Hatfield Museum and History Society

RESEARCH ROOM RESOURCES

 

Hatfield History Books

• Allebach’s 1944 History of Hatfield (available for purchase! - $10)

• Update 1976 Hatfield History (available for purchase! - $10)

• Hatfield Township Through the Eyes of Time, 1992 (available for purchase! - $35)

• History of Hatfield Borough, 1898 – 1998

• Hatfield Quality Meats, 100th Anniversary Book

• History of The Plains Mennonite Church, circa 1973

• Frick's Meetinghouse and Burial Ground, 1983

• Hatfield Cemetery Headstone Information

• In Their Generation, A History of the Rosenberger Family, In the Vicinity of Hatfield Township  1992

• A History of the Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company No. 1, 1910 to 1985

• History of the Hatfield Volunteer Fire Company, 1910 to 2010, 100th Anniversary

• The Volunteer Medical Service Corps Story - 1956

• Dedication of the Hatfield Borough and Township Honor Roll, 1944

• Complete Set of Hatfield High School Yearbooks, 1929 to 1955

• Hatfield High School Newsletters, “Orange and Black”, 1929 to 1948

• Notebook of Hatfield Ephemera

• Collection of Hatfield Borough Newspaper Articles  2001-2004

• “Of Time and Memory, A Mother’s Story”, by Don J. Snyder

 

Other Hatfield History Resources

• Maps of Hatfield – 1848, 1871, 1877, 1893

• Hatfield Invincible Newspapers: 1893-1898

• Hatfield Times Newspapers: 1905-1955

• Penn Valley Times Newspapers: 1955-1989

 

Hatfield Genealogies

• Kulp Family History

• Kratz Family History

• Rosenberger and Swartley Family History

• The Wimmer Family History, 1752 to 1955, by Harvey H Wimmer

• The Koffel History

• Zepp Family

 

Other Local History Books

• Willing Inhabitants, Life in Franconia Township

• Franconia Township   1981

• History of Franconia Township  1901

• Seeing Souderton (100th Anniversary Book)  1987

• The History of Souderton  1930

• Images of America, Souderton 

• Celebrate Souderton   1887-2012

• The History of the Indian Valley and Its Bank  1976

• History of Towamencin Township   1897

• Whispers of the Past, Tales of North Wales  2018

• Heritage Walk (A Walking Tour of North Wales Borough)  2000

• An Erudite Little Township, a History of Montgomery Township to 1900

• John C. Clemens, Life Family Enterprises   1998

• A North Penn Pictorial   1988

• The North Penn Community, Postcard History Series 

 

Montgomery County History Books

• Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Collection

• Montgomery County Cemetery Locations

• Farm and Business Directory of Montgomery County, 1914

• History of Montgomery County, by Theodore W. Bean, 1884

• Montgomery County, The Second Hundred Years, 1983 (available for purchase! - $45)

• History of Montgomery County, 1923 (three volumes)

• The Montgomery County Story, 1951

• A Brief History of Montgomery County, 1923

• Combined Atlases of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania – 1871 – 1877 – 1893

 

Other Book Resources

• Lansdale and Area Phone Directory   1964-1965

• Lansdale and Area Phone Directory   1969

• Collection of North Penn High School Accolade Yearbooks

• The Rosenberger Family of Montgomery County, by Edward Mathews  1892

• Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

• Richard's Cyclopedia, Volumes 1 and 2

• Memorial Book, World War II

• Indians in Pennsylvania

• The Lenape or Delaware Indians

• Native American Occupations (Settlement on Wambold Road, Towamencin Township)

• Walking Purchase Hoax of 1737

• Pennsylvania Genealogical Research

• Pennsylvania Genealogical Library Guide

  

Digital Newspaper Collection

• Click here for a complete listing of newspapers available.

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