Our Pennsylvania German Families
Our Pennsylvania German Families

Author: Edna Barnett Chelson

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13:

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The story of Pennsylvania ancestors against the backdrop of European and American history is found in these 600 pages filled with information on families who settled primarily in Berks Co., Pa. Family names: Baer, Boyer, Faust, Glicker, Gring, Grub, Hemmig, Hetrich, Hettinger, Hill, Himmelberger, Kemmerer, Leininger, Long, Schauer, Waldschmidt, Wenrich, and more.

Trautman, Troutman Family, 1598-1998
Trautman, Troutman Family, 1598-1998

Author: Eric H. Troutman

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13:

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Chiefly a record of some of the descendants of Michael Trautmann. He was born ca. 1598 in Schriesheim, Germany, to Sebastian Trautmann and Catherina. He married Margaretha Dorn. She died 12 Oct 1654. They were the parents of at least six children. He married Barbara Kern 15 May 1655. She was born ca. 1624, the daughter of Barthel Kern. She died in 1666. They were the parents of five children. He married Anna Margaretha Scheppler 28 Jan 1668. He died 20 Apr 1684. Descendants immigrated to America ca. 1743.

Index to Main Families, Persons, Places and Subjects in Egle's Notes and Queries
Index to Main Families, Persons, Places and Subjects in Egle's Notes and Queries

Author: Pennsylvania State Library

Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0806348976

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This work follows the history of Virginia from the ascent of the Stuart king Charles I in 1625 that point until 1660--one of the most turbulent times in English history. The central colonial figure during this period of Virginia history was Sir William Berkeley, who served as royal governor, with interruptions, between 1642 and 1676. The period under study by Professor Washburn ends with the Restoration and, in an act unprecedented in American colonial history, the recall of William Berkeley by the Virginia Assembly in 1659.

Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch
Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch

Author: Richard L.T. Orth

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-01-12

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1476630747

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For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"--descended from German immigrants--have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from the Rhineland and Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries, when they settled in Pennsylvania and in other areas of what is now the eastern United States and Canada. Practitioners draw on folklore and tradition dating to the turn of the 19th century, when healers like Mountain Mary--canonized as a saint for her powers--arrived in the New World. The author, a member of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, describes in detail the practices, culture and history of faith healers and witches.