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Schneider and Graybill families (with various spellings) began to emigrate from the Palatinate as early as 1709. They arrived at Philadelphia, Kingston, New York, and Boston. Descendants and relatives settled in New York and Pennsylvania, but eventually scattered throughout the United States and into Canada.
The sketches in this book, numbering approximately 2,250 and naming a total of 50,000 related persons, generally treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. The sketches typically mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the principal subject, the place of birth of his parents and often grandparents, sometimes the name of the first ancestor in America, and details of religion, education, military service, occupation, home, and residence.
Profiles the flamboyant, celebrated, and innovative television and film comedian. Includes an account of its subject's upbringing in Trenton, N.J., including his unpaid stint from the mid-1940s as a columnist for The Trentonian published by Sam Jacobs. Written thirteen years after Kovacs died, but when most of Kovacs friends and co-workers were alive and accessible, this is primarily about his professional life and career in Trenton, New York, and Hollywood
„DAS heuristische Spitzenwerk der Mittelaltergermanistik, das für alle mediävistischen Disziplinen bis hin zur Medizingeschichte unentbehrlich ist. Das Werk dokumentiert nicht nur weitgehend umfassend den gegenwärtigen Forschungsstand innerhalb des definierten Rahmens, es zeigt in den Veränderungen der Artikel zwischen Bd. 1 und Bd. 11 die Präzisierungen in der Forschungs- und Darstellungsmethodik. Daher ist dieses Lexikon auch von hohem fachgeschichtlichem Wert, das heute schon einer Untersuchung würdig wäre - sie wird sicherlich eines Tages erfolgen.“ Prof. Dr. Johannes Janota „Das grundlegende und umfassende Nachschlagewerk zum Schrifttum des mittelalterlichen deutschen Sprac...