The Historical Society of Berks County PA

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The Historical Society of Berks County
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940 Centre Ave
Reading, Pa. 19601

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Topic	Description	Vol.	Issue	Year	Page
Genealogy	Microfilming Palatine records in Europe and England saves time and money; various locations of data	5	3	1940	73
German History	Palatine emigration in early 1700s due to hardship from wars and religious strife; encouraged by Queen Anne	5	3	1940	67
Goodman, Catherine Gougar	Berks 12-year-old taken by Indians to Ohio site she later finds; monument; lived 1732-1801; genealogy	5	3	1940	85
Hank, Joseph	May be the John Hanke of Oley mentioned in book about Daniel Boone	5	3	1940	92
Historical Society	Fund drive closes with over $21,500 and 1870 subscriptions	5	3	1940	89
Houses and Mansions	"Pennsbury" reconstructed on original site from details in William Penn's letters	5	3	1940	93
Masons and Masonic Order	Denounced strongly by Reading newspapers in 1820s and 1830s; opposition support for third political party	5	3	1940	77
Pennsylvania Germans	Book Review: "The Dutch Country; Folks and Treasures in the Red Hills of Pa." by Cornelius Weygandt	5	3	1940	89
Pennsylvania Germans	Dialect extracts from "Die Wunnernaus" broadcasts on WEEU	5	3	1940	87
Read, James	Berk's first prothonotary collected books, some not paid for; died of yellow fever in 1793 (book review)	5	3	1940	90
Read, James	Book Review: "Printer Strahan's Book Account, A Colonial Controversy" by J. Bennett Nolan	5	3	1940	90
Seely Brothers	Jonas, Samuel, and Christopher descend from Obadiah & grandfather Robert Seeley of England (1601-1667)	5	3	1940	82
Seely, Jonas	Large landowner and judge in Berks County in 1700s; French and Indian War colonel; family genealogy	5	3	1940	82
Strong, William	Reading lawyer and civic leader was an Associate Justice of US Supreme Court 1870-1880; lived 1808-1895	5	3	1940	80
Swoyer, Sarah Wild	Wife of Jacob Swoyer (Schweyer) decended from John Albert, & Anna Barbara Long; lived 1796-1870	5	3	1940	87