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Nathan Zipfel 
Receipt between Peter Schlesman and the Treasury Office of Pennsylvania Treasury Office of Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 1821 Received of Peter Schlesman Twelve dollars and sixty three cents; being the purchase-money, and interest, due this day to the commonwealth, as stated by the Secretary of the Land Office, on 4 acres 90 perches part of 483 … Read more
A. E. Mauger’s New Funeral Wagon A. E. Mauger, funeral director of town, who is also a carpenter, has finished a funeral car that is an evidence of his skill as a mechanic. The wheels and running gear were made by Coach maker John Rea, who has provided the hubs with silver mounted hook and … Read more
An Unusual Item from Pennsylvania: Two Decades to Solve the Puzzle They say that many checks, especially the handwritten/manuscript ones, can tell a story, often with a human interest angle. The item below, drafted in 1798 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, probably did, too. But, when I bought it many years ago in 1985, … Read more
Receipt, Peter Schütz to Christoph Shmith Received of Mr. Peter Schütz for the funeral[?] to serve the named Franz Schütz one and a half Taler; this confirms receipt. Tulpehoccan Township, Berks County, the 15th of January, 1798. Christoph Shmith £0. 11, 3. Submitted by Shelly. Last Modified Home Page Items of Interest
Schuyler Brossman MARRIAGE OF COUSINS TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWSPAPER PENNSBURG, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA April 20, 1901 A bill entitled an “Act making it unlawful for first cousins to be joined in marriage and making all marriages hereafter contracted in violation of this act void,” was passed by the House of Representatives at Harrisburg by a … Read more
School Superintendents and Teachers in Berks County Contributed by: Bonnie Blau Source: Morton Montgomery’s History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909 edition, p. 87. Superintendents Numerous legislative attempts were made to popularize and thoroughly introduce public education. Fifty years were spent in endeavors to educate the poorer classes of children b proposed taxation, which comparatively little … Read more
Roads and Turnpikes Contributed by Bonnie Blau. Source: Morton Montgomery’s History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909 edition; pp. 31-33. Surnames: RICE, KINSER, REHRER, DERR, LIGHTFOOT, PARVIN, BOONE, LINCOLN, HULINGS, THOMPSON, ROBESON, BOON, POTTS, BISHOP, LEADER, SHULTZ Indian Paths There were paths through this section of country long before Reading was laid out. The Schuylkill Ford … Read more
Revs. Stoever and Muhlenberg: Thoughts on Record-Keeping The following notes were contributed by: Linda McDaniel. There is much interesting reading regarding Pastors Stoever and Muhlenberg. We are indeed indebted to Pastor Stoever for his record keeping and also, perhaps, for being available to legitimize so many of our ancestors relationships in a time when records … Read more
Schuyler Brossman Collection Schuyler C. Brossman’s love was Genealogy. His tombstone notebooks are in 7 volumes, but 8 books, Volume 1 being split into two book. The index to these volumes was done by the staff of the Genealogy Department, Fort Wayne Indiana Public Library. The Lenig Papers are three notebooks containing correspondence between Schuyler … Read more
Sales in Partition Kleinginne, Benneville By virtue of certain proceedings had in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, on the lands of Benneville Kleinginne, late of Cumru township, Berks county, deceased, will be sold on Saturday, October 16th, 1875, at 1 1/2 p.m. at public auction by the undersigned, at the public house … Read more