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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Grand River Valley
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of journeys around Ontario, including observations on Galt, Preston, Breslau, Conestogo and West Montrose. The author describes the contemporary communities and evokes their historical ...Year of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1816-1937Export options:The history of Waterloo County: a Story courage, vision, progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical outline to mark a century of county government. The author is most concerned with early settlement by Mennonites, Amish and European Germans before 1850, but she mentions the ...Year of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1800-1950Export options:The story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options: