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Author, MonographicAcker, Jon Charles
Title, MonographicTo these parents : a compendium of Pennsylvania German Taufscheine.
Edition or VersionVolume 1. Southeastern Pennsylvania
Place of PublicationMarion, Pennsylvania
PublisherPennsylvania German Society
Date of Publication2020
Extent of Workvolumes (x, 305; ) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm.
Series EditorGerhart, Thomas J.
Series TitlePublications of the Pennsylvania German Society
Series Vol. IDSeries 2, Vol. 54
OCLC1265034762
AbstractA collection of Pennsylvania German birth and baptismal certificates from five counties: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia.
Notes"Taufscheine" are "the birth and baptism certificate[s] ... [and] the most common type of fraktur" -- "a Pennsylvania German document (such as a birth or wedding certificate) that is written in calligraphy and illuminated with decorative motifs (such as tulips, birds, and scrolls)"--Merriam-Webster.
Donated byDennis Boyer, 2021.
Call NumberMKI ND 3035 .P4 A35 2020
MKI TermsPennsylvania Germans/ Fraktur art -- Pennsylvania/ Birth certificates -- Pennsylvania