This index is to personal names only; subjects are not indexed. Library does not have Penn Germania, Pennsylvania Dutchman, nor the Morning Call.

History of the Pennsylvania Germans and, to a lesser extent, the "Plain Folk" and Huguenots and their role in the settlement of Ontario. Covers the following groups: Quakers, Lutherans, Dunkards, Seventh Day Baptists, Brethren in Christ, Huguenots, Amish, Moravians, Schwenkfelders, and Hutterite Brethren. Also includes a chapter on the Six Nations Indians (Iroquois).

"This work represents a basic introduction to the Pennsylvania Germans in the 18th century as reflected in the German-American press. ... This is basically a two-tier history: On one level it provides a descriptive analysis of the German-American press of Pennsylvania, and on another it provides an in-depth analysis of who the readers of this press were." -- Editor's introd.