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Title |
Wenger book, The |
Title added entry |
A foundation book of American Wengers, including variant spellings such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and names spelled with "V" rather than "W". |
Author |
Wenger, Samuel S., editor |
Call# |
929.3 Wen |
Summary |
Some 25 Wenger progenitors came from Europe to the United States between 1700 and 1850 and started family lines, some of them being very large. The largest, that of Christian Wenger, immigrant of 1727, may well have over a quarter million descendents. Frequently, there are descendents from as many as a dozen different progenitors living in the same general community. By a lifetime of work for each of them Nowman W. Naman and Roger D. Winger did the needed research in identifying each of these separate families. Samuel S. Wenger is the editor-in-chief of this work published in 1978. |
Accession number |
2011.13 |
Published Date |
1978 |
Subjects |
Wenger, Christian 1698-1772 Winger--Genealogy Wanger--Genealogy Whanger--Genealogy Wegner--Genealogy Wengert--Genealogy Wengerd--Genealogy Wingart--Genealogy Wingard--Genealogy Wingert--Genealogy Wangerd--Genealogy Wengar--Genealogy Wencker--Genealogy |
Physical Description |
hc, dustjacket, 1218 pgs + advertisements |
Catalog Number |
2011.13.1 |
Published Place |
Lancaster, PA 17602 |
Publisher |
Pennsylvania German Heritage History, Inc. |
Object Name |
Book |