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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Death and Ethnicity: Swiss-German Mennonite Gravestones of the 'Pennsylvania Style' (1804-54) in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many of the Mennonite tombstones in Waterloo County are stylistically similar to Pennsylvania-German tombstones, particularly with respect to construction features, design, the use of motifs, and the ...Year of publication: 1982Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:Index to The beginning of things in Wellington and Waterloo Counties with particular reference to Guelph, Galt and Kitchener (1935)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to A.E. Byerly's history that includes nearly 3,000 entries, most of them personal names.Keywords: IndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1816-1870Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options:Mennonite Folk Art of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Waterloo CountyFolk artMennonitesYear of publication: 1968Export options:Minerva Hoffman Martin and Simeon Eby Martin: two Swiss-German Mennonite folk artists of the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options:Name/subject index to Waterloo County diary by Bill Moyer
Type: ReportAbstract: Index of nearly 500 entries, mainly persons, mentioned in Moyer's book.Keywords: IndexesWaterloo CountyGermansYear of publication: 1986Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335): 751 Fountain Street North, Lot 26, Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: This index is a revision of one done in 1987 by Dona Madill.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1846-1995Export options:'See the Vernal Landscape Glowing': the Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Swiss-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, in western Ontario, have a long tradition of seeing the landscape as a spiritual metaphor. Early settlement is often seen as the creation of a small, ...Year of publication: 1983Export options:Swiss-German and Dutch-German Mennonite traditional art in the Waterloo region, Ontario.
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options: