This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vmountjoy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/9848/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Where is Barto in Berks County? Checked Internet sources and the town hardly seems to exist, there is so little information on it. Can anyone tell me more about the town? Also, was there ever a German Reformed church in Barto, or if not, where was the nearest one? I am researching a family of German ancestry who belonged to this faith; they settled in Barto around the 1850's, but moved to Northumberland County in 1867. Thanks, Val 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.

The little town of Barto is outside Boyertown. Barto is in or near Washington Township. My family settled in what is now Washington Township. There was a reformed church - St. Joseph's, now called Hill Church, where all my family is buried. I'm not really sure about the history of this church, but sometime it split, with part of it now being Lutheran and part reformed. The old church is the Reformed, I believe. That's the one called "Hill" church, because it is on a hill I suppose. There is a very large, old cemetery behind Hill Church, where lots of my ancestors are buried. Arlene surnames: Bobb, Reitenauer, Moyer, Stauffer, Herb, Nestor, Gilbert ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <PABERKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:33 AM Subject: [PABERKS] Town of Barto > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: vmountjoy > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.berks/9848/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Where is Barto in Berks County? Checked Internet sources and the town > hardly seems to exist, there is so little information on it. Can anyone > tell me more about the town? Also, was there ever a German Reformed church > in Barto, or if not, where was the nearest one? I am researching a family > of German ancestry who belonged to this faith; they settled in Barto > around the 1850's, but moved to Northumberland County in 1867. > > Thanks, > > Val > > 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 > >