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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Freeport Pioneer Cemetery (CC#5432): Riverbank Drive, Broken Front Lot 14, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 100 markers in the half-acre burial ground which dates from 1818.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1818-1950Export options:Freie Presse
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A weekly German-language newspaper first published by Hett and Buchhaupt in 1886. A year later it was owned by the Freie Presse Actien-Gesellschaft and edited by C. Hartmann. Microfilm copies are ...Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1886-1888Export options:Friendly favourites: a collection of favourite recipes from the Markham Waterloo Mennonite girls born in the year of 1995
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesMarkhamWaterlooFood customsYear of publication: 2018Historical Period: 1995-2000sExport options:Friendships forged at German Mills: the Zeller and Berge families
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Zeller familyBergey familyGerman MillsYear of publication: 2018Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:From Berlin to the Trek of the Conestoga: a Revisionist Approach to Waterloo County's German Identity
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Citizens of Waterloo County, Ontario, created a new founding myth after World War I to portray their German heritage as indirect and loyal to Canadian institutions. Although Waterloo County and the ...Keywords: Waterloo CountyEthnic identityYear of publication: 1999Export options:From Dörr to Dare: a sweet shop's history through the linguistic landscape
Type: BookAbstract:Graduate student paper prepared for GER 701: Linguistic Landscapes.
Keywords: Language useYear of publication: 2022Export options:From forge to farm
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the emigration of Valentin and Anna Gertrude Ratz from Germany in 1828, based largely on the memories and family traditions contained in a 1918 letter by Jacob Ratz, who was an infant ...Keywords: Settlers GermanBlacksmithsSaw mill industryGenealogyRatz JacobRatz ValentinRatz Anna Gertrude (m. Valentin)Wilmot Centre CemeteryHessen GermanyAlsfeld Hessen GermanyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1828-1918Export options:From his fulness: a brief survey of the history of the Vineland Mennonite Brethren Church, 1932-1937-1962
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesVinelandYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1932-1962Export options:From Modal Auxiliary to Lexical Verb: The Curious Case of Pennsylvania German Wotte
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: German (New High)Pennsylvania GermanWaterlooMorphology (linguistics)SemanticsModality (linguistics)Mennonites (Old Order)Year of publication: 1998Export options: