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From: Bonnie Blau <>
Subject: Mining eBay, Part 1
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:21:10 -0700


*MAP: Old 1908 City of Reading Pennsylvania Map.  Printed & sold at
Eagle Book Store, Commercial Stationers, 542 Penn Street, Reading, PA. 
Price 10 cents.   Copyrighted 1908 Keystone Badge Company.
Looks like may have belonged to a telephone company employee.
Hand-written on top of map is "F.E. STOUDT c/o The Bell Telephone
Company, Reading."
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=125&item=2279215832&rd=1

*BOOKLET: "Memories of Marion Township’s Bygone Days - a Bicentennial
Booklet - 1776." - cover shows LESUEUR's1825 sketch of Stouchsburg -
other images include: gravestone of Leonhardt RIETH (Reed), parsonage
ruins behind Christ Church, old smokehouse at Christ Church, Charming
Forge, Angel gravestone in Christ Lutheran Church yard, HECKMAN Sadler’s
Shop, Lime Kiln, sampler by Mary Ann DINYES, the American House, Mary
BECKER - 20 pages - 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches - soft cover.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4090&item=3937090606&rd=1

*BOOK: "Berks Authors Collection, Vol. 1," edited by Chet HAGAN.
Printed 1994. Includes biographies of 15 well known Berks county
authors, or people with a direct relationship to Berks county. Included
are John George HOHMAN, famous for his Pennsylvania German powwow book,
the Long Lost Friend; Francis T. HOOVER, author of the controversial
Civil war book "Enemies in the Rear, or a Golden Circle Squared"; Morton
L. MONTGOMERY, editor/compiler of the unparalleled genealogical and
historical resource "Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks
County"; James H. MAUER, J. Bennett NOLAN, Conrad RICHTER, Alliene
Saeger DeCHANT, Arthur D. GRAEFF, famous for his Reading Times PA Dutch
column "Scholla"; Mildred JORDAN, Walter FARLEY-The Black Stallion; etc.
Sketches average several pages each, with interesting information as
well as a bibliography of works by each author. Book is softcover with a
plastic spiral binding. 110 pages.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=2497307428&rd=1

*BOOK: "I Came this Way," by Berks county author Alliene S. DeCHANT,
published 1958. It is autobiographical and about her journeys in Berks
county and abroad. She previously wrote 3 books on the folklore and life
of the Pennsylvania Dutch (Germans). Her parents grew up in Pennsburg
and Boyertown, and she was a writer for the Kutztown "Patriot" for many
years.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=2497308133&rd=1

*BOOK: "The Passing Scene," by George M. MEISER and Gloria Jean MEISER,
volume 3. This volume is the third in the George Meiser series of
photographic history books on Berks County Pennsylvania. There are
pictures on nearly every page of this local history book. Topics
include Penn St. Reading,Joanna Furnace,Sally ann Furnace, Mansion house
(Teddy Roosevelt visit),Colonial Theatre, Astor Theatre and the now gone
Douglassville Covered Bridge. There are 272 pages
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=2494931895&rd=1

*BOOK: "A Century of Vehicle Craftmanship - A 100 Year History of the
Pennsylvania Dutch Transportation Heritage of Berks County: Bicycles,
Wagons, Buggies, Sleighs, Carriages, Fire Engines, Steam Trains, Trolley
Cars, Buses, Trucks & Automobiles," by Erminie Shaeffer Hafer-Princeton
1972. Oversized Paperback. Very good condition. 
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*YEARBOOKS: (1) 1955 Wernersville High School. That was the last year
for Wernersville High before the school merged into Conrad Weiser
system.  Also noted and pictured are; Robesonia, Bethany, Marion,
Womelsdorf, and North Heideleberg.  
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=268&item=6933919571&rd=1

(2) 1944 Mohnton High School yearbook.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=2497725834&rd=1

*BOOK: "The Indians of Berks County, Pa. - A Summary of All the
Tangible Records of the Aborigines of Berks County," by D. B. BRUNNER,
and printed by Eagle Book, Reading, PA, in 1897.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=716&item=6933673352&rd=1

*BOOK: "71 Years of Marriage: The Ancestors, Descendents and Relations
of George and Alice Knorr of Reading, PA," by Lawrence Berger-Knorr,
MBA, CCP. This 3 volume set contains genealogical histories and
anecdotes for numerous related familes in southeastern Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia, Germantown, Reading, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon,
Allentown, Pottsville, Sunbury areas). Perhaps the most comprehensive
genealogical compilation of the Mahantango & Lykens Valleys in
Schuylkill, Northumberland and Dauphin Cos in Pennsylvania. Also -
substantial references to early Berks County families - many of whom
went West. This is a 3 volume set - 1787 pages in all.
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*CD: 86 Rare Antique Maps of Pennsylvania Volume 2 on CD-ROM. Seller
gives photos of most if not all of them. Many in Berks. Perhaps it's
worth a look?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63608&item=3757209962&rd=1

Same thing also found at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=37962&item=3757908523&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63608&item=3757909279&rd=1

*CD: Same seller as above - "90 Rare Antique Maps of Pennsylvania
Volume 1 on CD-ROM" Small photos of each one (?) at the site.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63608&item=3757209990&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=37962&item=3757908545&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63608&item=3757909161&rd=1

*GEBERTS AND TAUFFSCHEIN: Esther Anna BEYER a daughter of James Beyer
and his wife Mary a daughter of Georg KRIEG. She was born the 24th day
of July 1859 in Moskaemanner (probably Ruscombmanor) Township in Berks
County, Pennsylvania. The Reverand Isaack Moller baptized her in
October. The witnesses were Ruben Beyer and his wife Esther.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=3757654951&rd=1

*MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: Mr. Nicholas FISCHER of Colebrookdale Township,
Berks Co. Pa was married to a Miss Sarah BRYAN of the same area, in
1858. The were Married in New Hanover, Pa by the Pastor of the Evang.
Luth. Congregation-It looks like his name is Wendt.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2196&item=3757874919&rd=1

*PHOTO: 1907 photo postcard of Oley High School, Oley, PA.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20232&item=2280183009&rd=1#ebayphotohosting

*GEBERTS AND TAUFFSCHEIN: Peter WOLF and his wife Eva (can't make out
last name -- perhaps HEFFNER??), had a son Adam, born 31 May 1845,
baptised Sept. 18, 1848, in Bethel Twp, Berks County.
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This is it for Part 1. I'll be back later with Part 2. Hope you found
something interesting.

Bonnie Blau
Berks families: ALSTADT, BAER/BHAER, BOOS, BOSSERT, BOSSLER, BOYER,
BUCKS, DAVIDHEISER, DeTURCK, ECKEL/EAGLE, FOCHT, HIMMELBERGER,
HOLLENBACH, HOYER, HUBER, JACOBY, KEHLHOFER/KELHOFF, KREISCHER, LEVAN,
LOY, MILLER, MOYER, NOECKER, PETER, REESER/RIESER, RICK, ROBITZER,
SODER/SAUTER, SPATZ, SPECHT, STAUDT, UNGER, WILLIAMS, WINTER, ZELLER and
THE AERIAL LLOYDS, an acrobatic quartet from Reading who performed in
vaudeville around 1910-15.

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