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The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania /

The Heart of the Taufschein offers the first in-depth interpretive history of the Taufschein (birth and baptism certificate), the most numerous and, to many because of its genealogical value, the most important type of fraktur. Berks County arguably became the center of Taufschein production in Nort...

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Main Author: Earnest, Corinne P.
Corporate Author: Pennsylvania-German Society.
Contributors: Earnest, Russell D.
Language:English
German
Published: Kutztown, Pa. : Published by the Pennsylvania German Society, ©2012.
Series:Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 46.
Subjects and Genres:
Fraktur art > Pennsylvania > Berks County.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Pennsylvania > Berks County.
Folk art > Pennsylvania > Berks County.
Birth certificates > Pennsylvania > Berks County.
Baptismal certificates > Pennsylvania > Berks County.
Pennsylvania Dutch > Pennsylvania > Berks County > Social life and customs.
Pennsylvania Dutch > Social life and customs
Baptismal certificates.
Birth certificates.
Folk art.
Fraktur art.
Illumination of books and manuscripts.
Manners and customs.
Fraktur art > Pennsylvania.
Berks County (Pa.) > Social life and customs.
Pennsylvania > Berks County.
United States, Pennsylvania, Berks > History.
United States, Pennsylvania, Berks > Church records.
United States, Pennsylvania, Berks > Social life and customs.
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Call Number: UPA F 160 .G3 P4 2012 v. 46
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