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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Keeping our tradition: 60 years of service, 1954-2014
Type: BookKeywords: OntarioPennsylvania GermansPennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario York ChapterYork CountyYear of publication: 2015Historical Period: 1954-2014Export options:Kinzie-Bean Cemetery (CC#5425): Biehn Tract Lot 1, Waterloo Township (now Mill Park Drive, Kitchener, west of Doon)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and index of about 80 surviving markers and monuments in the cemetery located on the original farm of John Biehn who came from Montgomery County, PA in 1800. Biehn's son-in-law, Dilman ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:Lieder-Sammlung commentary: self-helps for the Gemeinschaftliche Lieder-Sammlung
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesMusicHymnsYear of publication: 1987Export options:Limerick Cornell Cemetery (CC#5417): Broken Front Concession, East of the Grand, Lot 9, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with an index, of some 31 stones that were moved in about 1967, from the original location on the west side of Highway 8 about one mile north of Preston, to a location beside Doon ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1810-1900Export options:Linwood Cemeteries: St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4541), Concession XI, Lot 11; Linwood Union Cemetery (CC#4531), Concession
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 190 stones in St Peter's Cemetery, founded for the German- speaking people of the community in about 1900, and of the 135 stones in the Linwood Union Cemetery (used from about ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1860-1986Export options:Localities of landowners: assessment roll evidence, 1861-1951
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes and tables of social and land use data for assessed property-owners in ten sample localities of the township at 10-year intervals between 1861 and 1951. Introduced by an essay describing each ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1861-1951Export options:Maple View Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4532): Wellesley Township, West Concession II, Lot 11
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 336 stones, with index and plan. The introduction notes that a corner of the lot was first used by the McKee family as a burial ground. Half an acre was deeded in 1870 by ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1887-1987Export options:Memories of yesteryears
Type: BookAbstract: The autobiography of Lorne Shantz, born in 1906 on a farm near Philipsburg, describing his childhood and farm life. There are also genealogical charts and photographs of the Shantz family.Keywords: Shantz LorneShantz familyBiographiesFarmersGenealogyPhilipsburgWilmot Township20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1906-1987Export options:Mennonite cobbler : balancing faith and tradition in a turbulent world / Kenneth David Brubacher ; illustrated by Graeme MacKay
Type: BookYear of publication: 2015Export options:Mennonite community cookbook: favorite family recipes
Type: BookKeywords: Mennonite cookingCommunityFood customsYear of publication: 2015Export options: