Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
This issue contains the transcription of the 1869 diary of Clay Township resident Samuel R. Hess, and provides a day-to-day look at the life of a typical Mennonite farmer and businessman. The diary has been indexed by name and provides a list of local residents with whom Hess had contact with.
Amish immigrants of Waldeck and Hesse : a record of 263 immigrants, with a record of their descendants to those who were married by about 1865, plus historical records of Germany, shiplists, etc
An alphabetical listing of burials and gravestone transcriptions of Groffdale Mennonite Church Cemetery, West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Oral Traditions Project of the Union County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
c1990.
Physical Description
88 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Notes
"An Oral Traditions Project."
Includes bibliographical references (p- 84-87) and index.
Summary
Chronicles the evolution of the dowry as practiced by the rural Pa.-German and Anglo-Saxon farm families from the mid-18th century to current and similar practices among the Amish. It shows how those "gifts from home" were, and are, part of a complex inheritance system.
