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 Meyen, Emil. ''Bibliography on the Colonial Germans of North America: Especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their Descendants.'' Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing, 1982. (Family History Library&nbsp;book 970 F23me.)
-A good history is William T. Parsons, ''The Pennsylvania Dutch: A Persistent Minority'' (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976; Family History Library book 974.8 F6p). It has an excellent bibliography of Pennsylvania German sources.
+A good history is William T. Parsons, ''The Pennsylvania Dutch: A Persistent Minority'' (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1976; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F6p book 974.8 F6p]). It has an excellent bibliography of Pennsylvania German sources.
-A history of events before 1782 is H. Frank Eshleman, ''Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of their Remote Ancestors from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War . . .&nbsp;: With Particular Reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and Other Non-resistant Sects'', 1917, reprint (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969; Family History Library book 974.81 F2se film 928291 item 8). It is organized chronologically by year.
+A history of events before 1782 is H. Frank Eshleman, ''Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania and of their Remote Ancestors from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War . . .&nbsp;: With Particular Reference to the German-Swiss Mennonites or Anabaptists, the Amish and Other Non-resistant Sects'', 1917, reprint (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.81+F2se book 974.81 F2se] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=239889&disp=Historic+background+and+annals+of+the+Sw%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 928291] item 8). It is organized chronologically by year.
-A good history of modern times is Homer Tope Rosenberger, ''The Pennsylvania Germans, 1891-1965 Frequently known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"''([S. l.]: H. T. Rosenberger, 1966, Lancaster, PA.: Printed for the Pennsylvania German Society; Family History Library book 974.8 B4pg v. 63). It includes a brief account of events before 1891. It also has a description of ''"Outstanding Collections of Pennsylvania German Material"'' on pages 508-62.
+A good history of modern times is Homer Tope Rosenberger, ''The Pennsylvania Germans, 1891-1965 Frequently known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"''([S. l.]: H. T. Rosenberger, 1966, Lancaster, PA.: Printed for the Pennsylvania German Society; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+B4pg+ book 974.8 B4pg] v. 63). It includes a brief account of events before 1891. It also has a description of ''"Outstanding Collections of Pennsylvania German Material"'' on pages 508-62.
-A helpful genealogy of a small group of Pennsylvania Germans called "Schwenkfelders" is Samuel Kriebel Brecht, ''The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737'' (New York, NY: Rand McNally, printed for the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1923; Family History Library book 974.8 F2b; film 1266718.) This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.
+A helpful genealogy of a small group of Pennsylvania Germans called "Schwenkfelders" is Samuel Kriebel Brecht, ''The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and Thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737'' (New York, NY: Rand McNally, printed for the Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1923; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=974.8+F2b book 974.8 F2b]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1266718 film 1266718].) This book is a revision of a work done in 1879.
-A helpful index is Card Index to ''Pennsylvania Germans in the Magazines: Proceedings and Addresses (Pennsylvania German Society)''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''Pennsylvania Dutchman; PGFS or Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Penn-Germania; the Pennsylvania-German; Historical Review of Berks County; Reprint, the Morning Call; Some Copied Bible Records, 1713-1915, and News Clippings''. Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (on 38 Family History Library films beginning with 1204985).
+A helpful index is Card Index to ''Pennsylvania Germans in the Magazines: Proceedings and Addresses (Pennsylvania German Society)''<nowiki>;</nowiki>''Pennsylvania Dutchman; PGFS or Pennsylvania German Folklore Society; Penn-Germania; the Pennsylvania-German; Historical Review of Berks County; Reprint, the Morning Call; Some Copied Bible Records, 1713-1915, and News Clippings''. Microfilm of the original records is available at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (on 38 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1204985 1204985]).
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