Fragments of a Life: A Speculative But Plausible Semi-Narrative of Christian Nisley, 1804 Immigrant to AmericaThe author traces the family name of his great great grandfather, 1804 immigrant to America, Christian Nssli Nisley, from its origins in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, to the Palatinate where that branch seems to have disappeared until, almost 100 years later, it re appeared in what is now North Central Germany. Yoder uses fragments of information from both primary and secondary sources to weave speculative but plausible connections between the immigrant

The yearbook also features handwritten notes

Pleasant Corner

including a brief history of each of the townships

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Historical Sketch 1889-1914 (Anonymous

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This is a history written for the National Bicentennial in 1976 covering four townships of western Lancaster County

"Containing a list of the inscriptions on all stones in the enclosure in 1898 and describing a walk through a part of the graveyard

the remainder of the volume is devoted to subjects of historical interest relating to pioneer days in Cambria county which I have had occasion to consider in years gone by

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Family surnames who settled here between 1767 and 1834 include: Beiler

the Pennsylvania Deitsh translation of the New Testament