date of Publication
1956]
Physical Description
45, [3] p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Addenda sheet inserted.
Subjects
Goodrich family.
Brenneman family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B837b
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Presbyterian Records New Castle: [Minutes, 1716-1731, 1759-1957]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18873
Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.
Date of Publication
1716-1814.
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843
Alternate Title
Presbytery of New Castle.
Corporate Author
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New Castle.
Date of Publication
1716-1814.
Physical Description
4 v. ; 17-34 cm.
Notes
Includes early minutes under the Synods of Philadelphia, and New York and Philadelphia.
Affiliation: 1716-1745, The Synod; 1745-1758, "Old Side," Synod of Philadelphia; "New Side," Synod of New York; 1758-1789, Synod of New York & Philadelphia; 1789-1814, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Microfilm. Philadelphia : Presbyterian Historical Society, 1966. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Subjects
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - New Castle.
Presbyterian Church - Records and correspondence
Additional Corporate Author
Synod of New York and Philadelphia (1758-1788). Presbytery of New-Castle.
Synod of Philadelphia (1717-1757). Presbytery of New-Castle.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 3, sec. 1: #843
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The Intelligencer, & weekly advertiser. [microform]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18975
Date of Publication
1799-1821.
Call Number
Drawer 19, Sec. 2
Alternate Title
Intelligencer, and weekly advertiser
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
William & Robert Dickson,
Date of Publication
1799-1821.
Physical Description
v.
Publication Frequency
Weekly
Dates of Publication
No. 1 (July 31, 1799)-no. 53 (July 23, 1800) ; Vol. 2, no. 1 (July 30, 1800)-v. 22, no. 52 (June 30, 1821).
Notes
LCHS has: July 31, 1799 - Sept. 29, 1829; Mar. 14, 1837 - June 1845; Dec. 28, 1847 - Dec. 20, 1880.
Box Labeled N-205
Subjects
Newspapers
Lancaster (Pa.) - Newspapers.
Place
United States Pennsylvania Lancaster Lancaster.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 19, Sec. 2
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Henderson family of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Maryland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18991
Author
Benson, Evelyn Abraham,
Date of Publication
1959.
Call Number
929 H383
Author
Benson, Evelyn Abraham,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
69 p. : 29 cm.
Notes
Photocopy, 1976, of typewritten ms.
Subjects
Henderson family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 H383
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Date of Publication
1954-
Call Number
929 E77n
Alternate Title
Espenschied family news
Place of Publication
[Kew Gardens, N.Y
Publisher
Alfred O. Tittmann and Lloyd Espenschied,
Date of Publication
1954-
Physical Description
v. ; 27 cm.
Dates of Publication
No. 1 (June 1954) - No. 19 (April 1968).
Notes
Title from caption.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 E77n
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Die Ernsthafte Christenpflicht : Enthaltend schöne geistreiche Gebäter, womit fromme Christen-Herzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen sich trösten können

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19031
Date of Publication
1953.
Call Number
090 L245 1953
Place of Publication
Lancaster Co., Pa
Publisher
Verlag von den Amischen Gemeinden,
Date of Publication
1953.
Physical Description
225 pages ; 16 cm
Notes
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, G98.47.1
Hand-drawn bookplate on first flyleaf in black, magenta, blue, and green ink for Hannah Stoltzfus, 1957.
Contents
Anhang der Confession -- Vorstellung der vornehmsten Artikel unseres allgemeinen Christlichen Glaubens.
Summary
54 prayers, 1 prayer outline; includes all of the prayers from Leenaerdt Clock's Formulier Etlicher Christlichen Gebäthe.
Subjects
Stoltzfus, Hannah - Bookplate.
Mennonites
Mennonites - Prayers and devotions.
Prayer books.
Bookplates - American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mennonites.
Catechisms.
History.
Prayers and devotions.
Additional Author
Clock, Leenaerdt.
Sittert, Tieleman Tielen van,
Additional Title
Anhang der Confession.
Dordrecht Confession, 1632.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L245 1953
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Der Psalter des Königs und Propheten Davids

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Edition
6. Aufl.
Date of Publication
1804.
Call Number
264.2 G373 1804
Responsibility
verdeutschet von Martin Luther, mit kurzen Summarien oder Inhalt jedes Psalmen und mit vielen Parallelen oder gleichen Schrift-stellen.
Edition
6. Aufl.
Place of Publication
Germantaun
Publisher
Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer,
Date of Publication
1804.
Physical Description
252 pages ; 14 cm
Notes
The Book of Psalms in German.
Printed in single column, verse form, title and Psalm number at top of page with page number, above single rule. Rule between each Psalm. Headings to the Psalms. References between verses.
United Bible Societies language: German.
From the collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P00.31.3.
A hand-drawn bookplate on front flyleaf reading:"Dieser/ Psalter gebort/ Esther Neff/ im Jahr des herrn 1809, Bleibe fromm und haltge/ dich recht; dann solchen/ wirds, zulezt wohl yehen."
Calligraphy attributed to Martin Immel.
Subjects
Bookplates - American - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Luther, Martin,
Immel, Martin
Neff, Esther.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
264.2 G373 1804
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