Pottstown Historical Society offers the following major categories of research materials to assist with your family history:
Emigration records for Colonial Days forward
Birth, Death and Baptism records for assorted churches in the Tri-County Area
Church records, including histories
Families Genealogies, collected copies alphabetized by major name
Family Bibles
Business ledgers from 1744- early 20th Century, including the iron works
Local directories, before and after phones came in. Older directories list the person’s home and work address and occupation
Yearbooks for local schools
Obituaries, alphabetized or by special interest
Files on specific interests, is clubs, schools, churches, etc.
Letters, Wills, Deeds, and other written documents 1701-20th Century
Survey and other maps
PA Archives Series, particularly early and military
Census records
Access to newspaper databases, and ancestry.com for items such as death certificates
Microfilm newspapers
Photos going back to c 1839, Paintings before then
Collected ephemera, including locally produced or sold items from iron pigs and silver household to milk bottles and handbags, uniforms from schools, etc.
