Jack Akerboom genealogy collection


Collection 4361

circa 1984-circa 1998
(7.0 Linear feet ; 29 volumes)

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Akerboom, Jack
Title
Jack Akerboom genealogy collection
ID
4361
Date
circa 1984-circa 1998
Extent
7.0 Linear feet ; 29 volumes
Author
Finding aid prepared by Randy Sparks.
Language
English
Abstract
The Jack Akerboom genealogy collection contains various family histories and records of Pennsylvania churches, especially cemetery records. Some are published materials, some are photocopied published materials, still others are printed off of the internet, and some look like copies or printouts of unpublished research. Some of the volumes are very usefully indexed.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Jack Akerboom genealogy collection (Collection 4361), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2019.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Gift of Jack Akerboom, 2003.

Accession number 2003.051.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Church records.
  • Family histories.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Pennsylvania--Genealogy--Sources.
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Genealogy.

Personal Name(s)

  • Akerboom, Jack

Subject(s)

  • Burial records.
  • Genealogy & local history.
  • Genealogy.
  • Pennsylvania--Genealogy.

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Collection Inventory

Volume

Batdorf/Bennett Genealogy 

Volume description

The Batdorf/Bennet Family, Genealogy book ranging cataloging 1534 through to 1982, published by Reverend Clifford H. Bennet (1984), with index.

1

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Bland and Teter Genealogies 

Volume description

Genealogies of the Bland and Teter families, Bland Family, published by Edith Conat Landing, 1985, records dating back to 1750 with index; Teter Family published by Eva A. (Teter) Whitfield, 1987, records dating back to 1606, with index

2

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Bonawitz Genealogy 

Volume description

Genealogy of the Bonawitz family, printed by Oby Bonawit, 1970, records date back to 1754, only part 1 indexed

3

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Cotterman Genealogy 

Volume description

Genealogy of the Cotterman family, compiled by Harold Van Horn and Jack Ackerboom, 1998, records date back to 1600, with index

4

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Chubb, Blue, Hochester, Dohner and Kaufman Genealogies 

Volume description

Genealogies of the Chubb, Blue, Hochester, Dohner and Kaufman families. Chubb complied by Henry Chubb, 1995, records date back to 1797; Blue family compiled by Mary (Blue) Ralston, 1998, records date back to 1957, with index, Hochester family appears to be incomplete and is undated and no index; Donner Family compiled by H.H. Donner, 1950, records dating back to 1820, no index; Gibbel family compiled by Ira W. Gibbel, 1995, begins with the sixth generation (circa 1900), no index; Kaufman family compiled by Frank Llewellyn Kaufmann and Odette J. Mordant Kaufmann, 1994, records dating back to 1777, no index.

5

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Frey Genealogy 

Scope and content note

Ancestry and Descendents of Johann Peter Frey, compiled by James A. Jurney, 1992, earliest records date back to 1521, with index

6

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Klauser and Hix Genealogy 

Voolume description

Some Early Lineages of Berks County PA. Clauser (Klauser) Hicks (Hix) by Beluah Hix Blair, 1959, records dating back to 1729, indexed

7

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Lenker Genealogy 

Volume description

Genealogy of Lenker Family, compiled by Leah (Bingaman) Latsha, 1996, records dating back to 1759, indexed

8

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Ruddle Genealogy 

Volume description

Genealogy and History of the Ruddle-Riddle Family, by Pauline Ruddle Harman, 1984, records date back to 1794, partially indexed (index in front)

9

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Seitz Genealogy 

Volume description

Genealogy of the Seitz/Sites family by John V. Beck and Suzanne Sites Gibson, 1984, records date back to 1766, indexed (index split in two sections, one at front and one at back).

10

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Bobb, Kaufman, Kissling, etc. Genealogies 

Volume description

Genealogy of Bobb family, records dating from 1715-1897, indexed (index in front); Genealogy of the Seibert Family, by Raymond Martin Bell, 1982, records date back to 1586, indexed; Genealogy of the Kaufmann family, records dating back to 1749, indexed (index in front); Genealogy of the Kissling Family, records dating back from 1749-1975, no index; Genealogy of the Lerch family, by John H. Grimes and Howard L. Flowers, 1985, records dating back to 1663, not indexed; Genealogy of Rentschler family, records dating back to 1866, indexed (index in front), Genealogy of the Rothermill family, by Joseph A. Messier, 1989, records dating back to 1883, no index; Genealogy of the Seibert Family, by Raymond Martin Bell, 1979, records dating back to 1639, indexed; Genealogy records from the Williams family, records dating back to 1817; “Pennsylvania Pioneers from Wolfersweiler Parish Saarland, Germany” by Annette K. Burgert, with index.

11

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Early Pennsylvania Marriages, 1785-1810 

Scope and content note

Early Marriage Evidence From the Court Records of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (including Lebanon County), 1785-1810, compiled by Annette K. Burgert (1893), no index.

12

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Pennsylvania Marriages prior to 1790 

Scope and content note

“Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses Were Issued in the Province of Pennsylvania Previous to 1790” compiled by John B. Linn and William H. Egle, reprinted with supplementary material from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, no index.

13

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St. John’s Reformed Church Records 

Volume description

History of St. John’s (Hain’s) Reformed Church 1916-1935; contains baptism records, marriage records, funeral records, and genealogies of the Hain, Ruth, Werner, Lerch, Gerhart and Lamm families; indexed.

14

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Zion Union Cemetery and St. Daniel’s Church Records 

Scope and content note

Records from Womelsdorf Zion Union Cemetery and St. Daniels Church. Burial records for Zion Union Cemetery are indexed.

15

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St. Michael’s and Scwartzwald Cemetery burial records 

Volume description

St. Michael’s Cemetery (St. Michael’s Union Church Tilden Township), #1 and #2 Burial Records, 1766-1991 compiled by Luann Seaman and Betty Seaman, with index; Scwartzwald Cemetery Burial Records, compiled by Jon Acker, Anna Schroeder, Elaine D. Schwar (1986), indexed; Burial Records for St. Michael’s Cemetery Union Township, indexed; Burial Records of the Old Trinity Tulpehocken Church Cemetery, indexed

16

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Bern. Leesport, Salem etc. Cemetery records 

Volume description

Wyomissing Church (Ref & Luth) index; Bern New Cemetery index; Bern Church Records, 1739-1845, Index to Bern Church Old Cemetery, August 1994; Bern’s Forebearers: A Guide to its Graveyard; Gernant’s Church Cemetery burial records compiled by Anna Schroeder and Elaine D. Schwar (1985),indexed (index in front); Leesport Cemetery burial records, compiled by Jon Acker, Anna Schroeder, and Elaine D. Schwar (1986), indexed (index in front); Salem Cemetery burial records (1964), indexed; Lauderdale Cemetery burial records; Tombstone Inscriptions from Hagg’s Cemetery in Bernville Pennsylvania, compiled by Jeffry J. Howell, indexed; Epler’s Church Cemetery burial records (1991), indexed; St. John’s Reformed Church Cemetery burial records (1963), indexed.

17

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Kissinger’s Union Church and Bernhard Adam Cemetery 

Volume description

Maiden Creek Cemetery index; Schwarzschild cemetery Index; Mohnsville Cemetery guide, indexed; St. John’s Cemetery Records, Milton Blatt (1992), indexed (index in front); Kissinger’s Union Church Cemetery burial records, no index; Report on The Bernhard Adam Cemetery by Amy Styer; Tombstone Inscriptions from Zion (Blue Mountain) Union Church; Swamp Lutheran Church death records.

18

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St. Matthew’s Union Church, Barnett Cemetery etc. burial records 

Volume description

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church Burial Records; List of Perry County Cemeteries; Acker Family Cemetery records; Index to Barner Cemetery Inscriptions (1955); Bucks E.U.B. Churchyard Cemetery burial records; Barnet Cemetery in the Road burial records; Members of Kerr Family buried in Bull Hill Cemetery; Bucks Valley Center Union Churchyard burial records; Inscriptions from gravestones removed from the Lawrence Kimler farm in Buffalo Township; Bethel Cemetery Guide; Buffalo Cemetery burial records; Centre Presbyterian Churchyard cemetery guide; Cemetery on the Delleville Road records; Delleville Union Cemetery; Restland Cemetery Guide; Reward E.U.B. Church burial records; Reiber’s Churchyard burial records; Red Hill Churchyard Burial Records; Old Newport Churchyard burial records; Old Eschol Cemetery burial records; Emol Chapel Cemetery Guide; Union and Evangelical Cemetery guides (Elliotsburg Lutheran); Dunhand Cemetery burial records; Isolated Burial Plots, Howe Twp.; Hill Cemetery burial records; Hunter’s Valley Churchyard burial records; Jones-Steel Cemetery; Liverpool PA Cemetery Registration; Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery; Little Germany-Stone Church burial records; Burials in Lebanon (Union) Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery

19

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Tulpehocken Trinity Cemetery Records 

Volume description

Tulpehocken Trinity United Church of Christ Cemetery Record, Tulpehocken Settlement historical society (1997), indexed

20

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Christ’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery 

21

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Burial Records of Zion Union Cemetery 

Volume description

Burial Records of Zion Union Cemetery, Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society (1994), indexed

22

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Perry Valley Lutheran Cemetery Burial Records 

Volumes description

Perry Valley Lutheran Cemetery Burial Records, indexed

23

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Oak Hill Cemetery Records 

Volume description

Oak Hill Cemetery burial records, no index

24

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St. John’s Church of Christ Records 

Volume description

Records of St. John’s Church of Christ, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, Baptisms, Deaths and Confirmation Records from 1883 to 1971, indexed; Sinking Spring Cemetery Burial Records, indexed

25

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Muddy Creek Lutheran Records 

Volume description

Records of Pastoral Acts at Lutheran Reformed Congregations of the Muddy Creek Church East Cocalio Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1730-1790 (1981), indexed; List of Graves in Muddy Creek Cemetery.

26

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Stone Valley Church Records 

Volume description

Church Records of Stone Valley or Zion’s Lutheran and Reformed Congregations, Vols I-III 1777-1854 (1944), indexed; Stone Valley Cemetery burial records (1933), no index; Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery burial records, no index; St. Luke’s Union Cemetery burial records (1970), partial index.

27

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Northumberland County Genealogy/Biography 

Volume description

Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, pages 1-516, J. L. Floyd (1911), indexed

28

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Northumberland County Genealogy/Biography 

Volume description

Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, pages 517-end, J. L. Floyd, (1911), indexed

29

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