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...
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Hostetler Heritage Tour
This is an illustrated journal from the Sept. 6-18, 2019, Heritage Tour led by Lemar & Lois Ann Mast. Join the group of 28 persons as they toured sites where...
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Berks County Amish-Mennonite Heritage Tour: With an Emphasis on the Gnaegi/Kanagy Family
This booklet accompanied the tour participants on Oct. 7, 2017. There are 41 sites identified including homesteads and cemeteries in the following Amish-Mennonite Settlements: Reading, Maiden Creek, Northkill, Irish Creek...
Estate Inventories: How to Use Them
Estate inventories provide the researcher with something that genealogical charts and tables cannot—a wonderful glimpse into your ancestor's personal possessions. This inventory lists a deceased person's possessions made at the...
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1876 Illustrated Historical Atlas of Berks Co., Pennsylvania
This atlas of Berks Co., Pa., shows the landowners' names and where they lived in 1876. Churches, cemeteries, schools, and mills are also shown. This reprint includes a new every-name...
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Cannon for the Defense of Philadelphia, 1776 (Warwick Furnace, Chester Co., PA)
One of the enduring legends about Warwick Furnace is the Revolutionary War story about the buried cannon and bell that was rung to call the neighbors to come and help...
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Pennsylvania Dutch Language Cassette Tape
By listening to this "Introduction to the Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect" cassette and following the booklet, you can learn history, vocabulary and grammar basics through folk and country rhymes, songs, and...
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The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, Vol. Ten: T, U, V
This tenth volume covers all Pa. German dialect words beginning with "t" and ending with "v" from (t) taadel to (v) vun weidems. The helpful introduction gives a guide to...
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Is That an Amish Name? A Look at Old Order and Conservative Anabaptist Surnames
Due to such a high retention rate of young people in Anabaptist circles, a sense of ethnic, as well as spiritual peoplehood has developed. The "Plain People" recognize certain names...
Phebe's Home: A Woman's Life in the Warwick River Mennonite Colony
Phebe’s Home chronicles the life of a Mennonite woman from a pioneer farm colony in Tidewater, Virginia, whose determination to be a writer was inspired by a passion for words...
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Six-Generation Genealogy Chart
Printed on 65 lb. acid-free paper, this chart is perfect for elegantly displaying six generations of your family tree. Measures 12 x 18 inches, perfect for framing and hanging on...
The Lehman Family, 1556-18th Century; Langnau, Switzerland, in the Emmental
This reference book on the Lehman family traces families from 1556 to today referencing a lot of early European records with commentary on other Lehmans and their relationship. Frequent surnames...
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The Rudisill Genealogy
This is a genealogy of the American descendants of Hans Rudisuli of Frumsen, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland, with an introduction of the Swiss families preceding their common progenitor to circa...
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The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, Vol. Eleven: W, Y, Z
This eleventh volume covers all Pa. German dialect words from waa! to Zwiwwleschtock. Also included is a supplement listing all the words missed in previous volumes. (374pp. hardcover. Center for...
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The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, Vol. Nine: S
This encyclopedia dictionary compiled over the past 50 years covers dialect words that begin with "s". An invaluable introduction covers pronunciation, orthography, the history of Pa. German lexicography, etc. Using...
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...
It Happened in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
A history book designed for school students on the early settlers of Lancaster County, events institutions, early transportation, industry, and other facts. (62pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2004.)
A Brief History of East Whiteland Township: The Great Dark Valley
To reawaken community interest in the people, places and events that took place in this community, this is a retelling of the facts as well as an historical narrative of...
Chosen & Adopted
This is the author's true, life story. After living in a children’s home for 4 days, he was taken by a couple to be their son. He was 16 months...
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The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, Vol. Four: F, G
Over fifty years of research has resulted in this multi-volume series of Pa.-German words. This fourth volume covers words in the dialect beginning with F and G. (306pp. hardcover. Center...