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From: Bonnie Blau <>
Subject: [PABERKS] Mining ebay
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 03:46:48 -0700


*Fraktur: On Apr 24, 1853, in Earl Twp., Berks Co., David WEISER and his
wife Catharina SCHENLIN had a daughter, Hanna. She was baptized on 7
Apr 1856 by Pastor STRASBARGER.
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Taufschein: Cyrus HERBER, born February 25, 1882, in Centre Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania. Son of Daniel C. Herber and Catherine A.
RESH.
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*Local history: "100 Years in Reading and Berks County - January 28,
1968 " Description: Reading Eagle Newspaper supplements of local
history. 2 sections - 40 pages each.
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*Marriage certificate: Allison FIDLER and Amanda LAMM were married on
30 Aug 1887. The certificate was issued by the Clerk of the Orphans
Court of Berks County.
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*Book: "Baptismal Records of Jerusalem Lutheran & Reformed Church of
Berks County Pennsylvania" by John L. Kistler c. 1959, new softcover
reprint, 62 pages. The records in this book span from 1768 to 1863.
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*Book: BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY,
Volume 3 - F. Edward Wright (c 1993), 1998 new softcover reprint, 5 1/2
x 8 1/2 , indexed, 320 pages. "Western part of the county. Births,
marriages and deaths in the following church records: Frieden's Union
Church, Allemangel Lutheran, Blue Mountain, Rosenthal (New Bethel),
Dunkel's, Windsor (Ziegel's), Reed's, Bern, Tulpehocken or Christ
(Jefferson twp.), Host, Haines, and Rev. Waldschmidt's pastoral
records."
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*Journals:
(1)HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BERKS COUNTY, published quarterly by the
Historical Society of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Summer 1980 issue.
Softcover. 39 pages, approx. 8 1/2" x 11". This issue contains a 6 page
article on "Charles E. Duryea As I Knew Him" about the builder of the
first automobile in the United States. Manufactured cars in Reading from
1900-1910. Development of gasoline driven farm equipment. Author's
reminiscenses of owning a 1898 Stevens-Duryea. Other articles.
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(2) HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BERKS COUNTY, published quarterly by the
Historical Society of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Winter 1982-83 issue.
Softcover. 40 pages, approx. 8 1/2" x 11".This issue contains a 7 page
article on "Germans in America: The German Settlement of Colonial
Pennsylvania Compared to That of Antebellum, Texas". Information on the
Pennsylvania Dutch and German communities of Texas--early settlements,
the religious group at the Ephrata Cloisters, the Plain Sects
(Mennonite, Amish, Dunkard, Schwenkfelder, Moravian), language, music,
relations with the Native American Indian tribes. Maps showing areas of
origin in Germany and counties of settlement in PA and TX. An article
on "William HELLFRICH . .Horse and Buggy Preacher" contains information
gathered by translating the German diary of Reverend Helffrich.
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(3) HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BERKS COUNTY, published quarterly by the
Historical Society of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Winter 1990-91 issue.
Softcover. 48 pages, approx. 8 1/2" x 11". This issue has a 3 page
article on "Woodcarvers of Southeastern Pennsylvania", with information
on J. Randolph ROWE. Randy Rowe was one of Berks County's most famous
carvers, but he also was a noted artist--working in watercolor, oil,
acrylic, pencil, and pen & ink. Other articles.
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(4) HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BERKS COUNTY, published quarterly by the
Historical Society of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Winter 1964-65 issue.
Softcover. 32 pages, approx. 8 1/2" x 11".This issue contains a 2 page
article on "Bells, Bells, Bells. . ." about the history of handbells and
carillon. P.T. Barnum and his Swiss Bell Ringers (the Lancashire
Ringers) as a circus act.
"Eugene VAN REED, a Reading Man in Japan 1859-1872" is about this
Reading PA native who went to Japan and worked for the United States
Consul. Published a pocketbook of Japanese - English phrases, as well as
"The Opening Wedge" which was a work discussing the Japanese politics of
the era. Assisted in plot to smuggle two samurai ship commanders
involved in British fleet bombing of Kagoshima. Worked for the American
company of Heard & Co. and used his influence with the Japanese Mikado
to transact business. Appointed Hawaiian Consul General to Japan and
negotiated sending first Japanese emigrants to Hawaii. Wood block prints
of Van Reed shown. 10 1/2 pages. "Architectural Survivals in Berks" is a
6 page article about early Germanic style houses, barns, and
outbuildings. Log cabin, stone, half timber. Pent roof construction,
clay roof tile, and other information on local architecture.
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There are at least sixteen more issues of the Historical Review of Berks
County up for auction -- too many to list. Go to ebay.com. Type in
"Berks County" in a the search box, and click "search titles and
descriptions." Then click "search." They are on the first and second
pages. The auctions end for many of them today, June 1, at various
hours.

*Genealogy CD: Pennsylvania, 1850 Census Microfilm Records (Family
Archive 305)
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*Book: The FILBERT Family of Berks County. Descendants of Johann
Samuel Filbert (1710-1786) and Maria
Susanna Filbert (1704-1771) by Mary L. Filbert.Author Published, 1985.
First edn. 8.5 x 11, 146 pages.
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*Book: ABSTRACTS OF BERKS COUNTY WILLS, 1785-1800 - Jacob Martin and
John P. Smith (c. 1996), softcover new 1997 reprint, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ,
indexed, 237 pages
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*Book: "Sesqui-Centennial Commemorative Book, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
1815-1965." By Ruth E. Bonner; illus. by Dr. Elizabeth Adams Hurwitz.
Kutztown Sesqui-Centennial Association, 1965. 4to, stiff illus. paper
wraps. FIRST EDITION, limited to 4,000 copies. 209 pp., well illustrated
w/ vintage b&w photographs, drawings. Condition is Fine, as issued in
1965.
Auction to benefit the Kutztown Area Historical Society, Normal Ave. &
South Whiteoak St., Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania. All proceeds
from this auction will be donated directly to the society for the
restoration and maintenance of its museum & headquarters in the 1892
Public School Building in Kutztown. Historical volume celebrating 150
years of the Borough of Kutztown, officially established in 1815 though
settled, along with surrounding Maxatawny Township, by the early 1730s,
principally by German Lutheran/Reformed and French Huguenot settlers
migrating over the South Mountain range from the Oley into the East Penn
Valley, including such local names as HOTTENSTEIN, LEVAN, DETURK,
BEIBER, DELONG, SHARADIN, KUTZ, SIEGFRIED, WENTZ, etc.
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*Photo: 8" x 10" overall; photo on heavy cardboard shows workers
manufacturing brooms. Written on reverse Reading Broom Company
Blandon,Pa. Around 1910. Lots of people doing a hard job making brooms
photo shows stacks of brooms, broom corn and some machinery.
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*Genealogy CD: Pennsylvania Wills 1682-1834 (Family Archive 209).
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*Book: "Oley Valley Heritage - The Colonial Years: 1700-1775," by
Philip E. Pendleton. Published by The Pennsylvania German Society of
Oley, PA, and the Oley Valley Heritage Association. 232 pages.
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*Historical building: A Country Restaurant located in the hills of
eastern Berks County located 17 miles from Allentown, Pa, 16 miles from
Reading, Pa., 18 miles from Pottstown, Pa. The Restaurant is known as
Landis Store Hotel and is located in the village of Landis Store.The
restaurant seats about 90 people in three dining rooms. The main dinning
room seats 50 people and the bar and surrounding cocktail tables seat an
additional 35 people. The two non-smoking dinning rooms seat 18 people
and 22 people. The restaurant has a restaurant liquor license. All
furniture and fixtures related to the restaurant are included with the
sale of the restaurant, office furniture and personal items are not.
$595,000.
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*Yearbooks: The Olean, Oley High School
(1) 1942
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(2) 1947
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(3) 1946
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(4) 1963
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*Yearbooks: Four Reading High School (PA) Yearbooks. Arxalma. 1936
(Jan.); 1935 (Jan.); 1935 (June); 1936 (June).
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*City Directory - CD: 1890 Reading, Pa. City Directory-cdrom. ?
Published November 2001. Approximately 22,000 residents are listed with
street addresses and occupations. A Business directory is also included.
This represents 37% of the reported 1890 census (58,661), and probably
90+% of the heads of household. Great partial substitute for the missing
1890 census. A map of Reading is also included. This product represents
scanned images of 618 pages from the actual Boyd’s 1890 Reading,Pa. City
Directory on cdrom in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format.
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That's it for now. Hope you find something you were looking for.

Bonnie Blau
Berks families: BAER/BHAER, BOOS, BOSSERT, BOYER, BUCKS, DeTURCK,
FOCHT, HEFFNER, HIMMELBERGER HOLLENBACH, JACOBY, KREISCHER, LEVAN, LOY,
MILLER, NOECKER, PETER, REESER/RIESER RICK, SPATZ,
STAUDT, UNGER, WEIMAR, WILLIAMS, WINTER, ZELLER



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