TY - ENCYC KW - Settlers KW - Germans KW - Pennsylvania Germans KW - Agriculture KW - Amish KW - Lutherans KW - Mennonites KW - Tunkers KW - Ethnic identity KW - Maps KW - Industries KW - Land ownership KW - Religious buildings KW - War 1812 KW - Immigration KW - Beasley Richard KW - Dickson William KW - Eby Benjamin KW - Bricker Samuel KW - Betzner Samuel Jr KW - Nafziger Christian KW - Biehn John KW - Bechtel George KW - Hespeler Jacob AU - George Reaman AB - An account of the migration to North America by ten different European religious groups, notably the Mennonites. The references to Waterloo County (pp. 108-113 and 122-124) relate initial difficulties with land claims, the effect of the War of 1812, and the establishment of early communities and industries. There are brief profiles of early leaders such as Joseph Schoerg, John Biehn, George Bechtel, Sam Betzner Jr, Sam Bricker, John Erb, Benjamin Eby, William Dickson, Absalom Shade, Christian Nafziger and Jacob Hespeler. C1 - Beasley, Richard; Dickson, William; Eby, Benjamin; Bricker, Samuel; Betzner, Samuel, Jr; Nafziger, Christian; Biehn, John; Bechtel, George; Hespeler, Jacob C2 - German Company C3 - Waterloo Co C4 - 1800-1830 C7 - English(30) CY - Toronto DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre-1993 items are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1396 LA - English M1 - Book, Whole M3 - Print(0) PB - McClelland and Stewart PP - Toronto PY - 1957 EP - 267 p. ill. EP - index EP - maps EP - tables EP - bibl.+ T1 - The trail of the black walnut ER -