The Historical Society of Berks County PA

A comprehensive searchable subject index has been compiled for all issues since the first in 1935 through 2007. This will be expanded in the future to include an author index and an illustration index.

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A + symbol after a page number indicates additional information or a correction appeared in a subsequent issue. To locate this information enter 'Follow Up' (two words with a single space between) in the blank box. The resulting listing includes the location of the original article in the left column and location of the additional
information in the right column.

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

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Topic	Description	Vol.	Issue	Year	Page
Christmas	First card may have been drawn and etched in England in 1842	6	2	1941	54
East Penn Railroad	Line from Reading to Allentown opened in 1859; naming of stations	6	2	1941	42
Manufacturing	Knitting machine history goes back to Rev. Wm. Lee in England in 1589; Germantown mill started in 1831	6	2	1941	46
Parsons, William	Proprietary agent at Easton started improvement of road from Easton to Reading in 1754	6	2	1941	35
Pennsylvania Germans	Dialect writings: "'S Wash Hellers ihra Chrischtdagszug" by Charles C. More	6	2	1941	51
Pennsylvania Railroad	Schuylkill Valley Division line built in 1884 despite opposition	6	2	1941	42
Reading	Lacked one vote by State Legislature in 1807 to become state capital; other efforts to move capital	6	2	1941	39
Reading	Visit described from experience in 1864 novel "John Godfrey's Fortunes" by Bayard Taylor	6	2	1941	55
Reading Railroad	First trip from Reading to Philadelphia in 1839; 80-car train pulled by locomotive named "Gowan & Marx"	6	2	1941	42
Spangler, Jacob	Alsace settler died 1756, granddaughter married Adam Hahn in 1797 - Genealogy	6	2	1941	56
Weiser, Anna	Wife of Abraham DeTurk had four children; lived 1765-1829; genealogy	6	2	1941	58
Wilkinson, James	Revolutionary War major's 1777 stay in Reading mentioned in letter written by Jacob Rush	6	2	1941	38
World War II	First contingent of Selective Service draftees on 1940 by addressed by Paul N. Schaeffer	6	2	1941	50
Follow Up - Vol 05-4, Pg124	Genealogy of family of Anna Weiser (1765-1829)	6	2	1941	58

Historical Society of Berks County
940 Centre Avenue
Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
Phone 610 375-4375 Fax 610 375-4376

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