Author: Publisher:
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Periodical Source Index, 1847-1985: Families
Author: The Penn Germania
Author: The Penn Germania ...
Author: Philip Columbus CrollPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Germans in Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Periodical Source Index
Author: A Wood Family History
Author: Signs, Cures, & Witchery
Author: Gerald MilnesPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572335776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies.
Pennsylvania Folklife
Author: The Conrad Clan
Author: Floyd Wilmer CoffmanPublisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Genealogy of the Moyer Family
Author: Abraham James FretzOhio War of 1812 Soldiers' Family Groups
Author: Sunda Anderson PetersPublisher:
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
A compilation of genealogies for Ohio soldiers who served in the War of 1812.