Pottsville Marital Status. Number of Veterans. Male Veterans. Female Veterans. Pottsville Veterans by War. Pottsville Veterans by Age. Percentage Counts. Pottsville Veterans by Race. Pottsville Veterans by Education Loading Veteran Poverty Rate. Veteran Disability Rate. Pottsville Veterans by Education. Labor Force Participation. Employment Rate. Unemployment Rate. Pottsville Employment by Age. Pottsville Employment by Race. Pottsville Employment by Education. Origin of Non-Citizens Loading Origin of Naturalized Citizens Loading Native Born.
Foreign Born. Joseph's Cemetery, Girardville -- compiled by Evelyn A. Vincent de Paul Minersville Cemetery No. Alphabetical by first family name in title, NOT by first word of title. Antes , Kaufman and Kopp Lineage and Genealogy. A listing of nearly all people with the last name of Armstrong residing in Pennsylvania during the time of the census. The Descendants of James Brown, The DeGraws: Years of Family. History of the Grim Family. Memorials of Peter A. Jay, Compiled for His Descendants.
Thirty Ancestors of Richard Henry Koch. Leiby Genealogy and History, The Leininger Family. History of the Long Family of Pennsylvania, Starts with Christian Lang, "emigrant ancestor" from Germany. Miller and Pursel Families. The Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania. Biographical Sketch of Joel Munsell. A Munsey-Hopkins Genealogy. The Pershing Family in America, The Ancestry and Family of David D.
Genealogy of the Rarig Family, showing descendants of John Rarig and his wife Mary Ann Kisner, together with a short biography of these pioneers, their children and grandchildren. Family of Danial Rhoades Sr. Schoharie and Tulphehocken Rieths Reeds, etc. Johannes Schwalm the Hessian. Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families. Simmendinger Register, James Irwin Steel, History of the Wierman Family.
Ziegler Family Record. The Pottsville Free Public Library owns many other books on the history of this area, most of which cannot be photocopied or sent out through interlibrary loan due to their fragile condition. These materials are listed in our library catalog and may be used in the Reference Department. You can check the Pottsville Free Public Library's catalog by going to our Catalog page and following the directions there. While we do not have the original census records on microfilm, we do own two other resources which may be of interest:.
Confused about where a village is? Check out this list that has almost every borough and village in Schuylkill County with their township. Did we miss something? Email us and tell us what needs to be added or changed. The directories that list people by address criss-cross directories were published from to the present.
Telephone number criss-cross listings were published from to the present. Directories from to are on microfilm; directories from to the present are in bound volumes. We recommend using the online version of the Pottsville Republican newspaper if you are able to do so. You can find it at republicanherald.
Most issues should be available. We will continue to search for obituaries in the microfilm per service guidelines below, but please be aware our response time is now likely to be more than a month or six rather than a couple of weeks. The Republican Deaths file contains names from the comprehensive indexing project Oct. Note that the project dates given do not guarantee that we have every name that was published during those years; in fact, we're pretty certain we've missed a lot despite our best efforts.
But believing that a partial index is better than no index, we've made available what's been indentified so far. These are names that appeared in news articles, obituaries, funeral notices, or inquest reports. Entries marked "hard to read" mean the article may not copy clearly. Requests for copies of obituaries from this index may be sent to the Reference Dept.
Any other obituary or article requests MUST include an exact date; months or years will not be searched. See " Fees " below for costs. The file is in. Use the "find" command to jump to the name you seek. Printing out the entire list is NOT recommended: the list includes more than , names and is almost 2, pages long.
For those who cannot open Microsoft Word files , we also provide a text file version that should open within your web browser. One of our local researchers has pointed out some lists of death dates that are elsewhere on the web.
Bernie Bernatonis compiled several lists of deaths from the Pottsville Republican newspaper covering various years. The lists he has compiled , , , , , , , , are on the Schuylkill County USGenWeb page under "Pottsville Republican". Two segments did not get microfilmed: July - December and October - December These volumes were missing when the filming project took place.
Some issues of this newspaper are available for free from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive. So far we have identified over names and their dates and pages in the newspaper. The Shenandoah Evening Herald Deaths file contains names found as we answered genealogy requests and some names provided by genealogy researchers. Thank you Janet, Joanne and Diane! Thanks to Mary who spent several days indexing the early issues!
The page is in text format, so use the "Find" feature of your internet browser to jump to the name you want. We have issues from Jan. So far we have identified a few names and their dates and pages in the newspaper. The Ashland Daily News Deaths file contains names found as we answered genealogy requests and many names provided by genealogy researchers. Thank you Joanne and Diane! We cannot do any indepth family research.
Please note that the Pottsville Free Public Library does not own any birth, death, cemetery, church, immigration, marriage, or naturalization records other than those listed above. This covers up to 5 pages copied and up to 15 minutes of staff time.
This minimum fee applies regardless of how we send you the copy or copies. Download This Place. City: Pottsville Zip Codes: Best Places to Live in Pottsville Rankings.
Housing Market in Pottsville. It's a good time to buy in Pottsville. Home Appreciation is up Reviews for Pottsville 1 Reviews. Small town atmosphere Some may not even consider it so. For those of us who come from a small town, it has all the important benefits of a city Out of this industry grew the Phillips Van Heusen company which was founded in Moses Phillips and his wife Endel began sewing shirts by hand and selling them from pushcarts to the local coal miners.
Van Heusen and other textile companies left the region starting in the late s, mainly as a result of foreign competition. Another element of the textile industry was the Tilt Silk Mill on Twelfth Street, which produced silk from silk worms imported from China which fed on mulberry trees in the building's solarium.
The silk business eventually was eclipsed by the development of nylon stockings. The building still stands and is presently the headquarters of a storage and vehicle rental business.
During the Prohibition period in the United States, under the 18th Amendment , Yuengling stopped making beer and moved to production of " near beer ". The three brews produced in this time were the Yuengling Special the most popular brand , Yuengling Por-Tor a version of their "celebrated Pottsville Porter" , and finally, the Yuengling Juvo, which was a cereal beverage.
Then-owner Frank Yuengling also opened the Yuengling Dairy, which produced ice cream and other dairy products for the local area. These ventures helped to keep the company afloat during that period. When the 18th Amendment was repealed , Yuengling stopped production of "near beer" and resumed making alcoholic beverages. Roosevelt for the repeal of Prohibition.
Yuengling still continues its family-owned business today. The Yuengling Dairy was operated by a different branch of the family from the Brewery. Business declined and the dairy folded as of Attempted buyouts by large conglomerate breweries have all been unsuccessful. Pottsville was host to a National Football League franchise from The Maroons posted some of the best records in the NFL during the and seasons.
The Maroons suffered two more losing seasons before relocating to Boston and becoming the Boston Bulldogs. The Bulldogs folded in Until the middle of the 20th century, Pottsville was a popular destination for many traveling acts and vaudeville performers. The film Berth Marks stars the comedy legends Laurel and Hardy as they attempt to reach Pottsville by train for one of their booked performances.
Pearl Bailey had once resided in Pottsville during the early part of her entertaining career. Soldiers in training at nearby Fort Indiantown Gap were prohibited from visiting Pottsville during most of World War II due to the large amounts of illicit venues and activities present during the time. East Region.
In the World Series, they defeated Dyer, Indiana in an extra inning game. The following evening they played and lost to Bradenton, Florida at Lamade Stadium before an estimated 35,00 fans, the largest crowd ever to watch a non-championship game The team played their final game against Mission Viejo, California , losing and finished one game shy of the United States Championship Game.
The city completed in a streetscaping project on Centre Street. Centre Street. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.
It is all land; none of the area is covered in water. Although there are no lakes within the city there are several water courses which flow through the city. The Schuylkill River flows through the extreme southern part of the city near Mount Carbon. The West Branch of the Schuylkill River makes up the western border for the city.
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