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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Hoffman family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyHoffman familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:John Goessman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the surveyor of the German Block in Wilmot Township for Christian Nafziger's Amish and Mennonite settlers. Goessman (1776-1841) also surveyed other townships and acted as an agent for ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1840Export options:Martin family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyMartin familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Mississauga-Mennonite relations in the upper Grand River valley
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A revisionist account of Aboriginal- settler relations on the Upper Canadian frontier between the 1790s and 1850. The author argues that, while Mennonites and Indians seemed to benefit mutually from ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1799-1850Export options:(Re-)discovering hidden Pennsylvania-German folk beliefs and practices
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanFolkloreYear of publication: 2018Export options:(Re)locating Anna Weber's art within Pennsylvanian-German Mennonite folk culture
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2013Export options:Romanus-Buchlain (little Romani or Gypsey book): an 18th-century collection of mystical or sympathetic folk charms donated to Waterloo Historical Society in 1930-1931
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: 18th centuryYear of publication: 2017Historical Period: 1700sExport options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:Shantz family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogySchantz familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Snyder-Schneider-Snider family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogySnyder familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options: