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Across the Atlantic and beyond : the migration of German and Swiss immigrants to America

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14736
Author
Haller, Charles R.
Date of Publication
1993.
Call Number
929.3 H185
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Charles R. Haller.
ISBN
1556136978
Author
Haller, Charles R.
Place of Publication
Bowie, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
1993.
Physical Description
xi, 324 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Changes in German Surnames and Personal Names--Changes in City and Village Names--Mennonites, Quakers and the Settlement of Pennsylvania--The Wandering Menno Simons--The Beginnings of English Quakerism--William Penn's Travels in Europe--Early German Quakers: A Small Minority--The Frankfort Companie--Germantown and the Susquehanna Subscribers--Protestantism and Books: Driving Forces behind the German Migration--The Froschauer Presses of Zurich--The German Americans--The Land of Wars--Of Kings and Queens and Lesser Nobility--The Rhine as a Migration Route.
Subjects
German Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Swiss Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States - Emigration and immigration - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 H185
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Benedict Brechbuhl, Hans Burkholder and the Swiss Mennonite migration to Lancaster County, Penna. : the Swiss emigration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3400
Author
Burkholder, Joseph C.
Date of Publication
1927
--Lancaster County. Mennonites--Switzerland. Swiss Americans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Switzerland--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects. Swiss in Pennnsylvania. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 57-62 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the
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compiled by Joseph C. Burkholder.
Author
Burkholder, Joseph C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
57-62 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 5
Subjects
Burkholder, Hans.
Brechbuhl, Benedict, - 1665-
Emigration and immigration
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mennonites - Switzerland.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Switzerland - Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 5 (1927), p. 57-62Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Distributing aid to believers in need : the religious foundations of transatlantic migration

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20341
Author
Beiler, Rosalind.
Date of Publication
1997.
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 64 sp. issue
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Rosalind Beiler.
Author
Beiler, Rosalind.
Place of Publication
[University Park, Pa. etc.]
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical Association,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
pp. 73-87 ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania History; v. 64, spec. suppl. issue.
Gives background of Mennonites ; Swiss Mennonite settlement in Lancaster County with special mention of Martin Kendig.
Subjects
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Emmigration and immigration
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Switzerland - Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PHA v. 64 sp. issue
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Dorliker Auswanderer : schweizer Siedlungspioniere und Kulturbringer in den USA : ein Erlebnisbericht

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18644
Author
Basler, Konrad,
Date of Publication
c1993.
Call Number
929 B316
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von Konrad Basler.
ISBN
3857170751
9783857170751
Author
Basler, Konrad,
Place of Publication
Stäfa
Publisher
Th. Gut,
Date of Publication
c1993.
Physical Description
95 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Series
Thalheim ; Bd. 3
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Swiss Americans
Swiss Americans - Genealogy.
Immigrants - United States
Thalheim an der Thur (Switzerland) - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B316
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The Dorlikon emigrants : Swiss settlers and cultural founders in the United States : a personal report by Konrad Basler

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1385
Author
Basler, Konrad,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
973.0435 B315
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Konrad Basler ; translated by Laura Villiger.
ISBN
082042675X (alk. paper)
Author
Basler, Konrad,
Uniform Title
Dorliker Auswanderer.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Peter Lang,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
vi, 74 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series
Swiss American Historical Society publications, vol. 10
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Swiss Americans
Immigrants - United States
Thalheim an der Thur (Switzerland) - Emigration and immigration - History - 18th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.0435 B315
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Early immigrants from Germany and Switzerland to eastern Pennsylvania

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Author
LeVan, Russell George,
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
929 S649L
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by Russell George LeVan.
Author
LeVan, Russell George,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Gateway Press,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
v, 595 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Spine title: Early immigrants and descendants from Germany and Switzerland to eastern Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Groff family.
Souder family.
Shelly family.
Carr family.
Kulp family.
Walter family.
Leister family.
Christman family.
Lewis family.
Frederick family.
Nyce family.
Yocum family.
Egolf family.
Smith family.
Kamp family.
Bechtel family.
Oswald family.
Levan family.
Lein family.
Hail family.
Steckel family.
Renninger family.
Erb family.
Brumbaugh family.
Houck family.
Zeigenfuss family.
Batman family.
Reichert family.
Brunner family.
Stricker family.
Hack family.
Falck family.
Bauer family.
Rohrer family.
Diehl family.
Faust family.
Sellers family.
Nicholas family.
Kober family.
Dorn family.
Richards family.
Gaugler family.
Erdman family.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 S649L
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The German and Swiss settlements of colonial Pennsylvania : a study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11625
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.802812 K96 Reprint
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by Oscar Kuhns.
ISBN
1556131976
Author
Kuhns, Levi Oscar,
Place of Publication
Bowie, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
v, 268 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"A Heritage classic"--Cover.
Includes index.
Facsim. reprint. Originally published: New York : Henry Holt and Co., 1901.
Bibliography: p. 247-257.
Contents
Contents THE HISTORIC BACKGROUND... II. THE SETTLING OF THE GERMAN COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA.. III. OVER LAND AND SEA... IV. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN FARMER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY V. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, and EDUCATION. VI. THE RELIGIOUS LIFE.... VII. IN PEACE AND IN WAR.... VIII. CONCLUSION... .. APPENDIX-PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN FAMILY NAMES....
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania
German Americans - Pennsylvania
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802812 K96 Reprint
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Guide to Swiss genealogical research

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16912
Author
Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker,
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
929.1 R739
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by Lewis Bunker Rohrbach.
ISBN
0897258851 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780897258852 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author
Rohrbach, Lewis Bunker,
Place of Publication
Rockland, ME
Publisher
Picton Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
191 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-191).
Subjects
Swiss Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Switzerland - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 R739
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Handy guide to Swiss genealogical records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13555
Author
Suess, Jared H.
Date of Publication
c1978.
Call Number
929.1 S944s
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by Jared H. Suess.
Author
Suess, Jared H.
Place of Publication
Logan, Utah (P.O. Box 368, Logan 84321)
Publisher
Everton Publishers,
Date of Publication
c1978.
Physical Description
92 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 44-46.
Subjects
Swiss Americans - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Switzerland - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S944s
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Immigrants to America from France (Haut-Rhin Departement) and western Switzerland, 1859-1866

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8753
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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Clifford Neal Smith.
ISBN
0915162601 (pbk.)
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz., U.S.A
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
i, 33 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
French-American genealogical research monograph ;
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
French Americans
Swiss Americans
Registers of births, etc. - United States.
Registers of births, etc. - France - Haut-Rhin.
Registers of births, etc. - Switzerland.
Haut-Rhin (France) - Genealogy.
Switzerland - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 S644fa1
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