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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Hallman family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyHallman familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Hoffman family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyHoffman familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:I found Waterloo County in Hesse
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of life for peasants in Hesse, Germany, from which significant numbers emigrated to Waterloo County in the 1830s and 1840s. The article is based on research done on the author's trip ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1830-1850Export options:Impressions of a German immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article, based on comments made by Waterloo County newcomers in letters to European relatives in the 1830s, about the availability of food, low taxes, free hunting and good pay.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1840Export options:Martin family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyMartin familyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export 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:The forgotten names and places
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short description of lost or renamed villages including Mudge's Mills (renamed Ayr), Jedburgh, Nithvale and Black Horse Corners (at the crossroads of Highway 97 and Ayr Road), Kossuth, Freiburg, ...Keywords: Place namesVillagesGermanYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1816-1900Export options:The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options: