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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Guide to historical resources in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Type: BookAbstract: A very useful guide to primary source materials on the Waterloo region, compiled mainly from responses to a questionnaire sent to businesses, churches, voluntary organizations of all kinds, ...Keywords: Archive recordsReligious buildingsAssociations and clubsSchoolsWomen's InstitutesWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Hallman Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6703): Conc. 11, Lot 31, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 62 markers on the one-acre plot originally deeded by Adam Unger in 1847 in trust to Jacob Detweiler for a meeting house and burying ground. The introduction notes that services ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1847-1900Export options:Harvest of stones: the German settlement in Renfrew County
Type: BookKeywords: Renfrew CountyGermansSettlersYear of publication: 1985Export options:Harvey W. Taves: one of Christ's men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to the achievements of Harvey Taves (1926-1965), the last director of the Canadian headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee in Kitchener which closed in 1964, and one of ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1965Export options:History of the Isaac B. Snider family: 1841-1921
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated list of descendants of Isaac Bingeman Snider and Nancy Sittler who settled near German Mills in about 1861. Birth and death dates for all of their thirteen children are given as well as ...Keywords: GenealogySnider FamilySnider Isaac B.Snider Nancy SittlerGerman MillsWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1861-1985Export options:Holocaust hoaxer on trial in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Ernst Zundel was convicted for claiming that the Holocaust was a hoax under a little-used Canadian law against publishing untruths that might cause racial or social intolerance. Zundel was born in ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:Index to births, deaths and marriages published in the Hamburger Beobachter, 1855- 1856, transcribed from the originals in the Kitchener Public Library and translated
Type: ReportAbstract: A chronological index prefaced by a brief history and description of the contents of the newspaper. The compiler observes that few notices of family events were placed in this weekly paper.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1855-1856Export options:Index to the Official family register of the belonging souls of the community of New Germany with statement of their names and ages: a census of the Roman Catholic families
Type: BookAbstract: Index to a manuscript register originally compiled in February 1866. In all, 195 family names are indexed, with forenames of all persons recorded; 77 family names, each with at least 8 members ...Keywords: IndexesGenealogyFamiliesManuscriptsYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1865-1866Export options:Inventory of archival and primary sources: Guelph and Wellington County to 1940
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive research tool created with the help of InMagic software. Annotated references are organized in sections for: government records, business records, church records, voluntary ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1940Export options:Jacob and Johannes Roos
Type: ReportAbstract: Text of a speech to the Waterloo- Wellington Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society about descendants of two German families who settled in Preston and Wilmot Township. A photocopy of a letter ...Keywords: GenealogyRoos familyRoos JacobRoos MargaretRoos JohnRoos Maria Bronner (m. John)Roos CharlesRoos Elizabeth Zing (m. Charles)Roos GeorgeRoos Katherine Schmidt (m. George)Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1813-1985Export options: