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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
'Till they get tidings from those who are gone...': Thomas Sockett and letters from Petworth emigrants
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of settlers' letters which were encouraged and published by promoters of a colonization project by which emigrants from the southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1832-1837Export 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:Wilhelm Cemetery (CC#4573): Wilmot Township, South Erb's Road, Lot 13
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 50 markers in the cemetery that was founded in the 1830s. The location is described as facing Shantz Mennonite Church and Cemetery across the road, with a school ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1952Export options:William Weicker family
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of photographs, newspapers, songs, correspondence and eulogies, compiled to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the family of William and Emma's Jungblut's return to Kitchener from ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1906-1987Export 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: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: