John Frantz, The Religious Development of the Early German Settlers in the Shenandoah Valley

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Box 1, Folder 21

Creator:

Frantz, John B.

Scope and content:

Describes the difficulties encountered by early German settlers to the Shenandoah Valley in the 18th and 19th centuries. German immigrant groups, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch, were often located on scattered, isolated farms, without the means to form or maintain their traditional religious institutions. Protestant sects, such as the Lutherans, Presbyterians, Mennonites, and Pietists, often lacked the numbers or financial ability to support churches or clergy. Describes the problem of itinerant, unordained preachers taking advantage of isolated communities. Comments on those immigrants who, through their increasing contact with English-speaking Scots-Irish neighbors, left the German sects for the better established English churches.

With published copy in "Pennsylvania History" 2001.

Names:

Frantz, John B.

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