@article{738, keywords = {Mennonites, Catholicism, Waterloo County, Eby Ezra E., Berlin (Ontario)}, author = {Theobald Spetz}, title = {The importance of local history}, abstract = {A short address to the Waterloo Historical Society, mentioning Ezra Eby's biographical dictionary of the Mennonite settlers of Waterloo County, the work of Hon. James Young and W.H. Smith's gazetteer of Canada West, and the speaker's own efforts to collect information about the history of the Catholic Church in Waterloo County.}, year = {1913}, journal = {Waterloo Historical Society}, volume = {1}, number = {Journal Article}, pages = {16-18, }, language = {English}, }