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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Breithaupt papers return to Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the discovery in 1987 of manuscripts, diaries and letters, now part of the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. In ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: c1850-c1950Export options:Church register of H.W. Peterson, 1833-1835
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcribed and indexed extracts from the record book kept in Berlin in the early 1830s. Details are provided of about 125 births, baptisms, confirmations and burials conducted by visiting clergymen ...Keywords: Baptismal recordsBirthsBurialsChurchesClergyDeathsFuneralsGerman languageMarriage registersYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1833-1835Export options:Family Documents Re-united in University Archives
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article about a recent addition to the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. A significant part of the donation is the birth- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1807-1856Export 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:German children care for creation
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: Churches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:German children care for creation
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: Churches MennoniteGermansYear of publication: 2022Export 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:In search of freedom: early blacks in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of black settlement with biographies of notable personalities such as the barber and politician Peter Edward Susand, teacher John Frederick Augustus Sykes Fayette, and Robert Sutherland ...Keywords: Black peopleTeachersEducationProperty rightsJubileesSchools PublicLawyersClergyPoliticiansElections MunicipalYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1834-1900Export options:Index to marriages from the record book
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to over 500 marriages, listing names of spouses with dates of the marriages.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1839-1847Export options:Mennonite names
Type: Magazine ArticleYear of publication: 2020Export options: