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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bethel United Church Cemetery (CC#4553): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 30, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 58 markers by numbered rows, with an index of all names. The introduction summarizes the history of the church which was built in 1861 as part of a circuit based in Bright, Oxford ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1861-1986Export options:Canadian Amish Mennonite Roots in Pennsylvania
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces the migration from Pennsylvania and settlement in what are now York and Waterloo counties, Ontario, of the Troyer, Stoltzfus, Schwartzentruber, and other Amish families.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1835Export options:Checklist of parish registers
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of all registers held at the Public Archives of Canada that are on microfilm. Records listed for Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Baden, Berlin, Breslau, Cambridge, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Church recordsBirth registersDeathsMarriage registersBirthsMarriageChurches PresbyterianChurches CatholicChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1951Export options:Culture and community, Kitchener, 1911-1939: Music, radio, film, and theatre
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis is an investigation of the ethnically unique community of Berlin/Kitchener and its reaction to the coming of mass cultural influences. German culture was more dominant when this period ...Year of publication: 1996Export options:Early Mennonite migrations from Pennsylvania and subsequent settlements in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A useful summary of settlement in what became Waterloo, Woolwich and Wilmot Townships, in the context of Upper Canada generally. The author recounts the dealings with Richard Beasley and other ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Fugitive slaves and free Americans in Canada West before 1860
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of research sources used in the author's thesis about black settlement and experience in the Queen's Bush. Most fugitive slaves were illiterate, and their settlement is marked only by ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:Highlights of Self-employment of Ethnocultural Groups in Canada: report 4 : German, Italian, Jewish, Polish, Ukrainian and Dutch groups in selected industries (in Canada, Ontario, Toronto). [Microfiche]
Type: BookKeywords: GermansTorontoEmploymentYear of publication: 1986Export options:Multiculturalism, Jews and identities in Canada
Type: BookKeywords: JewsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:Neo-Nazis in Toronto: the Allan Gardens Riot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the demographics of Jews in Canada, where in the late 1950's some 13-15% of Canadian Jews were Holocaust survivors, with reference to their role in the larger Jewish community and to the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsAnti-Nazi MovementsYear of publication: 1996Export options:Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, formerly Biehn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4554): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 24, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of about 50 markers. The introduction notes that the Nith Valley Mennonite Church, formerly Biehn Mennonite Church, was originally built in 1870 on land given by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1870-1986Export options: