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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Waterloo County births 1872-1873 as recorded by Waterloo County registrars: original records are in the collection of the Waterloo Historical Society, Kitchener Public Library
Type: ReportAbstract: Based on the original report produced by Eldon Weber in 1974, this edition has reproduced Weber's information and added name indexes of parents and children. It gives a transcript of all births by ...Keywords: IndexesBirthsOccupationsStatisticsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1872-1873Export options:Waterloo County councillors: a collective biography
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles of the 545 men and two women who served on the Waterloo County Council between 1852 and 1972 (when the county was succeeded by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo). The introductory essay ...Keywords: PoliticiansWaterloo CountyAyrBadenBambergBerlin (Ontario)BlairBloomingdaleBranchtonBreslau (Ontario)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History
Type: BookAbstract: Annotated bibliographic references to about 890 books, 620 booklets, 540 reports, 290 theses, and 1,850 articles and notes, as well as newspapers, chapters in books, directory series, gazetteers and ...Keywords: BibliographiesIndexesAgricultureArchitectureArchive recordsBiographiesBusinessesCemeteriesChurchesUrbanizationYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1800-1990Export options:Waterloo wills: a genealogical index in two volumes of wills and related estate documents, 19th century registry office records, County of Waterloo
Type: BookAbstract: An index with over fifteen thousand entries of personal names found in wills, dating from 1798-1900, held at the Waterloo County Land Registry Office. An historical review, maps, chronology, an ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1798-1900Export options:West Montrose Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4588): German Company Tract, lot 72, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of thirty headstones, with an index of names. The earliest burial was in 1954.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1954-1990Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Why, Grossdaudy?
Type: BookAbstract: A sequel to "Separate and peculiar", using the convention of a conversation between grandfather and grandson, supported by biblical texts, to explain differences between Mennonites and the larger ...Keywords: Mennonites (Old Order)Customs and traditionsEthnic identityFood customsWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 1985Export options:Winterbourne Mennonite Cemetery (CC#1675): Broken Front east of Grand lot 5, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of 23 markers, indexed with a small plan of the cemetery's location.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1967-1991Export options:Wolfenberg (Wolfenburg-Wolfenberger)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical chart of the families of Christian and John Frederick Christopher, both of whom left Prussia and settled in Berlin between 1850 and 1860. An introduction gives background information ...Keywords: SettlersGermansGenealogyWolfenberg familyWolfenberg ChristianWolfenberg John Frederick ChristopherPrussiaBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1995Export options:Your heritage
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of two German families, the Schendels and Koppesers, containing stories and reminiscences of life in Kitchener from the 1930s to the 1990s.Keywords: GenealogySchendel familyKoppeser familyKitchenerWorld War IIGermansLang Tannery BerlinSunshine-Waterloo CountyHesse (Germany)Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1869-1993Export options: