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Salem (Belleman's) Church, Centre Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania : a pictorial-historical review, l746-l976

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20314

Author: Blatt, Milton K.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.816 B644

Responsibility: [by] Milton K. Blatt and Luella E. Blatt.

Author: Blatt, Milton K.

Place of Publication: Mohrsville, Pa

Publisher: M. K. Blatt,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 270p. : ill. ; 24cm.

Notes: Half-title: Salem Belleman's Union Church, R.D. No. 1 Mohrsville, Pa.; Supplementary History: 1976 Belleman's Celebrates Bicentennial, 1977 Highlight of the Year "The Last Supper", 1978, 1979, 1980 The Future of Belleman's CHurch, 1981 Christmas at Belleman's Church, 1982, 1984, 1985 Our Boy Scouts Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary,1986,1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995 and 1997.

Subjects: Salem Belleman's Union Church - History.; Centre Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Blatt, Luella E.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B644

The heart of the Taufschein : Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16922

Author: Earnest, Corinne P.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 745 E12

Alternate Title: Fraktur and the pivotal role of Berks County, Pennsylvania

Responsibility: Corinne Earnest and Russell Earnest.

ISBN: 9780911122633; 091112263X

Author: Earnest, Corinne P.

Place of Publication: Kutztown, Pa

Publisher: Published by the Pennsylvania German Society,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: ix, 302 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps ; 29 cm.

Series: Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; ser. 2, v. 46

Notes: Illustrated lining papers.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and indexes.

Contents: Berks County: the center of it all -- Daniel Schumacher: a Fraktur artist of some note -- Henrich Otto, 1784 -- Friederich Krebs, August 4, 1790 -- Johann Valentin Schuller -- The greatest development of Fraktur writing, 1800-1835 -- Johann Ritter: a century of influence -- Conclusion: The last flickering -- Appendix 1. Fraktur artist who routinely made Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 2. Scriveners who routinely infilled Taussscheine for Berks County families -- Appendix 3. Berks Couny printers of Taussscheine in order by active dates -- Appendix 4. Translations.

Subjects: Fraktur art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Illumination of books and manuscripts - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Folk art - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Additional Author: Earnest, Russell D.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania-German Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 745 E12

The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18144

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Author: Martz, George Jacob,

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1978]

Physical Description: 38 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M375

Brecknock : early history and biographical annals of Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19880

Author: Goodling, Evans C.

Date of Publication: c2014.

Call Number: 974.816 G652b

Alternate Title: Early history and biographical annals of Brecknock Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Responsibility: by Evans C. Goodling, Jr.

Author: Goodling, Evans C.

Place of Publication: Wyomissing, PA

Publisher: Evans C. Goodling, Jr.,

Date of Publication: c2014.

Physical Description: 2 v. : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Summary: In Part 1, Goodling writes a concise history with illustrations from the township's earliest days to the end of the 19th century. It lists churches and schools, post offices, trades and businesses and the military. Part II is a genealogical and biographical record of all families living in the township and nearby areas at the time of the 1860 U.S. Census. Supplement Part 1 describes the churches of the township and appendices. Supplement Part 2 contiues the appendices.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Biography.; Genealogy.; History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 G652b

Guide to the microfilm records of churches, cemeteries, & newspapers on file at the Historical Society of Berks County

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Author: Hollenbach, David M.

Date of Publication: [1982?]

Call Number: 974.816 H737

Responsibility: compiled and typed by David M. Hollenbach, 1980-1982.

Author: Hollenbach, David M.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Women's Auxiliary of the Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication: [1982?]

Physical Description: 54 leaves ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Historical Society of Berks County - Microfilm catalogs.; Microfilms - Catalogs.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of Berks County. Women's Auxiliary.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 H737

Workmanship, form and cultural identity : the black-unicorn paint-decorated chests of Berks County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Keller-Conner, Patricia J.

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 749.3 K29

Responsibility: by Patricia J. Keller-Conner.

Author: Keller-Conner, Patricia J.

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: vi, 154 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Notes: Photocopy.; Principal faculty adviser: Robert Blair St. George, Educational Studies.; Bibliography: leaves 147-153.

Subjects: Furniture, Pennsylvania Dutch.; Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Furniture painting.; Berks County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 749.3 K29

A prologue to the construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge

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Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Date of Publication: 1971.

A Prologue to the Construction of the Fifth Columbia- Wrightsville Bridge by L. W. Newcomer Construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville bridge across the Susquehanna River is described, and recorded for posterity, in the Journal of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1969

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Responsibility: by L. W. Newcomer.

Author: Newcomer, L. W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: [119]-124 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3

Subjects: Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bridges; Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government.; York County (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 119-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75