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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The Jews of Toronto: A History to 1937
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1975Export options:The links that bind: the Harvie Family nineteenth-century burying ground
Type: ReportAbstract: An account of the results of an excavation of a pioneer family cemetery, with reflections on the ability to trace genealogy through archaeology and osteology.Keywords: ArchaeologyArtifactsCemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1816-1900Export options:The Peter Martin House Restoration: a Photographic Essay
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1820's-30'sExport options:The service
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of an address about the contribution of the Amish to Wilmot Township, given at the Waterloo Historical Society's meeting in June 1975, on the same day that a plaque was unveiled at Steinmann ...Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1824-1975Export options:The sociology of Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish: a bibliography with annotations, 1977-1990
Type: BookAbstract: A companion volume updating and expanding the 1977 bibliography by the same author. There are critical annotations for bibliographies and encyclopedias, books and pamphlets, articles and theses. An ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1977-1990Export options:The Swiss in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Swiss experience in Ontario, with chapters on the Pennsylvania Mennonites and European Amish in Waterloo County. The author refers to Waterloo Swiss pioneers including the Bettschen ...Keywords: AmishMennonitesBiographiesSwissPennsylvania GermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityOntarioWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1800-1991Export options:The Swiss Move to Almaguin [Ontario, Canada]
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the Canadian government's promotional efforts to lure Swiss farmers to immigrate in the 1870's, notes one group of immigrants who arrived in Ontario in 1875, and briefly sketches the lives ...Keywords: AlmaguinSwissBrand GottliebYear of publication: 1991Export options:Three charts of the Timm family
Type: ReportAbstract: Two genealogical charts and a map of the Timm family's home villages in Germany, produced as a supplement to the family history by Barbara Timm Arndt.Keywords: GenealogyTimm familyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1869-1991Export options:Tracing the descendants of John and Mary Ruppel
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised edition of a 1971 genealogical chart, tracing the family of a German who came to Berlin in 1852 and settled in Elmira a year later.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanRuppel FamilyRuppel JohnRuppel Mary Huehn (m. John)Kress familyBorth familyPeters familyMilne FamilySchlitt familyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1827-1975Export options: