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...