Family record of Preacher Benjamin Eby and his descendants : including some of his ancestors and some earlier history of the Ebys
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo676
- Responsibility
- compiled by Ruth L. Eby.
- Author
- Eby, Ruth L.
- Place of Publication
- Harrisonburg, Va
- Publisher
- Press work by Park View Press ,
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Physical Description
- 345 p. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Subjects
- Eby, Benjamin, - 1797-1866 - Family.
- Diller family.
- Hege family.
- Lehman family.
- Miller family.
- Shank family.
- Horst family.
- Eby family.
- Martin family.
- Risser family.
- Showalter family.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 E16eb
History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with biographical sketches of many of its prominent men
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11641
- Alternate Title
- Ellis and Evans: History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- Responsibility
- by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans.
- Author
- Ellis, Franklin,
- Place of Publication
- [Evansville, Ind
- Publisher
- Unigraphic,
- Date of Publication
- 1974]
- Physical Description
- 1101 p. illus. 29 cm.
- Notes
- Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck, 1883.
- Additional Author
- Evans, Samuel,
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Reference
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO E47 reprint
Lancaster County : vignettes of people and places
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9458
- Place of Publication
- Ephrata, Pa
- Publisher
- Science Press,
- Date of Publication
- 1975.
- Physical Description
- xi, 96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 x 27 cm.
- Series
- Science Press keepsake;
- Notes
- Christmas keepsake of Science Press, 1975.
- Click on Table of Contens for more information.
- Contents
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania--Declaration of Independence--Lancaster's Liberty Bell--Pennsylvania's Militia Meets in Lancaster--George Ross Signs the Declaration--Edward Hand...The Doctor becomes a General--Witness Tree at Donegal--A Monastic Community in Ephrata--Moravians at Lititz--Iron Industry of Lancaster County--Baron Stiegel of Manheim--Grist Mills of Lancaster County--Franklin College.
- Subjects
- Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Additional Corporate Author
- Science Press.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO S416
Eli W. Martin family : and descendents of Henry K. Martin, 1691-1971
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4634
- Responsibility
- comp. by Emma Martin Weiler.
- Author
- Weiler, Emma Martin.
- Place of Publication
- [Elverson, Pa
- Publisher
- Author]
- Date of Publication
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 19 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Cover title: Eli W. Martin family history.
- Subjects
- Martin family.
- Herr family.
- Groff family.
- Eby family.
- Hershey family.
- Weber family.
- Weaver family.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 M379w
Family record of Jacob B. Reist and Mary Peifer Reist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5083
- Responsibility
- compiled by Mary R. Rohrer and Mrs. Roy E. Sauder.
- Author
- Rohrer, Mary R.
- Place of Publication
- Manheim, Pa
- Publisher
- M.R. Rohrer,
- Date of Publication
- 1979.
- Physical Description
- 118 p. : ports. ; 23 cm.
- Additional Author
- Sauder, Roy E.,
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 R378rm
The Wenger book : a foundation book of American Wengers
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5152
- Responsibility
- Samuel S. Wenger, editor in chief.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania German Heritage History,
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Physical Description
- 1218 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Subjects
- Wenger family.
- Anderson family.
- Baker family.
- Berry family.
- Breneman family.
- Buckwalter family.
- Carpenter family.
- Coffman family.
- Early family.
- Eby family.
- Eshleman family.
- Garber family.
- Gingerich family.
- Graybill family.
- Bare family.
- Bauman family.
- Bowman family.
- Brubaker family.
- Burkholder family.
- Clark family.
- Detweiler family.
- Eberly family.
- Erb family.
- Fry family.
- Gehman family.
- Good family.
- Groff family.
- Grove family.
- Harshberger family.
- Heatwole family.
- Hershey family.
- Hoover family.
- Huber family.
- Kauffman family.
- Hall family.
- Hartman family.
- Herr family.
- Hess family.
- Horst family.
- Jones family.
- Kreider family.
- Landis family.
- Long family.
- Miller family.
- Myers family.
- Rhodes family.
- Royer family.
- Shank family.
- Showalter family.
- Snyder family.
- Stoner family.
- Weber family.
- Witmer family.
- Zimmerman family.
- Leaman family.
- Martin family.
- Musser family.
- Nolt family.
- Rohrer family.
- Sensenig family.
- Shenk family.
- Smith family.
- Stauffer family.
- Weaver family.
- Yoder family.
- Wanger family.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 W474w
The David and Anna Miller story
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2117
- Place of Publication
- Scottdale, Pa
- Publisher
- [A. Huss],
- Date of Publication
- 1979.
- Physical Description
- 430 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects
- Miller family.
- Brandt family.
- Charles family.
- Eby family.
- Espenshade family.
- Good family.
- Hammaker family.
- Hersherger family.
- Hess family.
- Keener family.
- Kraybill family.
- Longenecker family.
- Martin family.
- Nissley family.
- Brubaker family.
- Ebersole family.
- Erb family.
- Fry family.
- Gruber family.
- Heisey family.
- Hertzler family.
- Horst family.
- King family.
- Kreider family.
- Lutz family.
- Metzger family.
- Rider family.
- Risser family.
- Reiff family.
- Ruhl family.
- Siegrist family.
- Stoltzfus family.
- Weaver family.
- Yoder family.
- Zeager family.
- Roth family.
- Rutt family.
- Stauffer family.
- Stoner family.
- Wolgemuth family.
- Zimmerman family.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 929 M647h
The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2183
- Responsibility
- [by] James T. Lemon.
- ISBN
- 0801811899
- Author
- Lemon, James T.
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Press
- Date of Publication
- [1972]
- Physical Description
- xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects
- Land use - Pennsylvania.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Chester County (Pa.) - History.
- Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
- Pennsylvania - Social conditions.
- Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.800912 L556
Millersville-Penn Manor community history
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2473
- Corporate Author
- Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.
- Date of Publication
- 1976.
- Call Number
- 974.815 MILL M647
- Responsibility
- Produced by the Research Committee of the Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Editors: Robert E. Coley, James A. Jolly, Carole L. Slotter.
- Corporate Author
- Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.
- Place of Publication
- [Millersville, Pa.]
- Publisher
- The Committee,
- Date of Publication
- 1976.
- Physical Description
- 144 p. illus. 27 cm.
- Notes
- Click on Table of Contents for more information.
- Contents
- Penn Manor's heritage: an historical introduction -- The first residents: the Susquehannock Indians -- Conestoga Indian treaties and traders -- Postlethwaite tavern -- Our Mennonite heritage -- Conestoga Township -- Conestoga wagon -- Early grist mills -- Reminiscences of a miller -- Rafting days on th Susquehanna -- Pequea Township -- History of Penn Manor Schools -- Millersville State College -- Conestoga Navigation Company -- Martic Township -- McCalls Ferry Bridge -- Covered Bridges of Penn Manor -- Manor Township -- Crossing the Susquehanna from Blue Rock to McCalls -- Agriculture in Penn Manor -- Millersville and Pequea trolleys -- Walk through historic Millersville -- Our volunteer fire companies.
- Additional Author
- Coley, Robert E.,
- Jolly, James A.,
- Slotter, Carole L.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 MILL M647
Farm life and its changes
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2565
- Author
- Fisher, Gideon L.
- Edition
- 1st addition [sic].
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Call Number
- 289.71 F533
- Responsibility
- by Gideon L. Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, Gideon L.
- Edition
- 1st addition [sic].
- Place of Publication
- Gordonville, Pa
- Publisher
- Pequea Publishers,
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Physical Description
- 384 p. (p. 384 blank) : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Farm life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Amish - Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
- Call Number
- 289.71 F533