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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A representative list of holdings for the use of genealogical workers
Type: BookAbstract: A select bibliography of genealogical works for the Waterloo-Wellington area held by the libraries of Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University or University of Guelph ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:Canadian Encyclopedia
Type: BookAbstract: Includes major entries for Germans, Germanic literature, Germanic fraktur and calligraphy, Mennonites, and Kitchener- Waterloo with brief entries for Galt, Hespeler, Cambridge, Elmira, New Hamburg, ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:Cultural link, Kanada-Deutschland : Festschrift zum dreissigjährigen Bestehen eines akademischen Austauschs
Type: BookKeywords: University of WaterlooEducational exchangesUniversität MannheimLiterature Study and teachingYear of publication: 2003Export options:Guide to local history materials: Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library
Type: BookAbstract: Arranged in three sections: books held in the collection, books (and other sources) relating to Waterloo County available in the Genealogical Society Library of Utah, and archives. References to ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1830-1940Export options:Narrative of a journey to Manitoba: together with an abstract of the Dominion Lands Act and an extract from the Government pamphlet on Manitoba
Type: BookAbstract: A government publication describing the journey made by Waterloo County native Jacob Y. Shantz to Manitoba, in order to help new Mennonite immigrants from Russia (Ukraine) settle in that province. ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesSettlementYear of publication: 1873Historical Period: 1870-1873Export options:Simple life Fretz: a kitchen table memoir of the first Mennonite sociologist
Type: BookAbstract:"The engaging life story of J. Winfield Fretz, the first Mennonite sociologist, told in his personable voice from childhood days on a Pennsylvania farm through the years as a student, professor, ...
Keywords: BiographyMennonitesSociologyYear of publication: 2016Export options:Through a changing landscape: photographing place and community in Waterloo Region
Type: BookAbstract:"What makes Waterloo Region unique? What defines a sense of place? Seventy-five carefully chosen photographs depict the elements that collectively make Waterloo Region's urban landscape different ...
Year of publication: 2022Export options:Twenty-five fine books at the University
Type: BookAbstract: A catalogue celebrating the 25th anniversary of the University. Items relevant to the history of Waterloo County are the hymnal and juvenile instruction book compiled by Benjamin Eby and printed in ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1836-1920Export options:Waterloo County Land Registration copy books: index to finding aid
Type: BookAbstract: A copy of a general introduction to Ontario land registry copy books and a list of the Waterloo County series available at the University of Waterloo.Keywords: Land registrationYear of publication: 197Historical Period: 1789-1972Export options:Winter studies and summer rambles
Type: BookAbstract: Impressions of Upper Canada by a perceptive woman who travelled to the inland settlements and wrote especially about the wives of immigrants. In the 1852 edition entitled {Sketches in Canada and ...Year of publication: 1838Historical Period: 1800-1852Export options: