A Biographical History of the Swarr Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

A Biographical History of the Swarr Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Author: Jacob Mellinger Swarr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1909
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Peter Schwahr/Swarr was born in 1690 near Strasburg, Alsace, France. He married Adaline Bloomfing at Strasburg. They and their two oldest sons immigrated to America in 1716 and settled near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They had four more children born in Pennsylvania. Most descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania.

A Biographical History of Lancaster County

A Biographical History of Lancaster County
Author: Alexander Harris
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1872
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character.

A Biographical History of the Becker Family

A Biographical History of the Becker Family
Author: Leah B. Becker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN:

Valentine Becker and his three brothers (George, Conrad and Michael) immigrated in 1737 to America. Valentine settled in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1738, and died after 1795.

Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961

Mennonite Bibliography, 1631-1961
Author: A. J. Klassen
Publisher: Scottdale, Pa. ; Kitchener, Ont. : Herald Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1977
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780836112061

Nelson P. Springer and A. J. Klassen edited these two volumes which list information on writings by Mennonites and about Mennonites from 1631 to 1961. Includes more than 28,000 entries totaling 1,176 pages. Catalogs material published over the centuries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

The Earth is the Lord's

The Earth is the Lord's
Author: John L. Ruth
Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
Total Pages: 1402
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

John Landis Ruth adds folk memory to extensive documentation and careful explanation of key beliefs and practices in this 360-year story of faith in Lanacaster County. An indispensable source with lists of early immigrants, congregations, ordinations, and conference officers up to 1977, and a general chronology.