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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Economic revitalization in St Jacobs, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the recent transformation of St Jacobs as a tourist attraction, following the village's long decline in business and population from 1881. The author outlines some of the specific agents ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options:Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery (CC#4585): now Calvary United Church Cemetery, German Company Tract Lot 37, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 500 stones with an index. The introduction notes that the Evangelical Association organized its church in St Jacobs in 1848. The cemetery occupies the site of the original log ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings LogYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:Newborn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6439): Woolwich Township, GCT Lot 38
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of eight markers in the small cemetery adjoining a large white frame meeting house on the south side of the first road north of County Road 17, about two miles northwest of St Jacobs. ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1956-1986Export options:Saint Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery or Central Woolwich Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4583): Village of St Jacobs, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of over 300 markers with a plan and a name index.Keywords: CemeteriesInscriptionsGenealogyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1856-1990Export options:St Jacobs, Ontario: from declining village to thriving tourist community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the transformation of the village, including a discussion of agents and factors in its original development and recent "renaissance". The case of St Jacobs is set in the more theoretical ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options: