To the Latest Posterity: Pennsylvania-German Family Registers in the Fraktur Tradition

Co-author: Russell Earnest. The first major study to explore the colorful world of Pennsylvania-German family registers and their place in American social, religious, and cultural traditions. The authors trace the evolution of decorative family registers from their roots in medieval European illuminated manuscripts to the distinctly American forms that spread throughout Pennsylvania-German culture. Includes early handmade work as well as printed registers that were filled in by hand in the nineteenth century. Hardcover. Penn State University Press, 2004. 153 pages.