Berks County Pennsylvania is one of these counties where your ancestors lived a while and then moved on.\u00a0 If they were resident there through the American Revolution and beyond, check the military records–original signatures, troop movements, militia assignments between wars, unique identities when there is more than one person by the same name, name of local residence, excuses offered for non-attendance at muster–all of these entries can give you important details about your ancestors.<\/p>\n
In the Pennsylvania State Division of Archives and Manuscripts, PO Box 1026, Harrisburg PA 17108-1026, http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0these original military records for Berks County are on deposit:<\/p>\n Please note that these records are also available for other Pennsylvania counties.\u00a0 Check the Family History Library Catalog online at http:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a>\u00a0 or the online catalog of the Pennsylvania State Historical and Museum Commission http:\/\/www.phmc.state.pa.us<\/a>\u00a0 for specific titles and dates covered.<\/p>\n Military records are an underused resource for hard-to-find ancestors. The records listed above are not the pension files.\u00a0 Your ancestor may have died before pensions were awarded.\u00a0 These are not the service records, a category that will eventually be available online.\u00a0 These are usually not\u00a0 among the lists printed in genealogical society quarterlies or typed into online databases.\u00a0 Yet they can supply some of the most essential evidence to prove your ancestry and discover \u00a0where you originate.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/a><\/p>\n PS\u00a0 By popular request, I am going to compile checklists and white papers I have written on Pennsylvania Genealogy into a book that, hopefully, will be available sometime in November 2010.\u00a0 I have completed much genealogy research for my clients and for my husband’s ancestry in Pennsylvania records.\u00a0 You could benefit from my experience there.\u00a0 Stay tuned for a table of contents and announcement that this publication is available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berks County Pennsylvania is one of these counties where your ancestors lived a while and then moved on.\u00a0 If they were resident there through the American Revolution and beyond, check the military records–original signatures, troop movements, militia assignments between wars, … Continue reading \n