The older volumes in the series are shorter booklets that bring the history of pennsylvania to life for general readers and students. Nice penmanship on this 18x23 deed between david and caterrina rauzahn to samuel sterner. Data consists of the individual being baptized, the sponsors, and other information. Jan 17, 2016 overview of longswamp union cemetery, longswamp township, berks county, pennsylvania, united states collaborative genealogy and history. Page 208 gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin. Longswamp township historical society posts facebook.
Finding the same fact in two different family history books may only prove that one of the two authors copied the data from the other. Restoration of the dorneyville hotel built in 1756 has finally begun, the king george inn additions are being removed. The township touches the lehigh line and is located in the eastern part of the county. The 1764 baptism of david hener occupies the last space on the page. Reading developed during the 1740s when the inhabitants of northern lancaster county sent several petitions requesting that a separate county be established. There are longsdale books available 200 books sold immediately. The schuylkill river also drains portions of the township via the sacony creek which also starts in longswamp to the west and the perkiomen creek to the south. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts.
Antiquarian book dealers state library of pennsylvania. Longswamp township historical society in mertztown, pa. A post office called longswamp was established in 1822, and remained in operation until 1906. The mines and minerals of berks county, pennsylvania. All outdoor dates and times are weather permitting.
Overview of longswamp union cemetery, longswamp township, berks county, pennsylvania, united states collaborative genealogy and history. Longswamp under the authority of the pennsylvania municipalities planning code, as amended. People and places of longswamp longswamp township historical society 2020 calendar is now available. Berks county, pennsylvania genealogy familysearch wiki. This cemetery was owned by the united church of christ, until there was a split in the church.
From quaker rule to the devastating decline of the steel industry, pennsylvania. Little is known of his son, peter fegley, the grandfather of george fegley, except that he was born in montgomery county and settled in douglass township, that county, induced by the fact that his uncle a brother of bernhard had. Troutman, of marion township, has been prominent in public affairs of the township and county for some years, and is now serving in the office of justice of the peace. History of berks county in pennsylvania internet archive. Paleoindians the first people to live in pennsylvania were part of the earliest waves of human migration into the western hemisphere.
And a genealogical and biographical record of its families, volume 1. Longswamp township historical society shared a post. Longswamp township historical society home facebook. Search for a memorial or contributor by id include the name of a spouse, parent child or sibling. Theres all kinds of really interesting things to learn in here about pennsylvania. We welcome visitors to attend our board meetings held at the longswamp township buildings meeting room at 1112 state street, mertztown, pa. Creationof longswamp township the earliest settlers to the district reportedly arrived as early as 1734 from goschenhoppen and oley.
Descendants of my immigrant ancestor, john david mertz who settled in longswamp township, moved to northumberland county, pa and one line on to sparta, ny and then erie county, pa. Welcome to longswamp united church of christ, where we are building a church full of energy that helps all kinds of people. Longswamp is an unincorporated community in longswamp township in berks county, pennsylvania, united states. Longswamp was incorporated in may, 1761 from rockland township. Longswamp union cemetery in mertztown, pennsylvania find a. History berks county pennsylvania, first edition abebooks. Read about the early history of pennsylvania, its oil history, its cultural evolution, and much more. Brandywine community library berks county public libraries. Kramlich of kutztown, berks county, pennsylvania family history library. Longswamp reformed church, longswamp, berks county. Descendants of several of those immigrants moved to northampton, somerset and columbia county, pa. See also the what is the directory structure for the texts.
Jacob hinterleiter was a large landowner near topton. Pennsylvania history and books history of berks county. Research church record lookups search books cemetery index collection search hjl book club index to the. History longswamp township was settled as early as 1734 and officially erected in 1761. Township erected i early prominent families i revolutionary history. This article reprinted from the history of berks county in pennsylvania by morton l.
Longswamp township historical society is a nonprofit organization formed. The name long swamp langen schwamm is said to have originated from the fact that the land along the entire length of toad creek krotte krick is marshy, and so this swampy strip was called the long swamp. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. Miller and william pencak, a historian at pennsylvania state university, this lucid and comprehensive history includes. The county seat for berks county is located in reading. History of berks county longswamp township the following is reproduced from the 1876 atlas of berks county, pennsylvania longswamp was originally settled by germans. This organization has been in operation for 5 years, which makes it significantly younger than other nonprofits in the state. A genealogical record of members composing the society of friends or quakers resident at some time in berks county, pennsylvania.
The community took its name from longswamp township. It is a township within berks county, pennsylvania. Browse the most recent longswamp, pennsylvania obituaries and condolences. They came to the americas during the end of the last ice age about 30,000 to 10,000 years ago, when lower ocean levels exposed the bering land bridge between siberia and alaska. Longswamp union cemetery in mertztown, pennsylvania find.
Some tears on creases, wear as shown in the photographs. The first person to come here is said to have been a man named berger, who settled in longs dale. It includes the known history of each mine and locality and a list of reported minerals. Historical collections state pennsylvania abebooks. They came to the americas during the end of the last ice age about 30,000 to 10,000 years ago, when lower ocean levels exposed the. At the courtesy desk at radcliffes market, 953 state street, mertztown, pa. Sep, 2016 many of the old photographs have never been published before.
The history of butler county, pa, is recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this new 26 page booklet, reprinted primarily from four hardtofind vintage books. On may 17, 1777, he was appointed chaplain of the 1st battalion of the militia of berks county, pa. With kids at home you may be looking for new activity books for them. The longswamp township historical society lths is a 501c3 nonprofit charitable organization of interested individuals who are dedicated to discovering, recording, preserving, and sharing the artifacts and cultural history of longswamp township. Our team has created a resource page, berks history at home and will continue to provide opportunity to. History of bedford, somerset and fulton counties, pa. This is a bibliography of most of our biographical and historical volumes currently being used for transcription to our various pennsylvania counties.
We thank all who answered the call for memories and items to include. The litweiler family has the first page of prior baptisms in the longswamp book listing 6 children from 1747 to 1759. Archives of historical books of reading, pa and berks county. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in longswamp, pennsylvania. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Designed to make highquality scholarship accessible for students, the pennsylvania history series has been published since 1948 and now features more than thirty titles that advance the mission of the pha by engaging with key social, political, and cultural issues in the history of the state and region. My ancestors, the family of john david mertz, worshipped at longswamp reformed church in longswamp township, berks county, pa. A second printing of 100 books also is going quickly.
Covering topics such as ethnic groups, industries, religion, and the arts, each title offers engaging stories written by leading pennsylvania historians. Genealogical and personal history of western pennsylvania. Choose our history of pennsylvania books at arcadia publishing. It was settled in 1734 chiefly by the germans, who came from goshenhoppen and oley. In common with other townships it suffered from the barbarous incursions of the indians, and its early history is full of accounts of the outrages committed by the natives. The mertzes of longswamp reformed a research white paper by c oakley mertz, this is a list of all baptisms at longswamp reformed church up to about 1810 where any person named mertz was the infant, parent or sponsor. Longswamp union cemetery mertztown, berks county, pennsylvania.
Donations to longswamp township historical society are tax deductible. I undertook a project early on in my research to go through the early records of that church and find every mertz mentioned in the birthbaptism records, including when mentioned as a sponsor, and including even mertz females then identified only by their married names. But, through my pa history class, and reading this book, theres so much more id like to read. Createspace independent publishing platform september, 2016 language. Berks county lies in the southeastern corner of pennsylvania, with longswamp lying just outside of mertztown.
This database contains records of the baptisms for longswamp reformed church for the years 1762 to 1810. We are using the following gps coordinates latitude and longitude for the longswamp union cemetery. Longswamp township, berks county, pennsylvania wikipedia. Longswamp church berks genealogical society of pennsylvania. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Longswamp townships villages include farmington, hancock, henningsville, longsdale, longswamp, maple grove, mertztown, new hensingersville also in lehigh county, red lion, rittenhouse gap, and seisholtzville also in hereford township. Longswamp genealogy in berks county, pa usa 1,015,348 pennsylvania 60,654 berks county 2,792 longswamp 7 note. List of books and articles about pennsylvania history. This includes married women born mertz those whose married names i know or could conjecture. A membership in the longswamp township historical society is a great gift. Pauls memorial reformed church, north sixth street, reading, pa. Church records of the longswamp reformed church, 17481810, located at longswamp township, berks county, pennsylvania family history library church records, 17471907 longswamp reformed and lutheran family history library pastors record, 18161861 john helffrich.
Biographies from historical and biographical annals by. He first located in montgomery county, near east greenville, but died in longswamp township, berks county, in 1782. Longswamp township municipal building 1112 state street, mertztown, pa merchandise is also available at our events and monthly meetings. Longswamp is located along state street southeast of topton. Its time to renew your society membership for 2016. The longswamp union cemetery is located in berks county. The longswamp township historical society meets on the third wednesday of every month, between 6. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in longswamp union cemetery in mertztown, pennsylvania, a find a grave cemetery. Wallace luckenbill, fleetwood junior high school lectures, 19381945 hundreds of years ago, great forests of very old trees grew in the gentle valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what is now berks county.
Longswamp township historical society is a tax exempt organization located in mertztown, pennsylvania. Longswamp union cemetery berks county, pennsylvania. Dent republican 2022256411 2211 rayburn house office building, washington dc 205154402. Longswamp township historical society, mertztown, pa. Zillow has 10 homes for sale in longswamp township pa matching. Likely, the crease tears will be a little more than photographed. Consists of history of the church, the townships of hereford, longswamp, washington and district, the iron furnaces and works, and biographical sketches of pastors. Bit of foxing on rear cover, creased along length, 1 dogear, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. The history of trinity lutheran church, reading, pa. Four immigrant mertzes settled in berks county, pa by the mid1700s. The mines and minerals of berks county, pennsylvania describes over 500 mines, quarries, and mineral localities.
Longswamp township, pa politics and election data homefacts. Biographies from historical and biographical annals by morton. The southern half of longswamp is located in the south mountains. The little lehigh creek and swabia creek start in longswamp and drain most of it eastward into the lehigh river. Normally, i like to rent the books that are required in my classes namely those i dont think ill want to keep ahold of.
Edited by saint josephs university history professor randall m. The first entry, for 1747, gives the maiden name of sara as schnieder, and the following listings omit this information. Longswamp genealogy in berks county, pa usa 1,015,348 pennsylvania 60,654 berks county 2,792 longswamp 7. With the help of german immigrant conrad weiser, the county was formed on march 11, 1752, from parts of chester county, lancaster county, and philadelphia county it was named after the english county in which william penns. Longswamp church genealogical society of pennsylvania. Longswamp township, pa current representatives governor currently representing pennsylvania tom wolf democrat 717 7872500.
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