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The picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig : a Pennsylvania German emblem book

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8241
Author
Denig, Ludwig,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
c1990.
Call Number
740 D394
Responsibility
translated and edited by Don Yoder.
ISBN
1555950345 (set : alk. paper) :
1555950353 (pbk. : set : alk. paper) :
Author
Denig, Ludwig,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York, N.Y
Publisher
Hudson Hills Press in association with the Museum of American Folk Art and the Pennsylvania German Society : Distributed in the United States ... by Rizzoli International Publications,
Date of Publication
c1990.
Physical Description
2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 24 cm.
Notes
Includes text translated from the German.
Includes index.
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 101-109.
Subjects
Denig, Ludwig, - 1755-1830.
Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Additional Author
Yoder, Don.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
740 D394
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The geology of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8248
Date of Publication
1999.
Call Number
557.48 G345
Responsibility
edited by Charles H. Shultz.
ISBN
0818202270 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa. : Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania Geological Survey ; Pittsburgh Geological Society,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
xxi, 888 p. ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) 29 cm.
Series
Special publication ; 1
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 821-858) and index.
Subjects
Geology - Pennsylvania.
Additional Author
Shultz, Charles H.
Additional Corporate Author
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh Geological Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
557.48 G345
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Genealogical gazetteer of Galicia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8352
Author
Lenius, Brian J.
Edition
2nd. ed. updated.
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
929.1 L566
Responsibility
Brian J. Lenius.
ISBN
0969878303 :
Author
Lenius, Brian J.
Edition
2nd. ed. updated.
Place of Publication
Anola, Man., Canada
Publisher
B.J. Lenius,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - Genealogy.
Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) - Gazetteers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 L566
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Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8368
Author
Xakellis, Martha J.
Date of Publication
c1989-
Call Number
310.35 X1

The librarian's genealogy notebook : a guide to resources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8390
Author
Moore, Dahrl Elizabeth.
Date of Publication
1998.
Call Number
929.1 M821
Responsibility
Dahrl Elizabeth Moore.
ISBN
083890744X (acidfree paper)
Author
Moore, Dahrl Elizabeth.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
American Library Association,
Date of Publication
1998.
Physical Description
x, 142 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Genealogy.
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 M821
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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 McPhersons of Illinois and related families : a genealogy of the descendants of Archibald MacPherson of Scotland, 1581-1989, including the genealogy of the Maxey Family of Wales and the lineage of Laura Estella (Maxey) McPherson through her mother Polly (Irion) Wright to the Poindexter family from the Isle of Jersey

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8462
Author
MacPherson, Earl,
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
929 M172
Responsibility
compiled by Earl MacPherson, Anita Hodge, Laura Gelfius, Mary Helen Mullins and Myra Jean Estes.
Author
MacPherson, Earl,
Place of Publication
Dahlgren, Illinois
Publisher
Helen (Gelfius) Mullins ,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
xvi, 248 p. : ills. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Contains index.
Subjects
McPherson family.
Maxey family.
Additional Author
Hodge, Anita ,
Gelfius, Laura ,
Mary Helen Mullins ,
Myra Jean Estes ,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 M172
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The history of Northeastern Pennsylvania : the last hundred years : proceedings of the eleventh annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8538
Date of Publication
1999?].
Call Number
974.83 C748
Meeting
Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania [11th 1999 : Nanticoke, Pa. ]
Place of Publication
[Nanticoke, Pa
Publisher
Luzerne County Community College,
Date of Publication
1999?].
Physical Description
[vi] 72 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Click on Table of Contents for more information.
Includes bibliographic references.
Contents
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Parish in Hazleton, PA--Best and Worst of Times: Wyoming Valley at the Last Turn of the Century--Watson Bunnell--Growth and Decline of the Women's Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region.
Subjects
Bushnell, Watson, Brownscomb , - 1871-1950.
Saint Gabriel's Catholic Parish, Hazelton, Pa. - history.
International Ladies Garment Workers Union - Wyoming Valley, Pa. - History.
Wyoming Valley [Pa.]
Photography - Wyoming Valley, Pa.
Photographers - Wyoming Valley, Pa.
Women textile workers - Wyoming Valley, Pa.
Textile industry - Wyoming Valley, Pa.
Additional Corporate Author
Luzerne County Community College Social Science History Department.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.83 C748
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Date of Publication
c1985-1994.
Call Number
975.2 S334
Responsibility
C.E. Schildknecht, editor.
Place of Publication
[Shippensburg, Pa
Publisher
Beidel Print. House],
Date of Publication
c1985-1994.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2-3 have imprint: Westminster, Md. : Family Line Publications.
Maps on lining papers.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 2.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
v. 1. Some early settlers of Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD and Adams County County, PA, also descendants c. 1725-1985 -- v. 2. Some settlers of western Maryland and adjacent Pennsylvania, and their descendants, 1725-1988 -- v. 3. Additions and corrections to the History of Frederick County, Maryland by T.J.C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, 1910.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Frederick County.
Registers of births, etc. - Maryland - Carroll County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Frederick County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Carroll County (Md.) - Genealogy.
Adams County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Schildknecht, Calvin E.
Williams, Thomas J. C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.2 S334
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Ancestry's red book : American state, county, and town sources

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8565
Date of Publication
1992.
Call Number
929.1 A538
Responsibility
edited by Alice Eichholz.
ISBN
0916489477 :
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher
Ancestry Pub.,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
xli, 858 p. : maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Additional Author
Eichholz, Alice,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 A538
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WPA artwork in non-federal repositories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8567
Edition
2nd. ed.
Date of Publication
[1999]
Call Number
708.973 W938
Edition
2nd. ed.
Place of Publication
[Washington, DC]
Publisher
U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Historic Buildings and the Arts Center of Expertise, Fine Arts Program,
Date of Publication
[1999]
Physical Description
v, 476 p. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Notes
"December 1999."
Includes index.
Subjects
United States. - Works Progress Administration - Inventories.
Fine Arts Program (United States. Public Buildings Service) - Inventories.
Art, American
Art, Modern - United States
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Works Progress Administration.
Fine Arts Program (United States. Public Buildings Service)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
708.973 W938
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First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : Known burials

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8572
Author
Barsy, Helen, and Jane Kulp
Date of Publication
1998?
Call Number
285.1 F527tm
Responsibility
by Helen Barsy and Jane Kulp.
Author
Barsy, Helen, and Jane Kulp
Place of Publication
computer printout
Date of Publication
1998?
Physical Description
[2], 16 p. : 28 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 199 #7. In the city of Lancaster.
List rewritten 1998.
Subjects
First Presbyterian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
285.1 F527tm
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The Ash family of Chester and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania : descendants of Daniel Henrich Esch and Elizabeth Kerlin, 1741-1999

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8587
Author
Ash, Richard H.
Date of Publication
c1999.
Call Number
929 A819
Responsibility
by Richard H. Ash.
Author
Ash, Richard H.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD : Annandale, VA (8212 Guinevere Dr., Annandale 22003)
Publisher
Gateway Press ; Orders to R.H. Ash,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
xiv, 255 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Ash family.
Esch, Daniel Henrich, - 1717-1746 or 7 - Family.
Kerlin, Elizabeth, - ca. 1719-1821 - Family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 A819
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A preservation guide : saving the past and the present for the future

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8658
Author
Sagraves, Barbara.
Date of Publication
c1995.
Call Number
025.84 S129
Responsibility
Barbara Sagraves.
ISBN
0916489590 (pbk.)
Author
Sagraves, Barbara.
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher
Ancestry,
Date of Publication
c1995.
Physical Description
v, 42 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38).
Subjects
Books
Paper
Photographs
Motion pictures
Sound recordings
Textile fabrics
Magnetic disks
Genealogy
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
025.84 S129
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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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Almost a lifetime : a glimpse of the twentieth century through one pair of eyes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8669
Author
Eckert, Leo H.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
926.291 E19
Responsibility
by Leo H. Eckert.
Author
Eckert, Leo H.
Place of Publication
Millersville, Pa. : Gordonville, Pa
Publisher
The author ; The Print Shop,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Twentieth century
United States - Civilization - 20th century - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
926.291 E19
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Remembering Woolworth's : a nostalgic history of the world's most famous five-and-dime

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8670
Author
Plunkett-Powell, Karen.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1999.
Call Number
381.12 P737
Responsibility
Karen Plunkett-Powell.
ISBN
0312206704
Author
Plunkett-Powell, Karen.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
St. Martin's Press,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-242) and index.
Contents
Nickel parakeets and grilled cheese: welcome to the world's most famous five-and-dime -- Early years of the merchant prince -- The birth of Woolworth's "great five-cent -store" -- Frank sires a million-dollar baby in Pennsylvania -- The march of "five-and-dimes" -- Reaching for the sky: the great Woolworth Building -- Woolworth's international -- Transition: from history to nostalgia -- Those fabulous lunch counters! -- A store for all seasons -- The spectacle of Woolworth's -- Woolworth's coast to coast -- The collectibles!
Subjects
Woolworth, Frank Winfield, - 1852-1919.
Woolworth Corporation.
Variety stores
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
381.12 P737
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The librarian's guide to genealogical research

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8689
Author
Swan, James.
Date of Publication
c1998.
Call Number
929.1 S972
Responsibility
James Swan.
ISBN
1579500110 (alk. paper)
Author
Swan, James.
Place of Publication
Fort Atkinson, Wis
Publisher
Highsmith Press,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
120 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Highsmith Press handbook series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-117) and index.
Subjects
Genealogical libraries - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S972
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Abstracts of Philadelphia wills

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8744
Date of Publication
1999]
Call Number
974.811 A164p
Alternate Title
Philadelphia will abstracts
Philadelphia County will abstracts
Philadelphia wills
Phila. wills
Abstract of Philadelphia County wills
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia (1305 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107-5405)
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1999]
Physical Description
11 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania ;
Notes
Originally published: Philadelphia : Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1893-1904.
Vol. 7 lacks t.p.
The text is a photoreproduction of the original ms.
Includes indexes.
Contents
[1] Books A, B, C, D 1682-1726 -- [2] 1726-1747 -- pt. 3. 1747-1763 -- v. 4. 1763-1784, will books N, O, P, Q -- v. 5. 1777-1793, will books R, S, T, U & abstracts of some other counties filed in Philadelphia County -- v. 6. Boosk [sic] W, X, Y (index is in volume 7), 1790-1802 -- [7] Index to Phila. wills, 1790-1802 -- v. 8. Books 1, 2, partial 3, 1802-1809 -- v. 9. 1810-1815 -- v. 10. Books 5 (concl.), 6, partial 7, 1815-1819 -- v. 11. Books 7 (concl.), 8, 1820-1825.
Subjects
Wills - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Manuscripts, American - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Facsimiles.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.811 A164p
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The Johnsons of St. George, Georgia

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8772
Author
Outterson, Viva Jean Johnson.
Date of Publication
c1999.
Call Number
929 J66
Responsibility
by Viva Jean Johnson Outterson.
Author
Outterson, Viva Jean Johnson.
Place of Publication
DeLand, Fla
Publisher
V.J.J. Outterson,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
xiv, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Johnson family.
Saint George (Ga.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 J66
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