This illustration was taken from George Tremaine’s Map of Waterloo County. George Tremaine and Co. made many maps of the counties of Ontario. It is a lavishly illustrated wall map with many houses, businesses and village maps. The main feature is a map showing all the rivers, roads and land...

   Advertisement taken from the County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

   A copy of an advertisement for the Berlin Telegraph and German Canadian newspaper published by Elias Eby. The advertisement was copied from the County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

   A copy of an advertisement for John E. Bowers, Dealer in Dry Goods, etc., Bridgeport, County of Waterloo, C.W. The advertisement was printed in County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

   A copy of an advertisement for Farmers' Inn, St. Jacobs, Joseph Eby, Proprietor. It was printed in the County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

   A copy of an advertisement for St. Jacobs Tannery, Bowman & Zinkann, proprietors. The advertisement was printed in the County of Waterloo Gazetter and General Business Directory for 1864.

   The image was copied from The Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo by H. Parsell & Co., Toronto, Ontario, 1881. John B. Snyder and other men pictured in the Atlas paid to have their images published. Other images in the publication includes homes, farms and businesses.

   A memo written by E.W.B. Snider explaining his name change from Elias Snider Jr. to Elias Weber Bingeman Snider. The memo was written on letterhead of E.W.B. Snider, Miller, and dated February 1, 1907 at St. Jacobs, Ontario.

   A Bible with a dark brown leather cover with brass and leather clasps. The inside front cover has three different inscriptions: "Isaac Eby's Bible" written in pencil; in blue ink and in different handwriting "Property of George C. Eby / 409 Mill St. / Kitchener" and in pencil "Foster Eby/ Gen....

   Bible of Benjamin Eby with a fraktur by Abraham Latschaw. The fraktur was created in 1823. It is part of a two-page illumination. On the left is the bookplate pictured here. On the right is a genealogy of the Eby family.

   Includes collection lists for underwear for Russian Mennonite immigrants in 1924 with details from the Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Martins, Elmira, North Woolwich, South Peel and Conestogo congregations. The list is detailed for the Martins Old Order congregation. The list also includes some cemetery...

   Contains references to Ezra Eby's book, including updated death information.

   A birth certificate for Myra Snyder issued November 30, 1944. It records her birth in Waterloo Township to Levi Snyder, a farmer, and Sarah S. Reist.

   A birth certificate for Benjamin B. Shantz issued on November 30, 1944. It lists Jacob E. Shantz, farmer, and Lydia Bowman as the parents. The date of birth is listed as June 23, 1880 and Waterloo Township as the place of birth.

   A handwritten will for Jacob Shantz dated October 1, 1867. It refers to affidavits of Isaac Yost Shantz and Samuel Yost Shantz. The will seen here is a partial copy, a photocopy of the original. It begins: "In the name of God Amen. I, Jacob Shantz of the Town of Berlin in the County of Waterloo...

   Bauman family register with listings of the birth dates for Joseph and Elisabeth Bauman and their ten children. The title and the top four names are in blue and red ink. The last eight names are drawn in yellow and blue. There is a diamond pattern border in red and yellow, with blue spots....

   A letter dated at Preston, Ontario, November 15, 1908 indicating that Benjamin Shantz of Freeport, Ontario was "Ordained to the Ministry of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Mennonite Church." The letter was handwritten on plain paper. It was signed by Jonas Snider as a Bishop of the above-named...

   A book titled "Natural History of all the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects, in the known world; ... interspersed with numerous interesting anecdotes." It was abridged from Dr. Goldsmith's Natural History by J. Macloc, Esq. It contains "four hundred elegant...

   A handwritten transcript of the Will of Elizabeth Eby, deceased, widow of the late Benjamin E. Eby. The will is dated July 15, 1882. It was registered in the surrogate court of the County of Waterloo on the 22nd day of March A.D. 1889 in Book F Folio 197 No. 2152. The will mentions her son, Amos,...

   An advertisement for the German Mills Steam Flour Mills operated by Tilman B. Snyder. It was printed in the 1881 Historical Atlas of Waterloo & Wellington Counties. The advertisement below is for German Mills Herd owned by Tilman B. and his brother, Amos B. Snider.

   Image of an advertisement in the 1880 Bruce Atlas Philip Cress, Henry Zinkan and Isaac Erb Baumann owners