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Pennsylvania Source Book -- Berks County
Posted by: Charlou Dolan (ID *****6447) Date: September 21, 2008 at 03:31:19
In Reply to: Pennsylvania Source Book -- Statewide records by Charlou Dolan of 2442

PENNSYLVANIA SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY
[Note: The research for this source book was done by Charlou Dolan, Rena Mills, and Charlotte Baker. Many of the census records were provided by F. W. McIntosh & Gene Phillips. The organizing and typing was done by Charlou Dolan.]

[NS = no Snodgrass records found]

BERKS COUNTY (974.816)

CEMETERY RECORDS
*Berks Co., PA, Cemeteries (Schroeder) NS
*Boyertown Mennonite Burying Ground, Berks Co., PA (PA Traveler-Post--1970) NS
*Burials of Veterans, World War I to Viet Nam 1964, Tulpehoken Twp. & Partial List of Bethel Twp., Berks Co., PA (Brossman--1964) NS
*A Directory of Burials on Salem Belleman's Graveyard, 1746-1972 (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*Fairview Cemetery of Salem Belleman's Church, Centre Twp., Berks Co., PA: Lots, Lot Owners & Burials, 1884-1977 (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*A Genealogical Guide to Berks Co. Private Cemeteries (Miller, Lash, & Lorah) NS
*Kirkhoff Funeral Home, Bernville, Berks Co., PA: Burials 23 Mar 1920 to 17 Sep 1979 (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*Mennonite Church Burying Ground, Boyertown, Berks Co., PA - NS
*Naftzinger Funeral Home Burials, 1900-1970 (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*Pennsylvania Gravestone Inscriptions: Cemetery of Christ, De Long's Reformed Church, Bowers, Berks Co. (DeLong--1925) [unindexed, didn't do]
*The Private Burial Record of Rev. John William Boos, Independent Reformed Minister, Central Berks Co., 1782-1807 (Pott) NS
*Records of Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery Burials, Womelsdorf, Berks Co., PA (Sensenig & Gartner) NS
*Rev. Benjamin Dunkelberger Zweizig's 1898-1903 Burial Register (Adams) NS
*St. Michael's Cemetery #1 and #2, Burials, 1766-1991, St. Michael's Union Church, tilden Twp., Berks Co., PA - NS
*Schwartzwald Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Exeter Twp., Berks Co., PA (Nagle, Steinmetz, & Hunter) NS
*Tombstone Inscriptions of Berks Co., PA, vols. 1-6, 6A (Schwar) NS
*Film #1,026,670 item 4 = Berks Co. Cemeteries - NS

CENSUS RECORDS
*1860 census - yes
*1870 census transcription - yes
*Pennsylvania Septennial Census, Berks Co., 1779 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*1790-1850; 1880-1930 (Ancestry.com) NS

CHURCH RECORDS
*Altala Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., PA, 1757-1842 (Weiser) NS
*As Long as Wood Grows and Water Flows--A History of the Conestoga Mennonite church (Lemar & Mast--1982) NS
*Berks Co. Church Records of the 18th Century (Wright) NS
--vol. 1 - Allegheny Reformed Church; St. Gabriel's Church; Schwartzwald Church; Oley (Salem) Reformed Church; St. Paul's Church, Amityville; Robeson Church.
--vol. 2 - Oley Hill Church; Longswamp; Exeter Monthly Meeting; Moselem Church; De Long's Reformed Church; Peter's Church; St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Twp.
--vol. 3 - Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Twp.); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church; Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Twp.); Host Church; Hains Church (Heldelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt. Bern Church Record, Bern Twp., Berks Co., PA: Baptisms, 1739-1835, including Tombstone Inscriptions of Burial Grounds at Bernville from the Library of Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm (Delock & Rice) NS
*Births, Baptisms, & Marriages: Salem Belleman's Union Church, 1746-1982 (Blatt & Blatt) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Christ Church on Bieber Creek or Mertz Church, located in Rockland Twp., Berks Co., PA: Births & Baptisms (Breidigam) NS
*Church Record, Host Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., 1748-1828 (Hinke) NS
*Church Record of the Christ (Maxatawny or De Long's) Reformed Church at Bowers, Berks Co., PA, 1765-1832, from the Library of Dr. & Mrs. Glenn P. Schwalm (Hinke--1918) NS
*Collected Church Records of Berks Co., PA (Rice & Dellock) NS
--vol. 1: Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran; St. Paul's (Smoke) Lutheran Congregation; St. Michael's Reformed Church
--vol. 2: Moselem Lutheran Church; St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church; Zion Church
*An Early 19th Century Constitution of a Union Church, Transcribed & Edited with Critical, Historical, & Genealogical Notes... (DeLong--1931) NS
*First Reformed Church, Reading, PA, Reed & Washington Streets: A Alphabetized Compilation of Baptisms, Marriages, and Funerals from 1771-1905, vols. 1-2 (Nein) NS
*The Goshenhoppen Register, 1741-1819, Registers of Baptisms, Marriages, & Deaths at the Catholic Mission at Goshenhoppen (Bally), Washington Twp., Berks Co., PA (Records of the American Catholic Hist. Soc. of PA) NS
*A Historical Booklet of Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., PA (Brossman--1957) [unindexed, didn't do]
*A History of Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., PA: Published for the 225th Anniversary (Hein & Brossman) [unindexed, didn't do]
*The History of Jerusalem "Allemaengel" Church, Albany Twp., Berks Co., PA, 200th Anniversary, 1747-1947 (Kistler-1947) [unindexed, didn't do]
*The History of St. James Lutheran Church, Reading, PA, 1850-1900 (Horine) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA (Kershner & Lerch) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of St. John's (Host) Church, 1727-1975 (The Church--1976) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of St. Peter's United church of Chirst, 1700-1990, Richmond Twp., Berks Co., PA (Hoch & Weyendt--1991) [unindexed, didn't do]
*The History of St. Stephen's Reformed Church, Reading, PA, 1884-1909 (Dickert--1909) [unindexed, didn't do]
*A History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Reading, PA, Area (Bowman, Crego, & Byers) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of Zion's (Windsor Castle) United Church of Christ of Perry Twp., Berks Co., PA - NS
*The Hochstadt Origins of Some of the Early Settlers at Host Church, Berks Co., PA (Burgert) NS
*Host "Tulpehocken" Church at Marion Twp., Berks Co., PA (Dellock & Rice) NS
*Index to the Listings in the Baptismal Records of Jerusalem Lutheran & Reformed Church, Berks Co., PA, by John L. Kistler (Ziegler) NS
*The Insurgent Major--The Establishment of the Ebenezer Methodist Church, Boyertown, PA, 1873-1929 (Koren--1987) NS
*Little Swatara Church of the Brethren (Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., PA) (1964) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Lutheran Ministers of Berks Co.: Sketches of the Lives of Those Who Have Lived & Labored in This County (Early--1902) NS
*Maidencreek Reformed Church (One United Church of Christ) Blandon, Berks Co., PA, Baptismal Registry, 1859-1871 (Adams) NS
*Most Blessed Sacrament Church, Bally, PA: Originally Known as St. Paul's Chapel of Goshenhoppe, Berks Co., PA (Quinter & Allwein--1976) [unindexed, didn't do]
*100 Years of Church Life, 1847-1947: A Historical Sketch of the Trinity Union Church, Rehrersburg, PA (Moyer & Margurger--1947) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Pastoral Records, Rev. Joseph S. Dubs, 1822-1831, Berks Co. (Ziegler) NS
*Pioneer Palatine Pilgrims [Hill Church, Pike Twp.] (DeLong)
*Private Records of Rev. Johannes Heinrich Helffrich, 1771-1810 (Closson Press) NS
*Quaker Records, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks Co., PA, Births & Deaths; Marriages, 1759-1816 (McNeill) NS
*Record of Rev. Levi Dent Stambaugh, Pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, Rehrersburg, Berks Co., PA, 1884-1909 [unindexed, didn't do]
*Records of Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Berks Co., PA (Weiser) NS
*Records of the Host Reformed Church, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., PA: Baptisms, 1748-1895; Marriages, 1752-1760 & 1855 (Steinmetz) [unindexed, didn't do]
*St. John's Church of Hamburg, 1790-1898; 1898-1965, St. John's Lutheran; First Reformed (UCC) 175th Anniversary (Stofflet--1965) [unindexed, didn't do]
*St. Michael's Union Church, Tilden Twp., Hamburg, R.D. 1, PA: 200 Years in Service to God & Country, 1769-1969 (Miller) [unindexed, didn't do]
*St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Amityville, [Berks Co.], PA: A Brief History (Harner--ca. 1982) [unindexed, didn't do]
*St. Thomas Church, Morgantown, PA: A Parish History, 1740-1990 (Goodling) [unindexed, didn't do]
*St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, 1945-1967, Mohrsville, Perry Twp. of Berks Co., Pa (Adems--1988) NS
*Salem (Belleman's) Church, Centre Twp., Berks Co., PA: A Pictorial- Historical Review, 1746-1976 (Blatt & Blatt) NS <or unindexed?>
*Salem Belleman's Union Church, R.D. No. 1, Mohrsville, PA, Confirmations (Blatt & Blatt) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lancaster Ave., Bethel, PA, 1948-1991 [unindexed, didn't do]
*The 1761 to 1802 Record of the New Bethel Zion Church of Grimville, Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA: Originally Named Bethel Locally Called The Stone Church, Known Officially as The Greenwich Congregation Founded by Georg Kamp (Leiby) NS
*A Short History of Alsace Union Church, 1732-1907: Including Data Concerning Grace (Alsace), Our Present Church [Berks] (Faust--1981) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Souvenir, Golden Jubilee, 1878 Oct 1928, of Grace Lutheran Church and Pastorate, Reading, [Berks Co.], PA (1928) <unindexed>
*Supplementary History, Salem Belleman's Union Church, R.D. No. 1, Mohrsville, PA (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*Trinity Lutheran Church of Reading, Berks Co., PA (Early) NS
*Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, PA: An Alphabetized Compilation of Baptisms, Marriages, & Deaths from 1751-1904 (Nein & Hesser) NS
*Tulpehocken Church Records, 1730-1800: Christ (Little Tulpehocken) Church and Altalah Church, Rehrersburg (Weiser) NS
*250 Year History of Christ (Little Tulpehocken) Church (Lutz & Lutz--1980) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, PA - NS

COURT RECORDS
*Index to Berks Co., PA, Wills & Administration Records 1752-1850 (Williams & Williams) NS
*An Index to Naturalization Records at Reading, PA, from Earliest Date to 1852 (Hamilton Computer Services) NS
*Letters of Administration, Berks Co., PA, Books 1-8 (Steinmetz) NS
*The Petitioners: 18th-Century Actions to Erect Present-Day Berks County Townships (Beidler & Heydt) NS

HISTORY & GENEALOGY
*Annals of the Oley Valley in Berks Co., PA: Over 200 Years of Local History of an American Canaan (Croll--1926) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Bicentennial History of Hamburg Borough Incorporated 1837, Windsor Twp. Established 1752, and Tilden Twp. formed 1887: Berks Co., PA, 1776-1976 (Hamburg Bicentennial Committee--1976) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Book of Biographies: This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Berks Co., PA (Biog. Pub. Co.--1898) [partial index] NS
*Centennial History Book of Kempton & Albany Twps., 1874-1974 (Kempton Centennial Committee) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Congressional History of Berks (Pa.) District, 1789-1939 (Fryer--1939) NS
*Die Shilgrut fun der Tulpehock (Tulpehocken Settlement Hist. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Early Narratives of Berks Co. (Nolen--1927) NS
*Exeter the Forgotten Corner, 225th Anniversary (Exeter Anniv. Committee--1967) [unindexed, didn't do]
*The Foundation of the Town of Reading in PA (Nolan--1929) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Frederick Womeldorf: The Pennsylvania/Virginia Connection (Komarek) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of Berks Co. in PA (Montgomery--1886) yes
*History of Berks Co., PA, in the Revolution, from 1774-1783 (Haage--1894) NS
*History of Bethel & Tulpehocken Twps., Berks Co., PA (Whitmoyer--1976) [unindexed, didn't do]
*History of Reading, PA, 1748-1898, and the Anniversary Proceedings of the Sesqui-centenial, June 5-12, 1898 (Montgomery--1898) NS
*Index to C. Z. Mast & R. E. Simpson's Annals of Conestoga Valley, 1942 (Lemar & Mast) NS
*Index to History of Berks Co. in PA, by Montgomery (Hummell) yes <page 266: Pvt. E. M. Snodgrass; see Film #1,000,543 item 1>
*Mohrsville, Berks Co., PA, 1836-1986: A Concise Pictorial & Historical Discourse on the Village, vols. 1-2 (Blatt & Blatt) NS
*North Heidelberg Twp., 1845-1995 (Scogna--1996) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Oley Valley Heritage--The colonial Years, 1700-1775 (Pendleton--1994) NS
*Reading & Berks Co., PA: A History (Fox--1925) ["s" index missing]
*1723-1973: 250 Years Tulpehocken as Told in Articles Which Appeared in the Historical Review of Berks Co. (Graeff--1973) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Two Centuries of Reading, PA, 1748-1948: A History of the County Seat of Berks Co. (Albight) NS
*The Womelsdorfs: A Family of Early Pennsylvania Papermakers (Komarek) [unindexed, didn't do]

LAND RECORDS
*Berks Co., PA, Land Warrants, 1730-1868 (Howell & Paul) NS
*Land Warrants & Patents in Readingtown (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Township Map of Berks Co., PA (Henry & Boyer--1854) NS

MILITARY RECORDS
*Berks Co. and the War of 1812 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) NS
*Berks Co., PA, and the Frigate South Carolina (Adams) NS
*Berks Co. Soldiers in the American Revolution (Hollenach) NS
*Pension Applications of Revolutionary Soldiers Who Served from Berks Co., PA: and a Number Who Died Outside of the County or State (Steinmetz) NS

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
*Berks Co. Farmers' Directory, 1867-68 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Conrad Weiser's Account Book, 1746-1760 (Neff & Weiser) NS
*Directory of Reading, 1806 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Ledger of Anthony Fricker, Gunsmith, of Womelsdorf, Heidelberg Twp., Berks Co., PA, 1814-1821 (Hawbaker) NS
*A Research Guide to the Tulpehocken Region (Lancaster, Now Berks and Lebanon Counties) (Burgert--1994) NS
*1767 Berks Co. Archives (an index) (Dix) NS
*Tulpehocken Settlement Family Festival, 1723-1973: A Program of Events Sponsored by the John Conrad Weiser Family Association - [unindexed, didn't do]

NEWSPAPER RECORDS
*Berks Co., PA, Marriages, etc., Extracted from Newspapers, 1796-1845 (Steinmetz) NS
*A Collection of Obituaries Taken from Newspapers Published in Berks co., PA, 1890s to 1988 - NS

PERIODICALS
*Branches of Berks, vols. 1-7 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Index of Surnames, series 2, vols. 1-2 (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) NS
*Journal of the Berks Co. Gen. Soc. (The Society) vols. 2, 3, 5, 6, 8pt1 - NS; vols. 4, 7, 9 - unindexed; vol. 13 incomplete
*Transactions of the Historical Society of Berks Co., vols. 1, 2-#4, 3 (The Society) [unindexed, didn't do]

TAX RECORDS
*Brunswick, Pinegrove, & Manheim Twps. at the Time of the U.S. Direct Tax (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) [unindexed, didn't do]
*Listing of Inhabitants in 1767, Berks Co., PA (SW PA Gen. Services) NS
*1752 List of Taxables, Berks Co., PA (Williams & Williams) NS
*1767 Tax List (Proprietery), Berks Co., PA (Brittingham & Williams) NS
*Taxable Incomes for 1863, Berks Co., PA (Berks Co. Gen. Soc.) NS

VITAL RECORDS
*Berks Co., PA, Marriages, 1730-1800, vols. 1-2 (HP Pub.) NS

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RECORDS

1860 census, Northwest Ward, Reading, Berks Co., PA, page 1098, #2598/2751:
George Snodgrass, 26-M-PA tobacconist, 0/500
Mary Snodgrass, 26-F-PA
<1850 Philadelphia Co., PA; 1870 Berks Co., PA, with father>
<Desc. of Alexander Snodgrass & Rebecca Snyder>

1870 census, Ward 5, Reading, Berks Co., PA, page 435:
Alexander Snodgrass, 63-M-PA bank messenger, $300 <wid/o Rebecca; d. 1871>
George Snodgrass, 35-M-PA R.R. conductor <1860 Berks Co., PA>
Mary Snodgrass, 35-F-PA <w/o George; 1860 Berks Co., PA>
Ellen Snodgrass, 10-F-PA
George Snodgrass, 6-M-PA
Mary Snodgrass, 3-F-PA
Annie Snodgrass, 24-F-PA <d/o Alexander>
Amanda Snodgrass, 20-F-PA <d/o Alexander>
<1860 Philadelphia Co., PA>
<Desc. of 3 Alexander Snodgrass & Rebecca Snyder>

1886 -- History of Berks Co. (Montgomery):
page 266: 93rd Regiment, organized 1861, at the Fairgrounds near Lebanon, PA. Co. B, was recruited in Berks Co., was mustered out 27 Jun 1865: private E. M. Snodgrass, mustered in 12 Oct 1861; discharged 16 Aug 1862.
- - - - - - - - - -
page 859: George Snodgrass was conductor on the first train, run 10 Jan 1870, etc.


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