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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:Index to The beginning of things in Wellington and Waterloo Counties with particular reference to Guelph, Galt and Kitchener (1935)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to A.E. Byerly's history that includes nearly 3,000 entries, most of them personal names.Keywords: IndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1816-1870Export options:Name/subject index to Waterloo County diary by Bill Moyer
Type: ReportAbstract: Index of nearly 500 entries, mainly persons, mentioned in Moyer's book.Keywords: IndexesWaterloo CountyGermansYear of publication: 1986Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335): 751 Fountain Street North, Lot 26, Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: This index is a revision of one done in 1987 by Dona Madill.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1846-1995Export options:Romanus-Buchlain (little Romani or Gypsey book): an 18th-century collection of mystical or sympathetic folk charms donated to Waterloo Historical Society in 1930-1931
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: 18th centuryYear of publication: 2017Historical Period: 1700sExport options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:The Pennsylvania-German Wunder-Fisch (Marvel-Fish) Manuscript
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The manuscript housed in the Joseph Schneider Haus museum in Kitchener, Ontario is put in historical context, compared with similar documents held in other locations, and analyzed for its religious ...Year of publication: 2012Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume II
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The floodgate}; {Hespeler, New Hope, C.W.}; {Hespeler yarns}; {La rue de commerce}; {Lot six in the third of Waterloo}; {Pine Bush genealogy}; and {Waterloo ...Keywords: Historical sourcesIndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1857-1957Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume I
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The beginning of things in Waterloo and Wellington Counties}; {Early history of the Township of Erin}; {Let's reminisce}; {The Maple Leaf Journal: a ...Keywords: IndexesHistorical sourcesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options: