Reminiscing Along the Conestoga: Memorabilia of Michael and Emma Burkholder and the Community Where They PerseveredThis story explores the history of the Burkholder and Martin families who settled in the Weaverland Valley (Lancaster Co., Pa.) along the Conestoga River in the early 1700s. It is filled with "voices from the past" whose words are especially meaningful as they are of a personal nature, coming from an ancestor of a person's lineage. Many landmarks and events that influenced these early families are explored and explained in a community where everyone

photographs

Graf/Groff

finding two more generations in the line

they moved with four small children to a farm in West Earl Twp

This book covers the descendants of Thomas and Ellen's three children

dating from the Colonial period to the present

The first part contains the actual story of Leonard and Addie

Miller (1858-1918) and Mary Swartzentruber's descendants

spouses of children

coming from an ancestor of a person's lineage

Identifies the great variety of North American axes

and microfiche numbers