This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: audianaq41 Surnames: MOORE MOHR Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/7057.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am a MOORE/MOHR, too. Do you have more info on Marie Ann? Approximate birthdate, spouse, parents, etc? Was she from Berks Co? Diana in AL Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: writemoore Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/7057.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I am also working on the Moore family. Doug, do you possibly have a "Marie Ann" Moore? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: schielclan21 Surnames: Raudenbush, Edinger Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10277/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on The Richard B Raudenbush Family Richard - B:1835 in Berks County, PA and his daughter, Sarah A Sarah - B: 6/25/1861 Married Levi Edinger in 1880 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eddieboom1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10274.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, DeSherry - I appreciate it...I'll check into that. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tkeller1313 Surnames: Keller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10276/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi all. I'm running in to a dead end on here researching my great, great grandfather. All records and older living relative testimonials point to Irvin's parents dying very early in his life. Actually sometime before 1870 (he was born in May 1864 from what I can figure). But no census records of him ever living with other Kellers until he started his own family. I'm planning to head to the Historical Society library this weekend to dig into church records I've seen on their site in hopes of a baptism or birth record with parents listed (I know he attended and was buried at Schwarzwald), but if anyone has any of the miscellaneous books of local church records in hand, or has come across him in their research...I'm open to any input. This has been driving me crazy to have tracked him to age 7 and then hit a dead end. Thanks in advance, and if anyone wants to reply directly I can be reached at [email protected] Todd Keller Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: desherry Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10274.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can try contacting the Reading Public Library. The Pennsylvania Room has several years of school publications in their collections (newspapers and yearbooks). They may be able to help for a small research fee. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have an annual not sure of dates but many notes were made by my aunt as too marriages births etc. I am from Reading and I think the only Highschool then was Reading High also know as the castle on the hill. I lived across the street in the 40'sJanice ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 11:57:31 AM Subject: [PABERKS] Trying to find out my gradfather's school This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eddieboom1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10274/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there, My grandfather was Howard Duguay Gale, born in 1919 in Berks, Reading PA. I am trying to find a photo of him, as I never met him (he died in 2008). I know he was living in Reading in 1930, so I assume he went to high school in Reading. Does anyone have any old yearbooks from 1936-1938 possibly with his name and a photo in it? I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks, Eddie ps my email is [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== [email protected] To contact the List Administrator: Rick Berkheiser, [email protected] To visit the Berks Message Board: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks To visit the Berks County, PA website: http://www.pa-roots.com/~berks/ Hosted by Nancy Freehafer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eddieboom1 Surnames: Gale Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10275/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there, My grandfather was Howard Duguay Gale, born in 1919 in Berks, Reading PA. I am trying to find a photo of him, as I never met him (he died in 2008). I know he was living in Reading in 1930, so I assume he went to high school in Reading. Does anyone have any old yearbooks from 1936-1938 possibly with his name and a photo in it? I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks, Eddie ps my email is [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eddieboom1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10274/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi there, My grandfather was Howard Duguay Gale, born in 1919 in Berks, Reading PA. I am trying to find a photo of him, as I never met him (he died in 2008). I know he was living in Reading in 1930, so I assume he went to high school in Reading. Does anyone have any old yearbooks from 1936-1938 possibly with his name and a photo in it? I'd appreciate any help you can give. Thanks, Eddie ps my email is [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bierhaus Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/3081.4.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I could send a family sheet, but not thru this service. Send me email address to: [email protected] Guy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: schielclan21 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/3081.4.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information regarding the Baum family. Unfortunately I only know the father John Baum; his wife, Elizabeth Zacharias and his daughter Sarah who married Joseph Raudebush. Can any one help me out? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thunderbird1976 Surnames: Sterner/Stiner/Steiner/Diener/Keller Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/10273/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jacob Sterner son of Jacob Sr. married Sarah Diener in Bloomsburg in 1855. This is after the family moved there from Berks Co. Jacob was born either 1821 or 1831 dates are all different. Sarah was born abt 1830. Sarah shows up in Bloomsburg in 1850 living with another family. Did she follow Jacob to Bloomsburg? She is not present there before 1850 and this is about the time the Sterners left Rockland Twsp. Is she present in Berks Co. prior to 1850? Who are her parents? Jacobs baptism at Mertz Church. Who were Jacob Srs parents? Sarah is my dead end. Can trace her from Bloomsburg to Madison Co. MO. No info on birth or death.... Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DorisEdwards27 Surnames: Spohn, King Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/9921.1.1.7.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find information on the children of Adam Spohn and wife Elizabeth. I found information that one of their daughters was in the church records. I sure would appreciate it if you could check the records for me. Thank you. Doris Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

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Hi All, I am new to the list and wondering if anyone on the list is researching the DeWalt/DeWald family? My interest is in Henry DeWalt who I believe was from the Berks County area and he might have been the son of Michael DeWald/DeWalt. I would really like to correspond with you. Roberta Summers

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The Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation has a site on Facebook and they have many photos posted. One of them is for the "Ritter", I'm not sure it is the one you are looking for, but it is well worth taking a look http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=150047911461&aid=114726 this is the album URL, but you may have to go in via the main page...or wall as they call it. Click on photos in the left panel and them click on Ritter in the photo array. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Berks-County-Association-for-Graveyard-Preservation/150047911461?sk=photos#!/pages/Berks-County-Association-for-Graveyard-Preservation/150047911461?sk=wall Betty

These are the RITTER deaths/burials at First Reformed Church, Reading: NAME RELATION NOTE DEATH BURIED AGE Ritter, Anna Elizabeth D. of Charles & Ann croup 5/25/1861 1/3/22 Ritter, Daniel 6/15/1853 Exeter Township 77/4/6 Ritter, David from a fall 5/8/1847 Exeter Township 39 Ls 27d Ritter, Emma Matilda 5/12/1871 Lutheran 8/0/12 Ritter, Frances Bell 11/10/1868 1/4/16 Ritter, Francis S. of Johann fever 12/2/1809 3/2/2 Ritter, George old age 11/20/1808 Exeter Township 76/2 Ritter, Isaac 11/6/1851 Exeter Township 68/1/11 Ritter, James Edward S. of Daniel & Rebecca scarlet fever 11/9/1861 2/3/29 Ritter, Lovise D. of Johan fever 7/30/1810 1/7/19 Ritter, Marie D. of Johann vomiting 10/3/1804 Reading 0/4/3 Ritter, Marie Elizabeth dropsy 9/14/1808 Exeter Township 69 Less 2m Ritter, Sarah D. of Johan vomiting 8/25/1805 3m Less 1 Ritter, Sophia D. Dau.of John & Sarah Ruth dropsy 11/8/1905 72/4/12 Ritter, Susanna 3/12/1865 54/6/12 The Ritter Cemetery #2 had been surveyed abt 20+ years ago, and published in a book 'A Genealogical Guide to Berks County Private Cemeteries' by Miller, Lash and Lorah in 1990. They found 9 graves and one fieldstone in the cemetery. At that time it had a crumbling stone wall with an iron gate and its size was 33 x 42 feet. Some graves were removed to Schwarzwald Reformed cemetery. They gave directions: From Rt 562 at Jacksonwald, drive east on Oley Turnpike, 1.4 miles, then turn right on Ritter Lane, .3 mile. Cemetery situated on slight rise in field on the left, approximately 150 feet from road. RITTER: Isaac and wife Anna (Dieder) were in row 3 in the survey. Their transcription: Isaac 9/19/1782-11/6/1851, age 68/1/11 married Anna (nee DIEDER); m18 yrs - 3 sons/6daus. Anna, 8/8/1785-12/22/1829, age 39/4/14, m Isaac Ritter, m for 18 - 3s/6d They also have 3 burials that are supposed to have been there, per Rev. Charles Pauli and First Reformed: Maria Elisabeth RITTER buried 9/14/1808, aged 69 years less 2 days. Barbara RITTER buried 1/15/1816, aged 70y3m3d (she was nee SCHNEIDER, m Franz RITTER, Jr. (who owned the Reading Adler(Adlinger). David RITTER, bur 5/16/1847, aged 39 years less 27 days.(son of Isaac and Anna) Isaac was the grandson of Franz RITTER and wife Barbara, thru their son George RITTER m Maria Elizabeth DIETER. Are you a RITTER descendent of any of these? I descend from Franz Sr's sister, Eva Rosina RITTER m John KERST. Diana in ALABAMA [email protected] ------------------------------------ From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 Subject: [PABERKS] Ritter Family I was wondering if you could provide any assistance with this Ritter Family. I am not too familiar on how to post to the [email protected] Does anyone have an address for the Ritter family cemetery in Exeter Twp., Berks Co., PA? The old Ritter farm borders what is now called Ritter Lane. Issac Ritter's Burial: Ritter Family Cemetery, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA b. 19 Sep 1782/1783 Exeter,Berks,Pennsylvania d. 6 Nov 1851/1852 Exeter,Berks,Pennsylvania Married 10 Dec 1805 Anna Dieter/ Dieder Schwarzwald Church, Jacksonwald, Berks County, PA. Wife:Anna Dieter; Burial: Ritter Family Cemetery, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA b.8 Aug 1785 d. 22 Dec 1824 or 1829? More About Isaac Ritter: Burial: Ritter Family Cemetery, Exeter Township, Berks County, PA Military service: Veteran of War of 1812 Occupation: Farmer and beekeeper Isaac Ritter, born September 19, 1782; died November 06, 1851 in Exeter Township, Berks County, He was the son of George Ritter and Mary Elizabeth?. Also can someone please help with this research on George Ritter (1732-1808)? I am looking for the burial location, source for birth, marriage ect.. I have some dates but have no idea where the sources came from... This is what I have:George Ritter was born, 17 Feb 1732/33 in Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He died 18 Nov 1808 in Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania Wife: Maria Elizabeth Dieter (1739-1808). I found a will abstract: 1808 Will Abstract of George Ritter, Exeter, Berks, Co., PA RITTER, GEORGE, Exeter. March 1, 1808 - December 2, 1808. To wife Maria Elisabeth use of all estate during widowhood. After her decease to son Isaac all my land in Exeter for which he shall pay £2050 to other heirs, as follows: to son Johannes £300, to son Jacob £250, to son Henrich £550, to son Christian £350, son Abraham £300, dau. Barbara wife of Christian HECHLER £150, and dau. Maria wife of George GOTTSHALL £150. Exrs: Son-in-law Christian HECHLER and friend Adam YOUNG. Letters to HECHLER, the other renouncing. Wits: Jacob SCHNEIDER and Daniel RITTER. Translation. Also in the book "Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, PA" by Morton Montgomery. Published in 1909 by J. H. Beers & Co. Page 658 states that this George Ritter was a Revolutionary soldier, and his grandson David Ritter (father of Jacob R.) had the bayonet he used while in the service. George Ritter b. Feb 1732/1733 d. 18 Nov 1808 Exeter,B,Pennsylvania Wife Maria Elizabeth Dieter Son: Issac Ritter b. 19 Sep 1782/83 d. 6 Nov 1851/52 son: Jacob Ritter, died 26 Mar 1852 and is buried next to his wife Elizabeth Snyder at the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, PA Lot #2 and 4, Section E Regards, Jeff

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jmyoung365 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/981.1510.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Estella- Anyone who posted earlier in a thread receives notice of a reply in the thread--provided that their email address of record is current. Joan, board admin BERKS County message board Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.