Google News Archivsuche. Google News Archive Search. - Ancestry.com. BECKERS ST.PETER'S LUTHERAN (MOLLTOWN) Cemetery - Berks County, Pennsylvania. Newspaper Clippings Related to Berks County Pennsylvania. Much of Der Readinger Adler is written in German.
A few items are written in English, and it is these items that I have transcribed and included here. The following links contain various articles that are about local people or events. The Town and Country newspaper is published in Pennsburg, Montgomery County, PA. Pennsburg is located next to Hereford Township, Berks County, PA. This newspaper contains a great deal of information about people from counties neighboring Montgomery, including Berks County. The death records in these files are accessible through the obituary index. The Pennsburg Town and County news clippings were transcribed and submitted by Deborah. Introduction to the Morton Montgomery Project. Go to the indexes In 1909, Morton Montgomery composed the Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania.
It was one in a series of books prepared by the county for publication by the Beers Publishing Company out of Chicago. It included a history of the county, histories of the townships, and biographies of anyone who wished to participate in the project. County citizens were encouraged to write histories of their families and submit them for publication. As you will see, the type of information that is included varied from entry to entry. Interestingly you will find that most of the people included were "outstanding members" of their community.
One important note: Montgomery did not verify the information that is included in his work. About Morton Montgomery Morton Montgomery was a Reading attorney who lived in the 1000 block of Penn Street. His obsession with knowing everything possible about the county eventually led him to work on an even more comprehensive history. 7 Generation Family Tree with Vital Statistics Template. German Town Origins - Palatinate. This map below shows the boundaries of the Palatinate, Germany about 1800.
The Palatinate was larger in the 1750's (exact boundaries not known to me) but included part of what was later Baden. For a map of the Palatinate of about 1650 click here. This is a large file so be patient. (The map is bigger than the screen - this was necessary to get the fine print in.) The Table lists the FAMILY NAME, Given Name (only if there was more than one family of this name), Town, District, and Emmigrating Ship and Year. For boxes all in blue for a given name, that name is shown on the map with the corresponding town.
If any of the boxes are in pink, then the FAMILY NAME does not appear on the map. Germany Baden (and Alsace France)BavariaHesse and NeighboursNorthern GermanyPalatinateSaxonyWurttemberg. History of Baden-Württemberg. The history of Baden-Württemberg began in the 9th century.
The area used to be covered by the historical state of Baden, the former Prussian Hohenzollern, and Württemberg, part of the region of Swabia.[1] In the 1st century AD, Württemberg was occupied by the Romans, who defended their position there by constructing a limes (fortified boundary zone). Early on in the 3rd century, the Alemanni drove the Romans beyond the Rhine and the Danube, but in their turn they succumbed to the Franks under Clovis I, the decisive battle taking place in 496. It later became part of the Holy Roman Empire. The history of Baden as a state began in the 12th century, as a fief of the Holy Roman Empire. Its territory now forms part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 states of Germany, a relatively young federal state, that has only existed since 1952. Baden, Germany/Prussia Genealogy Forum. Cyndi’s List - Genealogy Categories.
Search Results for jacob dierolf - FamilySearch.org. Genealogy, Family Trees and Family History Records online - Ancestry.com.