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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bill Moyer's Waterloo County diary
Type: BookAbstract: Brief historical sketches about places, industries, prominent people and families. Interesting facts are also described about aspects of daily life from hex signs to weather predictions.Keywords: GermansMennonitesMilitary conscriptionWar 1812FestivalsCustoms and traditionsBiographiesIndustriesFood customsBusinessesYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:Births, deaths and marriages in Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung, 1835-1840
Type: ReportAbstract: A listing of names, dates of events, and dates recorded in the newspaper, prefaced by a brief introduction to the journal and its owner, Henry William Peterson.Keywords: GenealogyNewspapersGerman languageBirthsDeathsMarriagePeterson Henry WilliamCanada Museum und Allgemeine ZeitungDer Deutsche CanadierWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1835-1840Export options:Bishop Benjamin Eby
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch of the spiritual leader of the early Mennonites in Waterloo County.Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesDiseasesClergyTeachersNewspapersIndustriesPublishersSchoolsYear of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options:Canada Morgenstern
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Keywords: GermansNewspapersWaterlooYear of publication: 1839Export options:Canada Museum
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 183Export options:Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: Founded by H.W. Peterson, this weekly was the first to be published in Waterloo County and among the first German-language newspapers in Canada. It ceased publication when Peterson was appointed ...Year of publication: 1835Historical Period: 1835-1840Export options:Canada Museum und allgemeine Zeitung ...
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Year of publication: 1888Export options:Canadian-German Folklore
Type: BookAbstract: A publication series produced irregularly by the society that was founded in 1951 by people such as Mabel Dunham and G.E. Reaman; the society assisted in organizing the Ontario Genealogical Society ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGerman languageDialectsTweedsmuir historiesGenealogyFood customsIndigenous peoplesAgricultureFolkloreFolk artYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1784-1991Export options:Canadisches Volksblatt
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A weekly German-language newspaper which was founded in May 1859 by George Reynolds and later absorbed "Der Neu-Hamburger Neutrale". In 1909 the paper merged with "Der Canadische Kolonist" when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1909Export options:Charles W. Schierholtz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary of Schierholtz (1859-1953) who owned "The Elmira Advertiser" until 1916 when it amalgamated with "The Elmira Signet".Year of publication: 1953Historical Period: 1859-1953Export options: