Pottstown Genealogy (in Montgomery County, PA)

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Pottstown Birth Records

Montgomery County : six folio leaves torn from a book filled with a doctor's or midwife's account of births, 1816-1828 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Register of births, 1893-1908 FamilySearch Library

Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown's Vital Records & History (1770-1865) Ancestry online

Pottstown Cemetery Records

African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Find a Grave online

Christ Episcopal Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Congregation Mercy and Truth Cemetery Find a Grave online

Early vital records of Pennsylvania : church parish records and cemetery inscriptions of eastern Pennsylvania, 1969 FamilySearch Library

East Cemetery records, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Edgewood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Edgewood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Emmanuel Lutheran Old Burial Ground Find a Grave online

First Presbyterian Church Peace Garden Find a Grave online

Friends Old Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Highland Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Highland Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Zion Cemetery Billion Graves online

New Saint Aloysius Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Burial Ground, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Pottstown US Gen Web Archives online

Old Burial Ground, Zion Reformed Church [now UCC], Pottstown US Gen Web Archives online

Old Saint Aloysius Cemetery Find a Grave online

Potts Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Pottstown Cemetery Find a Grave online

Register of all persons baptised, confirmed, communed, married, & buried FamilySearch Library

Saint Aloysius Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Johns Greek Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Urner Cemetery Billion Graves online

Zion Reformed Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pottstown Census Records

Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Pottstown Church Records

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Church Records for Christ Episcopal (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for Trinity United Church of Christ (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church record of the Evangelical Reformed congregation at Pottsgrove, Montgomery County begun in the year 1801 by Rev. L. Frederick Herman FamilySearch Library

Church records of Trinity Reformed Church, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1770-1865 FamilySearch Library

Church records of the Salem Evangelical Church of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1882-1916 Archive Grid

Church records, 1769-1968 (Trinity Reformed Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1777-1873 (Zion Lutheran Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1837-1943 (Christ Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1852-1910 (First Presbyterian Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1882-1940 (St. Paul's Reformed Church (West Hazleton, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1896-1993 (Zion Reformed Church (Pottstown, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Death Records 1896-1967, Zion Reformed Church [UCC], Pottstown US Gen Web Archives online

Officials and Communicant List, 1921: Zion Reformed Church [UCC], Pottstown US Gen Web Archives online

Pastor's record, 1867-1922 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (includes Trinity Reformed Church, 1770-1865) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Records of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1777-1872 FamilySearch Library

Register of all persons baptised, confirmed, communed, married, & buried FamilySearch Library

Rise and Progress of Methodism in Pottstown and in the Neighboring Regions Ancestry online

Rise and progress of Methodism in Pottstown and in the neighboring regions : a souvenir of the twentieth century thank offering movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church FamilySearch Library

The History of Christ Church, Pottstown, Pa Ancestry online

The Lutheran Church in Pottstown : An Historical Discourse Delivered September 24th, 1882 Ancestry online

The Lutheran Church in Pottstown : an historical discourse delivered September 24th, 1882, at the decennial commemoration of the consecration of Emmanuel Lutheran Church FamilySearch Library

The history of Christ Church, Pottstown, Pa. FamilySearch Library

Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown's Vital Records & History (1770-1865) Ancestry online

Pottstown City Directories

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Norristown (Pennsylvania) city directories FamilySearch Library

Pottstown City Directory 1884 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1886 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1890 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1892 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1894 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1898 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Pottstown City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Pottstown, PA 1902-1929 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Pottstown, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

White and Yellow Pages, Pottstown August 1960 through May 1964 Library of Congress online

White and Yellow Pages, Pottstown July 1977 through August 1981 Library of Congress online

Pottstown Death Records

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Death Records 1896-1967, Zion Reformed Church [UCC], Pottstown US Gen Web Archives online

Marriages ... Deaths from Der Neutralist, 1845-1853 FamilySearch Library

Marriages and deaths copied from the La Fayette Aurora, Pottstown, Pa., 1825-1827 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Pottstown area necrology : Books 1 to 3 : Index WorldCat

Pottstown area necrology [published in the Montgomery Ledger and the Daily Pottsdown Ledger newspapers] WorldCat

Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown's Vital Records & History (1770-1865) Ancestry online

Pottstown Histories and Genealogies

The Centennial Celebration At Pottstown Ancestry online

The centennial celebration at Pottstown, Pa., July 4, 1876 : and historical sketch written by L.H. Davis, at the request of the centennial committee FamilySearch Library

When the Reading came to Pottstown : birthplace of first iron railway bridge in America FamilySearch Library

Pottstown Immigration Records

Indexes to Naturalization Petitions to the U.S. Circuit and District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1951 Ancestry online

Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 Fold3 online

Pottstown Land Records

Deeds, 1784-1866; index, 1784-1877 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952 Ancestry online

Pottstown Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, May 1885 Library of Congress online

Pottstown Marriage Records

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1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library

Index to marriage notices, 1843-1899, from the Norristown Herald, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Marriage license docket, 1885-1906; index, 1885-1973 FamilySearch Library

Marriages ... Deaths from Der Neutralist, 1845-1853 FamilySearch Library

Marriages and deaths copied from the La Fayette Aurora, Pottstown, Pa., 1825-1827 FamilySearch Library

Marriages in Goshenhoppen, 1731-1790 FamilySearch Library

Marriages performed by Justice of the Peace, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1787-1839 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (includes Trinity Reformed Church, 1770-1865) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1845-1963 Ancestry online

Register of all persons baptised, confirmed, communed, married, & buried FamilySearch Library

Trinity Reformed Church of Pottstown's Vital Records & History (1770-1865) Ancestry online

Pottstown Newspapers and Obituaries

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Berks-Mont Newspapers 04/21/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library

Marriages ... Deaths from Der Neutralist, 1845-1853 FamilySearch Library

Marriages and deaths from early Pottstown newspapers 1820-1829 FamilySearch Library

Mercury 05/06/2000 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Mercury 1933-1978 Newspapers.com online

Pottstown Post 01/17/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Pottstown area necrology WorldCat

Pottstown area necrology [published in the Montgomery Ledger and the Daily Pottsdown Ledger newspapers] WorldCat

Wissahickon Valley Public Library Ambler Gazette Collection Power Library online

Offline Newspapers for Pottstown

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

American Star. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1829-1830s

Berks, Chester & Montgomery Ledger. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1843-1857

Daily News. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1880s-1892

Daily Pottstown Ledger. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1873-1924

Lafayette Aurora ; Or, General Advertiser and Literary Gazette. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1826-1827

Lafayette Aurora. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1825-1826

Mercury. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1973-Current

Montgomery Ledger. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1857-1921

Pottstown Advertiser. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1873-1879

Pottstown Blade. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1890-1949

Pottstown Daily News. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1892-1913

Pottstown Journal. (Pottstown [Pa.]) 1839-1843

Pottstown Mercury and the Pottstown News. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1933-1937

Pottstown Mercury. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1932-1933

Pottstown Mercury. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1937-1973

Pottstown News. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1913-1933

Pottstown Tariffite, and Democratic Guard. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1843-1845

Pottstown Times. (Pottstown, Pa.) 1819-1825

Pottstown Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of wills and administrations of Montgomery County, Pa. FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania wills & administrations, 1784-1823 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of administrations of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1822-1850 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of wills of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 1824-1850 FamilySearch Library

Pottstown School Records

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Montgomery County Community College, 1966-1978 Power Library online

North Coventry High School - Torch Yearbook (Pottstown, PA), 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 E Yearbook online

North Coventry High School yearbook, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 Classmates online

North Coventry High School yearbook, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

North Coventry High School yearbooks, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Owen J Roberts High School - Torch Yearbook (Pottstown, PA), 1958 E Yearbook online

Owen J Roberts High School yearbooks, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Owen J. Roberts High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Owen J. Roberts High School yearbook, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Pine Forge Institute yearbooks, 1955, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pottsgrove High School yearbook, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pottsgrove High School yearbook, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 Classmates online

Pottsgrove High School yearbooks, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pottstown High School - Troiad Yearbook (Pottstown, PA), 1924, 1927, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987 E Yearbook online

Pottstown High School yearbook, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pottstown High School yearbook, 1927, 1929, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (Jun), 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pottstown High School yearbook, 1927, 1929, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (Jun), 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004 Classmates online

St Pius X High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Pius X High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Pius X High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995 Classmates online

St. Pius X High School yearbook, 1966, 1970, 1995 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Hill School - Dial Yearbook (Pottstown, PA), 1903, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1986 E Yearbook online

The Hill School yearbook, 1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The Hill School yearbook, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

The Hill School yearbook, 1911, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 Classmates online

Pottstown Tax Records

Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry online

Tax Lists, 1785-1847 FamilySearch Library



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