Corinne P Earnest
Author
Publisher
Russell D. Earnest Associates & B.R. Hoch
Pub. Date
c1991-1994
Edition
1st ed
Physical Desc
3 v. : ill., facsims.
Language
English
Description
"Fraktur are decorated manuscripts made by and for German Americans. Most are birth and baptism certificates (Taufscheins) made from about 1760 into the first quarter of [the 1900's]"--Intro. v. 3. .
These special certificates were original creations or printed forms filled in by the local minister, schoolmaster, or traveling scrivener. Most fraktur appeared among the German population in Pennsylvania with some in the other mid-Atlantic states and...
Author
Publisher
Russell D. Earnest Associates
Pub. Date
c1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
iv, 48 p. : ill., map
Language
Multiple
Formats
Description
Fraktur are early decorated manuscripts made for German families in Pennsylvania and, to a lesser extent, in Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, etc. Most are birth and baptism certificates dating from about 1760 into this century. They were made prior to the time civil registrations were required.
Author
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society volume 37
Pennsylvania German History and Culture volume no. 4
Pennsylvania German History and Culture volume no. 4
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xxi, 153 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
ix, 302 p. : ill., facsims.
Language
Multiple
Description
Taufscheine are colorfully decorated birth and baptism certificates made by and for Pennsylvania Germans. This book tells the history of these 18th and 19th century documents.
20) Freys on fraktur
Author
Series
Publisher
Russell D. Earnest Associates
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
34 p.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Transcriptions of personal documents, mainly baptismal certificates, for the Frey, Fry, Frei, Free, Frie families of Pennsylvania.