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School history of Berks County in Pennsylvania. By Morton L. Montgomery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18267

Author: Montgomery, Morton L.

Date of Publication: 1889.

Call Number: 974.816 M788s

Author: Montgomery, Morton L.

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: J.B. Rodgers Print. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1889.

Physical Description: 302 p. front. (double map) illus. 19 cm.

Notes: Title page missing.

Contents: 1. Geography -- 2. Indians -- 3. Early settlers -- 4. Erection of county and its subdivisions -- 5. Government -- 6. Education -- 7. Labor and internal improvements -- 8. Military periods -- 9. Townships -- 10. Boroughs -- 11. Reading -- 12. Census.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M788s

Hand-book of political information : containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States and Pennsylvania, election laws of the State of Pennsylvania, officers of the general and state governments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17664

Date of Publication: 1888.

Call Number: 352 H236

Responsibility: compiled by John H. Landis.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: New Era Printing House ,

Date of Publication: 1888.

Physical Description: 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Notes: Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Federal government - United States.; United States - Politics and government.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.

Additional Author: Landis, John H.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352 H236

Index of the Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys by L. Fagan, published by H.F. Bridgens, Philadelphia, 1862

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19796

Author: Nein, Jacqueline B.

Date of Publication: c1980.

Call Number: 912.74816 F151 Index

Responsibility: indexed and typed by Jacqueline N. Flamm, Gail H. Hesser.

Author: Nein, Jacqueline B.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Berks County Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: c1980.

Physical Description: 64 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Fagan, L.; Real property - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Indexes.; Names - Pennsylvania - Berks County - Indexes.; Berks County (Pa.) - Maps - Indexes.

Additional Author: Hesser, Gail H.; Fagan, L.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Atlas

Call Number: 912.74816 F151 Index

Political divisions of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7799

Author: Steinmetz, H. L.

Date of Publication: 1901

%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Steinmetz, H. L. Title: Political divisions of Lancaster County / by H. L. Steinmetz. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1865-1950. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1775-1865. Lancaster County

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Responsibility: by H. L. Steinmetz.

Author: Steinmetz, H. L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1901

Physical Description: [36]-51 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 2

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1865-1950.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1775-1865.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - To 1775.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5

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Inventory of the county archives of Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1941.

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Responsibility: prepared by the Pennsylania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Work Projects Administration .

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Board of County Commissioners,

Date of Publication: 1941.

Physical Description: 409 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Archives - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Berks Count (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Berks County (Pa.) - Politics and government - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylania Historical Survey.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 P415

Berks County church records of the 18th century

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3013

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

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.