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The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Berks County. At last check there are over 5,760 individual data records posted.
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Naturalization Record for Michael Barth Summary: Michael Barth files his Declaration of Intention to become a US citizen in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 7 Aug 1839. He appears before the Berks County Court of Common Pleas and states his name, birthplace, date of birth, town, etc. His signature here matches the signature in his … Read more
Naturalization Records Lists Naturalizations during 1729-1730 Naturalizations during the 1750s Naturalizations during 1760-1762 Naturalizations during 1763 Naturalizations during 1764 Naturalizations during 1765-1766 Naturalizations during 1767-1768 Naturalizations during 1769-1773 Naturalizations for 10 April 1760 Naturalizations for 24 September 1760 Specific People Barth, Michael Benseman, Herman Last Modified Home Page
Our Frey Families This file submitted by: Yvonne Heinrich Frey b. ca 1635, wife unknown, children: 1. Heinrich Frey b. 1663, immigrated on the St. Markus from Rotterdam, Capt. Sauder, master. He m. Anna Catherine Lavering on 2-26-1692 in Germantown. The marriage was witnessed by Wigert Levering (her father), Gerhart Levering, Arnold Cassell, William Rittenhouse. … Read more
Petitions for Guardianship from Barbara Hebner Petition for Guardians for the Minor Children of Bernhart Hebner, dec’d. January 6, 1826 Judges Present: Robt. Porter Wm. Witman Jacb. Snyder The Court appoints Samuel Addams guardian of the minors with named. To the Honourable Robert Porter, Esq. and his associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas … Read more
An Ordinance Making an additional appropriation to reimburse John E. Arthur for monies deposited in the City Treasury, to cover the loss of the city of Reading, by the failure of the banking house of Bushong & Bro. Whereas, Upon the failure of the banking house of Bushong & Bro., November 17, 1877, there was … Read more
Orphans’ Court Sales Bittenbender, David Pursuant to an order of the Orphans’ Court of Berks County, will be sold at Public Vendue on Friday, the 14th day of November A.D. 1862, at the public house of Charles N. Gery, in the Village of Siesholtzville, in Hereford township, Berks county, the following described real estate to … Read more
Obligation Know all men by these presents, that We Daniel Stine and Daniel Hollenbach both of Windsor Tonwship Berks County and state of Pennsylvania yeomen areheld and firmly bound unto Michael Bayer of Windsor Township County & state aforesaid yeoman in the sum ofFifty Pounds lawfull money current in the state of Pennsylvania, to be … 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
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
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