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Fraktur (Family register)
Family Register of Peter and Sophia (Fischer) Eberhard
1779-1786
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Lower Milford Township; Pennsylvania; Lehigh; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1958.0120.010
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0120.010
Object Name
Fraktur (Family register)
Title
Family Register of Peter and Sophia (Fischer) Eberhard
Category
Works on Paper
Place of Origin
Lower Milford Township; Pennsylvania; Lehigh; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Primary creation place is location of family based on genealogy research. See file in registrar's office.
Date
1779-1786
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Drawn
- Hand lettered
Dimensions (inches)
9.6 (H) x 15.6 (W) x 9.6 (Image H) x 15.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
24.3 (H) x 39.5 (W) x 24.3 (Image H) x 39.5 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
Circular (indiscernible)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Yoder, Don. Pennsylvania German Church Records of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Etc. From the Proceedings of the Pennsylvania German Society. 3.
• See vol. 3, pp. 167-198.Book: Earnest, Russell D. & Earnest, Corinne P. 2003 To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family Registers in the Fraktur Tradition. 37.
• For more info. on fraktur family registers. This example not included.