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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:Pennsylvania-German rhymes and sayings
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A collection of about 15 short poems written in dialect with an English translation. The topics of the verses vary from weather predictions to children's nonsense rhymes and a general acceptance of ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1800-1976Export options:Principal immigration groups of Waterloo County: from a display card in the History Tent at the International Plowing Match, 1954
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Information about the main ethnic groups of Waterloo County (Mennonites, Scots, Germans, English, Native Canadians and Russian Mennonites), arranged chronologically and telling where they settled.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1800-1945Export options:The German-Canadian Review: a quarterly, published in cooperation with the Goettingen Research Committee into the Refugee and Expellee Problem
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the monthly bulletin produced by the Canadian Society for German Relief to assist German-speaking immigrants. In 1954 the review was published in Manitoba and focused on the ...Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1954-1956Export options: