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


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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.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.




A Biographical History of Lancaster County


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history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character.







A Biographical History of the Becker Family


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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


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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


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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.