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Beliefs and superstitions of the Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo917
Author
Fogel, Edwin Miller,
Edition
2nd, rev. printing.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
398.9 F655 1995
Responsibility
by Edwin Miller Fogel, Ph.D.
ISBN
188329424X
Author
Fogel, Edwin Miller,
Edition
2nd, rev. printing.
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa. : Eberson, Pa
Publisher
Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, Millersville University ; Printed by Olde Springfield Shoppe,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
242 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes new preface by C. Richard Beam, Center for Pennsylvania German Studies.
"Bibliography and abbreviations": p. 21-26.
Subjects
Folklore - Pennsylvania.
Folklore - Germany.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Superstition.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Additional Author
Beam, C. Richard.
Additional Corporate Author
Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Center for Pennsylvania German Studies.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398.9 F655 1995
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The Thomas R. Brendle collection of Pennsylvania German folklore

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1750
Date of Publication
c1995-
Call Number
398.9 B837
Alternate Title
Collection of Pennsylvania German folklore
Responsibility
edited by C. Richard Beam.
ISBN
1880976110
Place of Publication
[Schaefferstown, Pa.]
Publisher
Published by Historic Schaefferstown, Inc.,
Date of Publication
c1995-
Physical Description
v. : maps, port. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and indexes.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Additional Author
Beam, C. Richard.
Brendle, Thomas Royce,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
398.9 B837
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Celebrating the Pennsylvania Germans : the Kunkel family fracturs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15207
Author
Breininger, Lester P.
Date of Publication
c1997
Call Number
740 B835
Author
Breininger, Lester P.
Place of Publication
Reading, PA
Publisher
Friends of the Reading Museum,
Date of Publication
c1997
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.), map ; 22 x 29 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Text by Lester P. Breininger.
Subjects
Kunkel family.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Birth certificates - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 B835
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The first one hundred years : an index of publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (1891-1990) including the yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society (1936-1966)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8080
Edition
First edition.
Date of Publication
c1998.
Call Number
905.748 PGFi
Responsibility
compiled by Earl C. Haag.
ISBN
0911122621
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Kutztown, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
v, 140 p. ; 28 cm. + 1 key (25 x 7 cm.)
Notes
"A centennial gift to the Pennsylvania German Society (1891-1990)"--t.p.
Subjects
Pennsylvania-German Society - Bibliography.
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society - Bibliography.
German Americans
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Haag, Earl C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 PGFi
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The Pennsylvania Germans : a brief account of their influence on Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15246
Author
Glatfelter, Charles Henry,
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
974.8 G549
Responsibility
Charles H. Glatfelter.
Author
Glatfelter, Charles Henry,
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Association,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
v, 81 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania history studies ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81).
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8 G549
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A dictionary of the non-English words of the Pennsylvania-German dialect, with an appendix

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12946
Author
Lambert, Marcus Bachman,
Date of Publication
c1924]
Call Number
433 L222
Responsibility
by Marcus Bachman Lambert ...
Author
Lambert, Marcus Bachman,
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Press,
Date of Publication
c1924]
Physical Description
xxxi, 193 p. 25 cm.
Notes
"Copyrighted 1924 by the Pennsylvania-German Society."
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect - Dictionaries.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
433 L222
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Pennsylvania-German letters

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6418
Author
Light, Joseph Horst,
Date of Publication
[c1928-
Call Number
437.9748 L723
Responsibility
penned by Joseph H. Light under the nom de plume Der alt schuhlmeshter.
Author
Light, Joseph Horst,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
F. G. Light
Date of Publication
[c1928-
Physical Description
v. 22 cm.
Notes
Title vignette.
Preface signed: Frank G. Light.
"Reprinted from the files of the Lebanon semi-weekly news of the late nineties."
Subjects
German-American literature - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania German dialect.
Additional Author
Light, Frank George,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 L723
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The Pennsylvania German names of birds

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3224
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebner,
Date of Publication
1924]
Call Number
437.9748 B393
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebner,
Place of Publication
[Boston
Publisher
The Auk,
Date of Publication
1924]
Physical Description
288-295 p. 25 cm.
Series
The Auk, vol. 41, no. 2, April, 1924
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect - Pennsylvania.
Birds - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
437.9748 B393
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Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8401
Author
Hersh, Tandy.
Date of Publication
1991.
Call Number
905.748 TPG v. 25 1991
Responsibility
by Tandy and Charles Hersh.
ISBN
0911122583 :
Author
Hersh, Tandy.
Place of Publication
Birdsboro, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ;
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-299) and index.
Subjects
Samplers - Pennsylvania.
Textile fabrics, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Additional Author
Hersh, Charles,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 TPG v. 25 1991
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The Germans in the American Civil War : with a biographical directory

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14554
Author
Kaufmann, Wilhelm,
Date of Publication
1999.
Call Number
973.74 K21
Responsibility
Wilhelm Kaufmann ; translated by Steven Rowan ; and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann with Werner D. Mueller and Robert E. Ward.
ISBN
0965092674 (acid free paper)
0965092682 (pbk. : acid free paper)
Author
Kaufmann, Wilhelm,
Uniform Title
Deutschen im amerikanischen Bürgerkriege.
Place of Publication
Carlisle, PA
Publisher
John Kallmann,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
viii, 392 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-348) and index.
Subjects
German American soldiers
German American soldiers - Biography - Directories.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Participation, German.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.74 K21
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Pennsylvania German and Huguenot antiques; a list of articles giving Pennsylvania "Dutch" and English names and uses as employed by ancestors of many living folk

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6928
Author
Stephen, Walker Lewis.
Edition
2d ed.,
Date of Publication
c1925.
Call Number
427.9 S829
Responsibility
Compiled as a reference for antiquarians and collectors of elaborate and crude antiques for Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman Pennsylvania Historical commission by Walker Lewis Stephen, PH. G.
Author
Stephen, Walker Lewis.
Edition
2d ed.,
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa
Publisher
Reading eagle press,
Date of Publication
c1925.
Physical Description
32 p. illus. 23 cm.
Series
Pennsylvania folk-lore society. Publications, v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Origin of the Pennsylvania Germans and his language, by Walker Lewis Stephen": p. 30-32.
"Compiled as a Reference for Antquarians and Collectors of Elaborate and Crude Antiques."
LCHS has photocopy of original.
Subjects
Pennsylvania German dialect - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Shoemaker, Henry Wharton,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
427.9 S829
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A research guide to the Tulpehocken Region, Lancaster (now Berks and Lebanon) counties, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14137
Author
Burgert, Annette K.
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.816 B955

The German regiment of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the Continental Army, 1776-1781

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12806
Author
Retzer, Henry J.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Date of Publication
1991.
Call Number
973.34 R441
ISBN
1585492027
Author
Retzer, Henry J.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Willow Bend Books,
Date of Publication
1991.
Physical Description
ix, 183 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"WB0529"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes index.
Subjects
United States. - Continental Army. - Maryland German Regiment - Registers.
United States. - Continental Army. - Pennsylvania German Regiment - Registers.
Soldiers - Maryland - Registers.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Registers.
German Americans - Maryland - Genealogy.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Maryland - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.34 R441
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Deaths reported by Der Libanon Demokrat : a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1832-1864

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19398
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
©1990, 2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466d

Just for nice : carving and whittling magic of southeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8663
Author
Machmer, Richard S.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1991.
Call Number
730 M149 Oversize
Responsibility
Richard S. and Rosemarie B. Machmer.
Author
Machmer, Richard S.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
[Reading, PA] (940 Centre Ave., Reading 19601)
Publisher
Historical Society of Berks County,
Date of Publication
c1991.
Physical Description
88 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
Notes
Catalog of an exhibition at the Historical Society of Berks County, Reading, PA, Mar. 26-Sept. 21, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-84) and index.
Subjects
Wood-carving, Pennsylvania Dutch
Art, American - Pennsylvania.
Folk art, Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania.
Wood-carvers - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Machmer, Rosemarie B.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
730 M149 Oversize
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The Pennsylvania Germans; a sketch of their history and life, of the Mennonites, and of side lights from the Rosenberger family

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7593
Author
Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,
Date of Publication
[c1923]
Call Number
974.802812 R813
Responsibility
by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger.
Author
Rosenberger, Jesse Leonard,
Place of Publication
Chicago, Ill
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Date of Publication
[c1923]
Physical Description
x, 173 p. front. (port.) plates. 20 cm.
Subjects
Rosenberg family.
Rosenberger, Henry, - fl. 1729-1745.
Germans - Pennsylvania.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 R813
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National publications containing short stories "Pennsylvania Dutch Series" by Mary Brecht Pulver : and her biography, including a collection of her verse and a listing of her stories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19513
Date of Publication
1915-1925.
Call Number
810.54 P983 Oversize
Date of Publication
1915-1925.
Physical Description
1 vol. : ill. ; 35 cm.
Notes
Other materials concerning Mary B. Pulver are found in Archives: MG 284 - Mary Brecht Pulver Papers.
Contents
Portrait, biography, poems, and list of stories in magazine form --- "Minnie Good of Manheim" in The Saturday Evening Post, July 24, 1915, p. 16-17, 36-37 -- "His day of days" in The Saturday Evening Post, October 9, 1915, p. 26-30 -- "The Vampire" in The Saturday Evening Post, November 18, 1916, p. 16-17, 54, 56, 58 -- "Cass the Red-Cheeked, what became of the Gypsy's prophecy about her" in The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1916, p. 23, 73-75.
Subjects
Pulver, Mary Brecht, - 1882-1926.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Fiction.
American fiction
American poetry
Authors - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
810.54 P983 Oversize
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Pennsylvania German pioneers : a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7298
Author
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver,
Date of Publication
c1992.
Call Number
974.802812 S894
Responsibility
by Ralph Beaver Strassburger ; edited by William John Hinke.
ISBN
0929539982 (set) :
0929539958 (v.1)
0929539966 (v.2)
0929539974 (v.3)
Author
Strassburger, Ralph Beaver,
Place of Publication
Camden, Mo
Publisher
Picton Press,
Date of Publication
c1992.
Physical Description
3 v. : maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Originally published in 1934 by the Pennsylvania German Society.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Germans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Ships
Germany - Emigration and immigration.
Pennsylvania - Emigration and immigration.
Additional Author
Hinke, William John,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 S894
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo858
Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
310.3 W949
Responsibility
F. Edward Wright
Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Place of Publication
Westminster, MD
Publisher
Family Line Publications
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
5 v. 21 cm.
Contents
Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).
Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)
Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.)
Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.
Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
Subjects
Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)
White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.)
East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.)
Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)
First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.)
Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.)
Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.)
Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.
St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.3 W949
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The Indian wars of Pennsylvania : an account of the Indian events, in Pennsylvania, of the French and Indian war, Pontiac's war, Lord Dunmore's war, the revolutionary war, and the Indian uprising from 1789 to 1795 ; tragedies of the Pennsylvania frontier based primarily on the Penna. archives and colonial records / by C. Hale Sipe ; introduction by Dr. George P. Donehoo

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4506
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Date of Publication
1929.
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
Author
Sipe, C. Hale
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
The Telegraph Press,
Date of Publication
1929.
Physical Description
793 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., fold. map (in pocket) ; 23 cm.
Notes
Tail-pieces.
"Principal sources utilized in the preparation of this work": p. [6]
"Officers of the colonies of the Delaware before the time of William Penn, and the governors of the province and the commonwealth from 1681 to 1799": p. [745]-746.
"Principal Indian towns in Pennsylvania": p. [747]-754.
"List of blockhouses not mentioned in the text of this history": p. [755]-761.
Includes information on the Conoy Indians, Conestoga Indians, Susquehanna Indians and Delaware Indians.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania.
Indians of North America
Fortification - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Pennsylvania - Historic houses, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 S618w
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