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Benedict Brechbuhl, Hans Burkholder and the Swiss Mennonite migration to Lancaster County, Penna. : the Swiss emigration

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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

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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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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

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

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Author
Steinmann, Ernst,
Date of Publication
1951, c1953.
Call Number
905.748 PGFS v. 16
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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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The path to America : from Switzerland to Lancaster County

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Author
Grove, Myrna.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
284.3 G919
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written by Myrna Grove ; illustrated by Peg Knueve.
ISBN
9781601262080
1601262086
Author
Grove, Myrna.
Place of Publication
Morgantown, PA
Publisher
Masthof Press,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
100 p. z; ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Part I. The journey of Jacob Graf -- Part II. A stone house in the wilderness.
Summary
The book, enlivened with description and dialogue, is suitable for middle-school-age and older readers. The material is based on Grove's visits to sites in Switzerland and Germany as well as research done here. Chapters in Part I are set in Europe and recount the journey of patriarch Jacob Graf (1618-1683), whose roots go back to the 1500s in the Swiss canton of Zurich, where Anabaptism was born. Grove explains that, by law, everyone underwent infant baptism into the state church. But as adults, Anabaptists made a Christian commitment and were baptized again, a practice forbidden by the state. To avoid prosecution and persecution, Anabaptists fled to Germany and the Netherlands. They were united by a traveling Dutch priest named Menno Simons and eventually became known as Mennonites. Part II is set after Mennonites' arrival in America in 1710, when seven families -- Kendig, Meylin, Herr, Bauman, Miller, Funk and Groff -- arranged with William Penn's agents to participate in his Holy Experiment in what was then Chester County. An early building in the settlement was Willow Street's Hans Herr House, depicted on the book's cover by artist P. Buckley Moss. Inside the book are 30 pen-and- ink drawings by Ohio art teacher Peg Knueve. [from LancasterOnline]
Subjects
Anabaptists - Juvenile literature.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Juvenile literature.
Mennonites - Juvenile literature.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Juvenile literature.
United States - Emigration and immigration - Juvenile literature.
Additional Author
Knueve, Peg.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
284.3 G919
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Willem Stober, a pioneer on Antitum (Johan [sic] Wilhelm Stuber), the Right Reverend William Stover

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Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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by B. Franklin Royer ; prepared for Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.
Author
Royer, Benjamin Franklin,
Place of Publication
[Chambersburg, Pa.?
Publisher
s.n.,
Date of Publication
1949?]
Physical Description
p. 379-390 : ill., facsims., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Caption title: Willem Stober (Johann Wilhelm Stuber), a pioneer on Antitum / read by B. Franklin Royer, March 31, 1949.
"Reprinted from Transactions Volume XII."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Stover, William, - 1752-1789.
Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Bishops - Biography.
Church of the Brethren - Maryland - Washington County - Bishops - Biography.
Baptists, German - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Baptists, German - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Bishops - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Bishops - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Biography.
Swiss Americans - Maryland - Washington County - Biography.
Franklin County (Pa.) - Biography.
Washington County (Md.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Kittochtinny Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.844 R 891
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The Witwer legacy : Lancaster County Swiss-German sons and daughters

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Author
Richards, Thomas Witwer,
Edition
Limited ed.
Date of Publication
c2010.
Call Number
929 W832r
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Thomas Witwer Richards, Denise Witwer Lahr, Sally Miller Atkinson.
Author
Richards, Thomas Witwer,
Edition
Limited ed.
Place of Publication
Alexandria, Va
Publisher
Global Printing,
Date of Publication
c2010.
Physical Description
456 p. : ill., maps, ports. facsims., geneal. tables ; 29 cm.
Notes
No. 71 of 400.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 422-432) and index.
Summary
"Part one of this work presents a history of the earliest Witwer family to settle in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It presents research regarding Hans Witwer, his son, Michael Witwer, and Michael Witwer's children and grandchildren. The line of descent is then followed through the descendants of Michael's son, Daniel, through to the present day and author Thomas Witwer Richards. In addition, the following related families are described: Krey, Sensenig, Graf/Groff, Reiff, Schneider/Schneder, and Weiler. Part two presents a history of the Richmond family from Moses Richmond to Lulu Catherine Richmond and the related families of Miller and Hornberger."--T.p. verso.
Subjects
Witwer family.
Richmond family.
Swiss Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Lahr, Denise Witwer.
Atkinson, Sally Miller.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W832r
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