Grandma's Memory Garden
Collection of poems inspired by the beauty of God has blessed our earth. Poems: He's Alive, The Prodigal, and The Ten Commandments, are especially inspirational. (181pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2006...
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Colonial Taxes East Hanover-Londonderry Townships, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, 1750-1783 (now Lebanon County)
Prior to 1813, these townships were actually in parts of Chester, Lancaster, and Dauphin Cos., Pa. These tax lists cover East Hanover, Hanover, and West Hanover Twps. for the period...
1800
Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America
Each family group record in this impressive volume includes the name(s) of the immigrant(s), ship arrival data, European villages of origin (including earlier Swiss residences where given), data on each...
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Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania: Some Early Colonial German Immigrants
The emigration from Grossgartach brought immigrants to Pa. before 1727. One of the emigrants from this village was an ancestor of President Dwight David Eisenhower, and several other immigrants were...
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Colonial Taxes, Bethel Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, 1750-1783 (now Lebanon County)
Early tax records contain a wealth of sociological, historical, and genealogical information and help to identify population and economic changes of our ancestors. This collection of records in what is...
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Architecture of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, 1700-1900
An illustrated and well-annotated overview of the English, German, and Swiss architectural designs found in southeastern Pa. You'll view houses, barns, furniture, smokehouses, icehouses, springhouses, summerhouses, privies, bake ovens, caves,...
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The Peter Leibundgutt Journal
Amishman Peter Leibundgutt/Livengood (d. 1826) kept an interesting financial journal of personal and business transactions between 1758 and 1824. A weaver, Peter is thought to be the first Amishman to...
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Agricultural and Federal Census Schedules, 1850-1880: Caernarvon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
Detailed statistics on life between 1850 and 1880 cover how many "milch" cows, working oxen, bushels of wheat and Indian corn, pounds of tobacco, bales of ginned cotton, value of...
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George Bucher (1845-1923): Elder, Church of the Brethren
George (July 21, 1845-Feb. 11, 1923), son of Jacob and Veronica Brubacher Bucher, married Anna Pfautz and had ten children. He began keeping a journal when he was 16 years...
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Jacob Bucher (1837-1913): His Journals and Agricultural Transactions
Jacob (Dec. 20, 1837-May 15, 1913), son of Jacob and Veronica Brubacher Bucher, married Veronica Horst and had nine children. He began his journal writing when he was 20 years...
1950
DNA Search for the Small Y Bey: America, Switzerland, and Beyond
DNA analysis was used to study the possible chromosomal connections between various Beiler-Beyeler-Boiler-Byler families. This study demonstrated that by combining the older techniques of genealogical research with the new scientific...
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25 Surprising Marriages
This fascinating book reveals that the marriages of many Christian leaders were anything but dull. Names include such greats as: Graham, Wesley, Lewis, Moody, and Luther. The dynamic personalities of...
1995
Flying Canada: Fifty Years of Flying the Northland and Beyond
The incidents in this book took place during the author's fifty years of flying over 12,000 hours in some of the harshest places and toughest conditions in Canada, Alaska, Central...
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A Bit of Heaven on the Conestoga
A story of the early Mennonite settlers of Lancaster Co., Pa. Zook focuses on the families of Hans Ulrich Huber/Hoover and Hans Graf/Groff but also includes Alexander Mack, Conrad Beissel,...
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Who Begot Thee? Descendants of Jacob Brubaker of Snyder Co., Pennsylvania
This reprint of the 1976 edition (with corrections) begins with Immigrant Abraham Brubacher and covers the descendants of Abraham's grandson, Jacob Hess Brubacher, who lived in what is now Snyder...
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A Tour of Ten Important Anabaptist and Reformed Sites in Rural Switzerland, Vol. 2
Ten sites are identified to prepare you to visit: Zollikon farmhouse where the first Anabaptists were baptized; Hirzel, the home of the Landis, Bauman, and Brubaker families; Tauferhole (Anabaptist Cave);...
Quakers: Origins, Families, and Beliefs in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
The first Quaker to settle in Pa. was John Kennerly in 1691, followed by Mennonites, Irish, and Welsh Quakers. History and photos of many Quaker meetinghouses are pictured. (#3 in...
Pennsylvania Dutch Virtues
So many people are looking for simple truths in today's fast-paced world as well as a way back to basics. This book represents the basics. They were born in the...
Colonial Taxes, Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, 1750-1783
Thirty-six tax lists including assessments, returns, Provincial tax lists and county tax lists provide a unique and unusual glimpse into life in the Lebanon Twp. during 1750-1783. Lebanon Twp. was...
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Both Sides of the Ocean: Amish-Mennonites from Switzerland to America
The history of the migrations of many Amish families in this book precedes the information in Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies (#2). Many of the same families are featured, but...
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