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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A history and genealogy of a Swiss Mennonite family who settled in Waterloo County. Isaac's grandfather, Samuel Moyer, came to the Vineland district of Ontario from Pennsylvania in 1800. The ...Keywords: GenealogySwissMennonitesPennsylvania GermansMoyer familyMoyer IsaacMoyer Esther Weber (m. Isaac)Moyer SamuelMoyer Magdalena Houser (m. Samuel)Moyer Sarah Snider (m. Isaac)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1860-1970Export options:An archaeological perspective of an historic overview of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Type: ReportAbstract: A survey of the context for identifying historic properties in both rural and urban areas. Following a general introduction, the report is organized by the seven post- 1972 municipalities, the ...Keywords: ArchaeologyEnvironment UrbanCulture MaterialHistoric sitesBuildings HeritageMapsPlace namesSettlement processVillagesLandscape CulturalYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1798-1972Export options:Archaeology Division, Regional Municipality of Waterloo: results of the 1988 field season
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Summaries of archaeological activities, including excavations at the Harvie Cemetery, a side porch midden in Wilmot Township, the Sandrock Site, and a site in the Aberdeen-Doon area.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1806-1988Export options:Archaeology Division, Regional Municipality of Waterloo: results of the 1989 field season
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Short descriptions of excavations at the Helmuth, Nuhrgang, Morningside, and Solomon Sites, as well as investigations of corduroy roads at Bleams Road and Columbia Street.Keywords: ArchaeologyRoads CorduroyYear of publication: 1991Export options:Blair Memorial Cemetery (CC#4501): old and new sections, Waterloo Township Lot #4, Beasley's Old Survey
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and plans of markers in both parts of the cemetery, with an index to about 900 names. The first burial is dated 1804.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1804-1975Export options:Comments on the Blair Cemetery records
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription with plan of the old section only of the cemetery. This report replicates part of the report on the Blair Memorial Cemetery described in record D-1057.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1804-1920Export options:Pennsylvania German dialect: Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, and Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings, and short conversations, with English translations: also the life story of a Pennsylvania German boy growing up, and what life is like as an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanMennonitesWaterloo CountyDictionariesProverbsFolkloreBiographiesDialectsYear of publication: 1977Export options:The Old-Order Mennonite wedding and highlights of their social life
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of Old Order Mennonite weddings in Waterloo County, with particular reference to the author's marriage in 1922. Customs include the wedding feast, the hiding of the bride's shoes by ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1922-1977Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect and the Life of an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options: