Pennsylvania Dutch Christmases
This is a pictorial history focusing on the nineteenth-century Christmas customs of the Pennsylvania Dutch in Berks, Chester, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties. Some earlier beginnings and traditions that...
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Strength for Life's Pathway
Life changed in a moment for 14-year-old Erma Zimmerman when her dress caught in an auger and she was pulled in knee-first. Read how she was given strength and courage,...
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My Kingdom Is Not of This World: 300 Years of the Amish, 1683-1983
Originally printed in German in 1993, this updated and revised version has been translated into English. Lots of new photos and updated data were added to the text as Gerlach...
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Kitchen Window Memories
This is a compilation of stories and recipes that Irene Horst wrote for her column "Through My Kitchen Window" in the Tri County Record, Morgantown, Pa. With the help of...
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Joachim Nagel and His Descendants
This Nagel family history contains data on over 2,550 descendants of Joachim and Catharine (Geiss) Nagel who emigrated from Germany in 1749. The family settled in present Berks Co., Pa....
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