To the latest posterity
Subtitle: Pennsylvania-German family registers in the Fraktur tradition
By: Corinne and Russell Earnest.
Contributors: Earnest, Russell D.
Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ;; v. 37.; Pennsylvania German history and culture series ;; no. 4; Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ;; v. 37.; Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001).; no. 4.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Registers of births, etc. -- Pennsylvania.; Church records and registers -- Pennsylvania.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Pennsylvania Dutch -- Genealogy.
Description: "The family register holds a distinctive place in American visual culture. Used to record marriages and offspring within a family through several generations, the family register also incorporates hand-illuminated decorative art. To the Latest Posterity is the first major study to explore the world of Pennsylvania-German family registers and their place in American social, religious, and cultural traditions." "To the Latest Posterity is filled with examples of family registers from museum and private collections, many of them never before published, including early handmade work as well as printed registers that were filled in by hand in the nineteenth century. Bringing the art into the twentieth century and beyond, the Earnests discuss the adoption of the art by the Amish, who continue the practice of illuminated family record keeping today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.