I have been able to locate info using Google Archives -- you can qualify what dates you would like to search - also can specify possible newspaper(s) in your search details. I have been able to find newspaper clippings / death & marriage notifications using this option. Also it is not limited to Pennsylvania info -- have found pictures of my husband's family located in the Los Angeles area Maureen in Modesto ________________________________ From: Walter Blenderman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 6:46:40 AM Subject: [PABERKS] Another Newspaper/Church Problem I have been trying to locate microfilms/original copies of newspapers  for the Reading area, and specifically Sinking Spring for the 1840's.  My GG Grandmother, Elizabeth BLANKENBILLER married Unknown ZIEGLER  before October of 1845. Their son Martin ZIEGLER was born October 24,  1845. Unknown ZIEGLER died before July 21, 1848. Elizabeth  BLANKENBILLER ZIEGLER remarried Dietrich HEIDMAN sometime before this  date, when a daughter, Susannah was born to them. Elizabeth and  Dietrich are buried in the Salem United Brethren (Weidman's) Cemetery  in Sinking Spring; also Susannah, who married David LESHER. They all  may have attended that church, although I have not been able to locate  the records. The Historical Society of Berks County says it does not have any  newspapers that cover this time period, and I am not sure where to  look for the church records either, if they even exist. No help with  LDS microfilms either. Can anyone help here? Lynn Blenderman ***************************************************************************** They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benj. Franklin, 1759 Walter G. Blenderman, Lynn K. Blenderman, N. Plainfield, NJ, USA **mailto:[email protected]***************************http://www.blenderman.net ** ==== 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