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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A representative list of holdings for the use of genealogical workers
Type: BookAbstract: A select bibliography of genealogical works for the Waterloo-Wellington area held by the libraries of Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University or University of Guelph ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:Berlin Daily News
Type: BookAbstract: The first daily newspaper in Waterloo County, founded in 1878 by P.E.W. Moyer. Following Moyer's death, the paper combined with the "Berlin Daily Record" in late January 1897, becoming the "Berlin ...Keywords: NewspapersPublishersImprintsBerlin Daily NewsBerlin Daily News RecordBerlin Daily RecordMoyer P.E.W.Year of publication: 1878Historical Period: 1878-1897Export options:Berlin, Ontario, 1916
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the 1916 Berlin assessment rolls, the first year for which there is a complete assessment record. The author concludes that by 1916 the German entrepreneurial elite was being ...Keywords: OccupationsSchoolsDemographic statisticsBusinessesIndustriesEthnic groupsEthnic identityGermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 197Historical Period: 1912-1916Export options:Berliner Journal
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly that carried local, provincial, national and international news. Each issue varied in length from 8 to 12 pages and included advertisements by local merchants, articles on ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1917Export options:Bertha Mabel Dunham
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the chief librarian of the Kitchener Public Library, including details of her leading roles in local associations.Keywords: BiographiesLibrariansOccupationsWomenMennonitesDunham B. MabelDunham Magdalena EbyDunham MartinBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1900-1926Export options:Canada Kalender
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as the time the sun rises and sets, weather predictions, holidays, seasons, astrological and astronomical data, ...Year of publication: 1849Historical Period: 1847-1920Export 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:Canadiana Germanica: a journal for German- Canadian Studies and news bulletin of the German-Canadian Historical Association and the Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada Ont.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A quarterly publication with articles in both English and German on German-Canadians. Many are transcripts or facsimiles of articles in other periodicals such as the "Kitchener-Waterloo Record". ...Keywords: GermansEthnic identityIndexesPeriodicalsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansOntarioWaterloo CountyAssociations and clubsYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1799-1992Export 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:Copy of Pastor Bindemann's records, 1835- 1864
Type: BookAbstract: Lists of baptisms, marriages, deaths and confirmations compiled by the pioneer Lutheran pastor who officiated at many early Protestant ceremonies in Waterloo County. Most entries are in English, but ...Year of publication: 1865Historical Period: 1835-1864Export options: