Do you know what year the births are available from Reading? Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <PABERKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [PABERKS] Reading Birth Records, 1837 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: audianaq41 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/9867.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Births were not recorded in PA in that year of 1837. The only records > would be from a church record or a cemetery stone. > > The Berks Co H/S has a data base of names in their churchbooks which you > can check to see if there is a record of his birth. Also, the 1850 > Census, when he was about 13 should show his parents - although I went > thru the 1850 for a Benjamin and did not find one with surname KEENAN or > variable spelling born c1837. Do you have an age or birth for his mother > Mary? > > 1850 in Reading does not show one with surname starting with K, but there > are 3 in Berks Co: > > Benjamin Kamp Maxatawny, Berks, PA abt 1837 PA > Benjamin Keirsher Ruscombmanor, Berks, PA abt 1837 PA > Benjamin Kershner Upper Tulpehocken, Berks, PA abt 1838 PA > > > Here is link to the Hist Soc. > http://www.berkshistory.org/library/churches.html > > 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. > > > > ==== PABERKS Mailing List ==== > PABERKS@rootsweb.com > > To contact the List Administrator: > Rick Berkheiser, PABERKS-admin@rootsweb.com > > 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.rootsweb.com/~paberks/ > Hosted by Nancy Freehafer > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PABERKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sally, Try searching at Berks County Register of Wills for Berks and Reading births http://www.co.berks.pa.us/rwills/s/RegMain.htm If that address fails go directly to the Register of Wills site http://www.co.berks.pa.us/rwills/site/default.asp Click on "genealogy" and on the next site click on "search our records" Betty