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  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deed abstracts & Revolutionary War oaths of allegiance; deed books "A" through "M", 1729 through ca. 1770, with adjoining landowners & witnesses. Compiled by R. Thomas Mayhill.Rev. and enl. ed.

    • Text
    • Knightstown, Ind., Bookmark, 1973.
    • 1973
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB PENN. L L221.65Offsite
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 74-935Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Journal of a tour to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the spring of 1828 (a trip across Pennsylvania). Edited by Raymond Martin Bell.

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    • Washington, Pa., 1973.
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 73-2637Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • 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history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character / by Alex Harris.

    • Text
    • Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974.
    • 1974-1872
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.,) 75-380Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Keller, David R. Nativism or Sectionalism: a history of the Know-Nothing Party in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

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    • 1971
  • Parochial registers, 1753-1915.

    • Text
    • [Hanover, Pa., F. S. Weiser, 1973]
    • 1973
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 75-91Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850. With an historical sketch and classified bibliography. Prepared by Eleanore Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin.

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    • Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1973.
    • 1973-1936
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB PENN. L L221.82Offsite
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 75-2023Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Hoelscher, Robert J. Thaddeus Stevens as a Lancaster Politician, 1842-1868.

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    • 1974
  • A way of life / by Jim Kinter ; original ill. by Michael Abel.

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    • Lancaster, [Pa.] : Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; Lititz, Pa. : distributed by Sutter House, 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-2298Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Mennonite research journal.

    • Lancaster, Pa.
    • 1960-1977
    • 1 Item
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    ISD (Lancaster Co.) 75-1144Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Pennsylvania rifle / by Samuel E. Dyke ; original ill. by Constantine Kermes.

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    • Lancaster [Pa.] : Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; Lititz, Pa. : co-published and distributed by Sutter House, 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSD 76-13Offsite
  • 1875 historical atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Compiled, drawn and published from personal examinations and surveys, by Everts & Steward. Reprinted 1976 ... Sponsored by the Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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    • Knightstown, Ind., The Bookmark, 1976.
    • 1976-1875
    • 1 Item
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    Text Map Div. 77-15Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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  • History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans.

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    • [Evansville, Ind., Unigraphic, 1974]
    • 1974-1883
    • 2 Items
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 75-1016 INDEXSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 75-1016Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lancaster County imprints from the German American Imprint Collection in the Franklin and Marshall College Library, by Elaine K. Dugan and Marilyn M. Kramer.

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    • 1975
  • Lancaster diary, 1776 : excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers, and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1776 / compiled by Walter F. Ayars III for the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee.

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    • [Lancaster, Pa.] : The Chapter, 1976 [c1975]
    • 1976-1975
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 77-2548Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850 / Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Stephen E. Kramer, III ; with a study of Lancaster County clock cases by John J. Snyder, Jr.

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    • New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MOF 78-186SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Clockmakers of Lancaster County and their clocks, 1750-1850 / Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr., Stephen E. Kramer, III ; with a study of Lancaster County clock cases by John J. Snyder, Jr.

    • Text
    • New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text JSF 78-233Offsite
  • Lancaster County churches in the Revolutionary War era.

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    • Lancaster : Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; Lititz, Pa. : distributed by Sutter House, 1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 78-954Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The military market basket / by John W. W. Loose ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.

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    • Lancaster [Pa.] : Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; Lititz, Pa. : distributed by Sutter House, 1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 78-1004Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Loyalists, pacifists, and prisoners / by Rollin C. Steinmetz ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.

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    • Lancaster [Pa.] : Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; Lititz, Pa. : distributed by Sutter House, 1976.
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 78-1003Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The Mirror.

    • Lancaster, Pa.
    • 1969-19
    • 2 Items
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    ISD (Lancaster Co.) 79-56 v. 1-9 (1969-1977)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    ISD (Lancaster Co.) 79-56 v. 10-14 (1978-1982)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Shank, Michael W. Rural Lancaster County technology of the 1850's. Lancaster Pa.: Schaff Library, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 1972. 37 p.: ill.

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    • 1972
  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deed abstracts & Revolutionary War oaths of allegiance; deed books "A" through "M", 1729 through ca. 1770, with adjoining landowners & witnesses. Compiled by R. Thomas Mayhill. Rev. and enl. ed.

    • Text
    • Knightstown, Ind., Bookmark, 1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 80-1675Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • David Bixler, folk artist / by Miriam E. Bixler.

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    • 1977
  • Ballance's meeting / [compiled by A. Day Bradley].

    • Text
    • [Hastings on Hudson, N. Y. : A. D. Bradley, 1977]
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 80-2045Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • History of Lancaster County : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania / by I. Daniel Rupp.

    • Text
    • Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Co., Publishers, 1984.
    • 1984-1844
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB PENN. L L221.62Offsite
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 84-1630Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Ancestors and descendants of Daniel Kendig, 1760-1809 and his wife, Ann Forrer, 1763-1852 of Lancaster County, Pa. [microform] / by Patricia Shaffer Frappier.

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    • Kettering, Ohio : P. Frappier, 1982.
    • 1982
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZI-456 no. 1-12Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A new index, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before the federal census / by Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde L. Groff.

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    • Hershey, PA (P.O. Box 207, Hershey 17033) : G.T. Hawbaker, c1981-
    • 1981-present
    • 4 Items
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 83-304 v. 1-3Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 83-304 v. 4Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Some early related families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Greiner, Geib (Gipe), Fishburn, Laber (Laabour, Lowbar), Hoch, Klein, Schmidt, and Dieffenbach / by Dorothy Robertson Becker (nee Fritzinger).

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    • Fort Worth, Tex. : Miran Publishers, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 83-193Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Lancaster architecture, 1719-1927 : a guide to publicly accessible buildings in Lancaster County / written and researched by John J. Snyder, Jr. ; photography by John P. Herr ; design by Frank Thomas ; editor, Roberta Strickler.

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    • [S.l.] : Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County, c1979.
    • 1979
    • 1 Item
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    Text 3-MQWO 85-644SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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  • Lancaster County connections.

    • Text
    • Elizabethtown, PA : Hawbaker & Groff, [c1983-
    • 1983-present
    • 2 Items
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 86-324 v. 6 (1989)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 86-324 v. 7 (1990-1992)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Lancaster County heritage.

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    • Lancaster : Lancaster County Heritage, 1984-c1987.
    • 1984-1987
    • 2 Items
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 86-2515 v. 1-2 (1984-1985)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 86-2515 v. 3 no. 1-3 (Jan-Jul. 1987)Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Lancaster Co., Pa. street map.

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    • Alexandria, Va. : ADC ; Doylestown, Pa. : Distributed by A.B. Petton, c1983.
    • 1983
    • 1 Item
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    Text Map Div. 86-272Offsite
  • Index to A biographical history of Lancaster County, PA : early settlers and eminent men of the county by Alex. Harris, 1872 / compiled by Ruth Brown.

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    • Medford, OR (125 So. Central Av., Rm. 204, Medford 97501) : Rogue Valley Genealogical Society, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 2 Items
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    Text NYGB PENN. L L221.5 IndexOffsite
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) (Harris, A. Biographical history of Lancaster County) IndexSchwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • It happened in Lancaster County / by Ross I. Morrison, Sr.

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    • Lancaster, PA (1735 Eden Rd., Lancaster 17601) : Rimjem Echoes, c1984.
    • 1984
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 85-2995Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Susquehanna monthly magazine.

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    • Marietta, Pa. : Susquehanna Magazine, -1991.
    • 199-1991
    • 6 Items
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 85-1917 v.13 ( 1988 )Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 85-1917 V.14 ( 1989 )Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 85-1917 V.15 ( 1990 )Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lancaster Co., Pa. street map.

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    • Alexandria, Va. : ADC ; Doylestown, PA : Distributed by Alfred B. Patton, c1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
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    Text Map Div. 87-509Offsite
  • Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, with a new index.

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    • Spartanburg, S.C. : Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services [by] The Reprint Company, 1985-1991.
    • 1985-1903
    • 4 Items

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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 87-2048 v. 2Offsite
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  • Runaways, rascals, and rogues : missing spouses, servants, and slaves : abstracts from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania newspapers / edited by Gary T. Hawbaker.

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    • Hershey, PA (PO Box 207, Hershey 17033) : G.T. Hawbaker, c1987-
    • 1987-present
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 87-3584Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) -- Directories.

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    • Lancaster County, Pa.
    • unknown-present
    • 4 Items
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    Text IZ (Pennsylvania-Lancaster County) 1890Offsite
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    Text IZ (Pennsylvania-Lancaster County) 1890Offsite
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    Text IZ (Pennsylvania-Lancaster County) 1896Offsite
  • Trinity Lutheran Church records, Lancaster, Pennsylvania / translated and edited by Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser.

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    • Apollo, PA : Closson Press, 1988-<c2011>
    • 1988-present
    • 10 Items
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., PA) 89-23866Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
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  • Community development and the revolutionary transition in eighteenth-century Lancaster County, Pennsylvania / Rodger C. Henderson.

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    • New York : Garland Pub., 1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 90-9114Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania cemetery surname index / compiled by Bob & Mary Closson.

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    • Apollo, PA (1935 Sampson Dr., Apollo 15613) : Closson Press, c1988.
    • 1988
    • 1 Item
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    Text APR (Lancaster Co., Pa.) 90-8876Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Mezzanine Room 121

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  • The riddle of Amish culture / Donald B. Kraybill.

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    • Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 89-6363Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The family of David Baker (1808-1882) of East Hempfield Township, Landcaster County, Pennsylvania / compiled by Frank S. Baker, with the assistance of Frances LeFevre ... [et al.].

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    • [Hanover, Ind.] : Baker, 1975.
    • 1975
    • 1 Item
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    Text APV (Baker) 80-2574Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • A modest Mennonite home / Steve Friesen ; introduction by Andrew Wyeth ; photography by John P. Herr.

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    • Intercourse, PA : Good Books, 1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 91-2348Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The lure of Lancaster County / by Gerald S. Lestz.

    • Text
    • Ephrata, Pa. : Science Press, 1987.
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 91-7871Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • The puzzles of Amish life / Donald B. Kraybill.

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    • Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
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    Text IEK 91-5477Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the garden spot of the United States : the picturesque and historical east end.

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    • [Lancaster, Pa. : s.n., 1908]
    • 1908
    • 1 Item
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    Text JAX G-318Offsite
  • Short sketches of the president judges of Lancaster County [microform] : whose portraits have been placed in the country court house / by Charles I. Landis.

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    • Lancaster, Pa. : Press of the New Era Print. Co., 1913.
    • 1913
    • 1 Item
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    Text *Z-6393 no. 1 no. 1-11Offsite
  • The temple of limestone : a history of Boehms Chapel, 1791-1991 / Abram W. Sangrey.

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    • Lancaster, Pa. : A.W. Sangrey, c1991.
    • 1991
    • 1 Item
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    Text ISD (Lancaster Co.) 92-14092Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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