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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Resources for local history and genealogical research
Type: BookAbstract: A list of resource materials located in the Kitchener Public Library, including municipal, county, business, church and family histories as well as primary sources such as census records, directories ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: c1800-1983Export options:Richard Beasley and the German companies
Type: BookYear of publication: 2005Export options:Schneider, Snider and Snyders: the descendants of Hannes, 1534 and Catherine (Haus) of Berne Switzerland and Jacob, 1764- 1853 (Bloomingdale)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, based on historical sources, of the ancestors and descendants of the three Schneider brothers, Jacob, Joseph and Christian, who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century. Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBloomingdaleDoonBerlin (Ontario)Berne SwitzerlandSchneider familySnider FamilySnyder familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:Schnitz and plum pudding: a family history of the Brake-Break-Brech, the Cosens, the Kraft, the Wismer families
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family with Pennsylvania Dutch and English origins. Many of its members came first to Waterloo County, moving on to Michigan. Autobiographical details of the author, reminiscences of ...Keywords: GenealogyFood customsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesImmigrationCustoms and traditionsBreslau (Ontario)Wilmot TownshipBlairYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1806-1992Export options:Shoemaker pioneers: the early genealogy and history of the colonial Shoemaker families who came to America before the revolution
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Shoemaker family in the United States that mentions the families of John and Mary Schantz and George and Maria Detweller, both of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShoemaker familyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1820-1864Export options:Siedlungspfälzisch im Kreis Waterloo, Ontario, Kanada
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the Pennsylvania-German dialect (ideolect) as it was spoken in the county in 1969. The book contains the texts, in phonetic transcription with a translation in High German, of interviews ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1968-1969Export options:St. Agatha Mennonite Cemetery, CC#4569, 1967 Erb's Road West (formerly Concession South of Erb's Road, Lot 8), Wilmot Township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario (formerly Waterloo County)
Type: BookKeywords: WaterlooCemeteriesMennonitesYear of publication: 2014Export options:Steinman Mennonite Cemetery, CC#4570 : 1317 Snyder's Road West (Concession South of Snyder's Road West, Lot 18), Baden, Wilmot Township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario (formerly Waterloo County)
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesCemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 2014Export options:Study of a Waterloo Co. Pennsylvania German barn
Type: BookKeywords: BarnsPennsylvania GermansWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1978Export options:"Such is life among the good Germans": singing German identities in Waterloo County, 1874-1912
Type: BookKeywords: MusicWaterloo CountyGermannessYear of publication: 2000Export options: