The Johannes Schwab Family

The Johannes Schwab Family
Author: James Jonas Swab
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1994
Genre:
ISBN:

The immigrant ancestor Johannes (Jacob) Schwab (1720-1785) was born in Germany, and came to America on the ship "Halifax" arriving in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1754. In 1760/61 he appears as a renter on the Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., Pa. tax list. He appears on the Bethel Twp. tax list from 1762 until his death in 1785. Descendants and family members live in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Montana and elsewhere.

Pennsylvania Births

Pennsylvania Births
Author: John T. Humphrey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2006
Genre: Carbon County (Pa.)
ISBN: 9781887609203

Arranged alphabetical within each county.

Mennonite Arts

Mennonite Arts
Author: Clarke Hess
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2002
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The rich and diverse arts practiced by the distinctive Mennonite communities in Europe, Pennsylvania, and Canada over a 300-year period are presented. A host of newly recognized Mennonite artisans of traditional quilts, furniture, wood carvings, and fraktur, are introduced, and many are displayed here in the hundreds of color images.

A Choosing People

A Choosing People
Author: Don A. Sanford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780881462845

A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists documents the history of this oldest Sabbathkeeping Christian denomination within the framework of both religious and secular history from the Reformation in Europe to modern times in America. Originally published in 1992, this book has been thoroughly updated to the present, this new edition brings greater accuracy and thoroughness to this engaging history of the choices, struggles, and beliefs of Seventh Day Baptists.

An Early Eighteenth Century Reformed Church

An Early Eighteenth Century Reformed Church
Author: St. Peter's Reformed Church (Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1934
Genre:
ISBN:

These records are from St. Peters Reformed Church in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and from the surrounding area.