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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
My mother tongue
Type: BookAbstract: Materials for teachers on the four settler groups of the Waterloo area, the Mohawks, the Pennsylvania-Germans, the Germans and the Scots. Printed material, slides and audio cassettes are provided on ...Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identityTeachersIndigenous peoplesPennsylvania GermansGaelicGerman languagePoetryEducationChildrenYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1850Export options:New Dundee Cemetery (CC#4561): Block B, Concession III, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of more than 450 markers dating from the 1870s to the present. The introduction notes that the first burial ground was located on the farm of Frederick ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1876-1986Export options:Old Christner Cemetery (CC#4548): North Schneider's Road, Lot 23 Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 23 markers in the long unused cemetery located one mile north of New Hamburg, near the border with Perth County. The introduction notes that the cemetery was used by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings StoneYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1841-1919Export options:Ontario and the First World War, 1914-1918 : a collection of documents
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Ontario ethno-cultural newspapers, 1835- 1972: an annotated checklist
Type: BookAbstract: A listing including the German-language press of Waterloo County. Entries include the title of the newspaper as it appears on the masthead, place of publication, frequency, language(s) of publication ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1835-1972Export options:Ontario fraktur : a Pennsylvania-German folk tradition in early Canada
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansFrakturFolk artYear of publication: 1977Export options:Passages out of my life
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of the Russian-born Mennonite who immigrated to Canada in 1923. Presented as a collection of snippets, the work provides insight into his character through his use of humour. Rempel ...Keywords: BiographiesRussian MennonitesDepressionsRempel HenryKitchener UpholsteryMennonite Brethren Church KitchenerWaterlooKitchenerYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1907-1977Export options:Pennsylvania German dialect: Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, and Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings, and short conversations, with English translations: also the life story of a Pennsylvania German boy growing up, and what life is like as an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanMennonitesWaterloo CountyDictionariesProverbsFolkloreBiographiesDialectsYear of publication: 1977Export options:Pioneer hamlets of York
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Place names in historical geography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the value of place names as an indicator of ethnicity in the area shown on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map.Keywords: Place namesEthnic groupsGermansGermanYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options: