Pennsylvania German Fraktur and Manuscripts

Fraktur are colorful documents made by Pennsylvania Germans who lived in rural parts of southeastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding region during the 1700s and 1800s. Most fraktur are personal records, such as birth and baptismal certificates. Learn more about this collection. For advanced searching filters for this collection, please use the link "Advanced."

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Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (Remember your Creator [Gedencke an deinen Schöpfer])
Birth and Baptismal Certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) for William Deibert
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (To deliver a letter [Einen Brief zustellen])
Now all thank God with heart (Nun danket alle Gott mit Herzen)
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (Go tired body to your rest [Geh Müder Leib zu deiner Ruh])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) for Johann Jacob Sassermann (My child, you have sinned [Mein Kind hast du Gesündiget])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (You Children, obey your parents [Ihr Kinder seyd Gehorsam euren Eltern])
How Blessed is He who takes his Pleasure (Wie Selig Ist Der Seyn Ergötzen)
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) for Magdalena Gross (I desire to depart [Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (I come now as a poor guest [Ich komm jetzt als ein armer Gas])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (The Gate is Narrow [Die Pforte is Enge])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (All your life have God before your eyes [Dein Leben Lang Habe Gott vor Augen])
Comfort, when a Man is in Misery (Trost, Wann ein Mensch in Elend ist)
Comfort, when a Man is in Misery (Trost, Wann ein Mensch in Elend ist)
O Strassburg
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) for Andreas Kauffmann (Commit your ways to the Lord [Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) for Daniel Hammacher (Commit your ways to the Lord [Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege])
Writing Exercise (Vorschrift) (Great indeed is the God blessed mystery [Kündlich Groß Ist Das Gottseelige Geheimniß])
Drawing (Two Women with a Heart and Flowers)
Would you be a doctor quickly (Wilt Du Bald Ein Doctor Werden)