The following is a list of references that are cited on the
individual information sheets.
| 1) | Henry S. Dotterer, The Perkiomen Region, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp 50-60, Perkiomen Publishing, 1894 |
| 2) | Andrew S. Berkey, The Journals and Papers of David Schultz, 1953 |
| 3) | William J. Hinke, Life and Letters of the Rev. John Philip Boehm, Reformed Church in the U.S., 1916 |
| 4) | Frederik A. Virkins, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol 5, 1933 |
| 5) | John Henry Zerley, History of Pottsville and Schuylkill Counties |
| 6) | Roberts, History of Lehigh County, Vol. 1, 1914 |
| 7) | Lehigh County Historical Society, Vol 2, p 57 |
| 8) | Lehigh County Historical Society, Vol 12, pp 47-49 |
| 9) | Franz Rink & Fred. Weiser, Quarterly of the Penna. German Society, Vol. 14, No. 1, Penna. German Society, 1980 |
| 10) | Transaction of the Moravian Historical Society, Vol 1, p 401, 1872 |
| 11) | George MacReynolds, Place Names in Bucks County Pennsylvania, 1942 |
| 12) | Andrew S. Berky, The Schoolhouse Near the Old Spring, Penna. German Sociey, 1955 |
| 13) | Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909 |
| 14) | Bible Records Collected by Mary Owen Steinmetz |
| 15) | Lehigh County Wills [copied by R.A.Bitting] |
| 16) | Albert S. Bolles, Pennsylvania, Province and State, 1899 |
| 17) | Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, History of Old Germantown |
| 18) | Thomas J. Shoemaker, A List of Inhabitants of Germantown and Chestnut Hill 1809, The Pennsylvania Magazine Vol. 16, p. 55 |
| 19) | Montgomery, History of Berks Co., 1886 |
| 20) | North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, Jan. 1958 |
| 21) | George F.P. Wagner, A Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev. Jacob Price, 1926 |
| 22) | J. H. Battle, Ed., History of Bucks Co. Penna., 1887 |
| 23) | John William Sholl, Scholl-Sholl-Sholl Genealogy |
| 24) | Bucks Co. Marriages & Deaths 1804-1834 copied from various Doylestown Newspapers, Bucks Co. Hist. Soc., 1924 |
| 25) | Edward W. Hacker, German Newspaper Extracts |
| 26) | Henry F. Marx, Northampton Co, Newspaper Extracts |
| 27) | Extracts from the Schwenksville Item |
| 28) | Historical Society of Montgomery Co., Sketches, Vol VII, 1925 |
| 29) | Rev. A. S. Leily, Tax Lists in Northampton Co. Court House 1774-1780 |
| 30) | Samues Kriebel Brecht, Ed., The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, 1923 |
| 31) | Henry S. Dotterer, Ed., Historical Notes Relating to the Penna. Reformed Church, Vol. 1, 1900 |
| 32) | The New York Times, obituary column |
| 33) | Mathews Township History, Bucks Co. Vol III, p26 |
| 34) | Shaddinger Family Bible - Bible Records Bucks Co. Hist. Soc. |
| 35) | Wm. H. Egel, History of the County of Lebanon, 1883 |
| 36) | Heitman, Historical Register of U.S. Army 1789-1903 |
| 37) | History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Co., Waterman & Watkins Co., 1884 |
| 38) | Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin Co., J. M. Runk & Co., 1896 |
| 39) | Francis B. Heitman, Addenda by R. Kelby, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, 1914/1932 |
| 40) | Charles A. Fisher, Central Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1974 |
| 41) | Mary Belle Lontz, Tombstone Inscription of Union Co., Penna., 1967 |
| 42) | New Hanover Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mont. Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 43) | Falkner Swamp Reformed Church Cemetery, Mont. Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 44) | Cemetery Records of Chestnut Hill Church, Lower Milford Twp., Lehigh Co., PA |
| 45) | St. Paul's (Blue) Church Cemetery, Upper Saucon Twsp., Lehigh Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 46) | St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Red Hill, PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 47) | Leidig's Private Burying Ground, Frederick Twsp, Montgomery Co., PA |
| 48) | Christ Reformed Church, Lower Saucon Twsp., Northampton Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 49) | Bitting Burying Ground, Cumru Twsp., Berks Co., Fairview Hills Development Co. |
| 50) | Union Cemetery, Allentown, PA |
| 51) | Huff's Church Cemetery, Hereford, Berks Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 52) | Hilltown Baptist Cemetery (Fricks), Naces Corner, Bucks Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 53) | Great Swamp Cemetery, Spinnerstown, Bucks Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 54) | Friedman's Union Church, Saucon Twsp, Lehigh Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 55) | East Texas Methodist Church Cemetery, Lehigh Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 56) | Old Goshenhoppen Church, Woxall, Mont. Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 57) | St. Peter's Eveng. Luth. & U.C.C., Hilltown, Bucks Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 58) | Pennsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, Pennsburg, PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 59) | Hereford Mennonite Church Cemetery, Bally, Berks Co., PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 60) | St. Marks Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennsburg, PA [collected by R.A. Bitting December 1989] |
| 61) | Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 62) | New Goschenhoppen U.C.C Cemetery, East Greenville, PA [collected by R.A. Bitting] |
| 63) | Longswamp UCC Cemetery, Berks Co., PA |
| 64) | Ridge Valley Cemetery, Bucks Co., PA [From listing at Bucks Co. Historical Society] |
| 65) | St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Sellersville, PA |
| 66) | William J. Hinke, History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, 1920 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 130] |
| 67) | Wm. J. Hinke, Church Records of the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, New Hanover township, Montgomery Co. |
| 68) | Pennsylvania German Church Records, Vol. 2 - the Lutheran Church in New Hanover, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 130] |
| 69) | Charles Rhods Roberts, Church Book of the St. Paul's (Blue) Church, Upper Saucon Twp., Lehigh Co., 1948 |
| 70) | Wm. J. Hinke, Records of Zion's Reformed Church, 1936 |
| 71) | From Most Blessed Sacrament Records, Bally PA |
| 72) | William J. Hinke, Pennsylvania German Society Vol XXXI, A History of Tohickon Union Church [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 130] |
| 73) | Wm. J. Hinke, Church Records of Whitpain or Boehm's Reformed Church Blue Bell, Mont. Co. 1764-1837 |
| 74) | Rev. A.S.Leity, Baptismal Record of the Reformed Congregation in Allentown, Vol. II 1820-1861, 1938 |
| 75) | Christ Church, Shoenersville, PA |
| 76) | Records of St. Paul’s Church (Old White), Ringtown, Pa., Schuylkill, Co. |
| 77) | Wills Docket at Phila. City Hall, Ludwig Bitting 1777 Book Q, #215, P. 257 |
| 78) | Clarence Bitting Work [This work was apparently commissioned by Clarence Bitting ca. 1940.] |
| 79) | Christina Selk, Email, 1998 |
| 80) | The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and District of Columbia, National Biographical Publishing Co, 1879 |
| 81) | North Carolina Marriages |
| 82) | Larry Bitting, Email and Family Data Sheets, 1998 |
| 83) | Mark Bitting, Email |
| 84) | Frederick Bitting, Bitting Family |
| 85) | Neal Bitting, Family Sheets |
| 86) | David Bitting, Email and Lineage Sheets |
| 87) | James Bitting, Various Email |
| 88) | F. Edward Wright, Berks Co. Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol. 4 - First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Family Line Publications, 1994 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 166] |
| 89) | Judy S. Cardwell, Notes on the Bitting Family [Unpublished notes which include references.] |
| 90) | Willard Bitting, Letter to Ernest Bitting, 11/15/1969 |
| 91) | Janet E. Bitting, Various Email |
| 92) | Robert B. Angstadt, Various Email |
| 93) | William Bitting, Various Email |
| 94) | Levi Bitting Family, Family Bible |
| 95) | Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America, The Penna. German Society, 1985 |
| 96) | Annette K. Burgert, Colonial Penna. Immigrants from Freinsheim in the Palatinate |
| 97) | F. Edward Wright, Early Records of the First Reformed Church of PhiladelphiaChurch Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s, Vol. 2,1781-1800, Family Line Publications, 1994 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 166] |
| 98) | F. Edward Wright, 18th Century Records of the Germantown Reformed Church of Pennsylvania, Family Line Publications, 1994 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 166] |
| 99) | F. Edward Wright, Berks Co. Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol. 1 - Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Family Line Publications, 1993 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 166] |
| 100) | F. Edward Wright, Berks Co. Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol. 2 - Oley Hill Church, Family Line Publications, 1993 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 166] |
| 101) | Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1700s-1800s, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1983 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 172] |
| 102) | Vi P. Limric, Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, 1998 |
| 103) | Vi P. Limric, St. Matthew Lutheran Churchyard, Liverpool Twp. Perry County Pennsylvania |
| 104) | Vi P. Limric, Emanuel Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard Buffalo Mills |
| 105) | Vi P. Limric, Duncannon Union Cemetery |
| 106) | Sandy Jensen, Marriages: Some Perry County, PA Marriages, 1885-87 |
| 107) | Vi Limric, Perry County Pennsylvania Death Records 1852-55 |
| 108) | Newkirk Genealogy [Data copied by R.A. Bitting from an unrecorded source.] |
| 109) | Larry Winemiller, Winemiller Family Inn |
| 110) | Donna R. Irish, Pennsylvania German Marriages, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982 |
| 111) | Suzanne Sperry, Email [Various Email] |
| 112) | Jacqueline B. Nein & Gail H. Hesser, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading PA, 1988 |
| 113) | Richard Allen Bitting, GEDCOM File |
| 114) | Regina Klotz, Email [Various Email] |
| 115) | 1850 Federal Census [Data taken from various indices and microfilmed records by R.A. Bitting] |
| 116) | Michele Wallenta, Letter, 12 May 1998 [Letter with attachments, copies of letter from great-aunt to father] |
| 117) | Lee Bitting, Email, 1998 [Various Email] |
| 118) | Frances Conrad, Letter, 1998 |
| 119) | Dr. Daniel S. Harrop, 3rd, GEDCOM File, 1998 |
| 120) | Tom Moore's Ancestors and other Relatives, 1998 |
| 121) | Charlee Wilson, Jack Genealogical Database, 1998 |
| 122) | P. Wilson, DIXON and STINSON Genealogy of Chatham Co., NC, 1998 |
| 123) | Kathy Beberniss, Email, 1998 [Various Email] |
| 124) | Robert Bitting, Email, 1998 [Various Email] |
| 125) | Wayne M. Bitting, Letter to R. Bitting, 1998 |
| 126) | Lesley Bitting, Email and GEDCOM file, 1998 |
| 127) | Jesse Bitting, Letter to R. Bitting, 1998 |
| 128) | Gary Portzline, Email, 1998 [Various Email] |
| 129) | Vi P. Limric, Centre Presbyterian Churchyard, Madison Township, Perry County, Pa. |
| 130) | Ohio Newpaper Obituaries, Various Dates [Furnished by Kathy Beberniss] |
| 131) | Joan Meyer, Email, 1999 |
| 132) | LaVon Bitting, Letter to R. Bitting, 1999 |
| 133) | John B. Linn & Wm. H. Egle, Ed., St. Michael's & Zion Church, Philadelphia, Penna. Archives 2nd Series, Vol. IX, 1880 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 193, Disk 2] |
| 134) | Barb Morgenstern, Email, 1999 [Various Email] |
| 135) | History of Virginia, The American Historical Society, 1924 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 205, Disk 1] |
| 136) | Liahona Research, Marriage Index: Missouri 1851-1900, 1998 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 234] |
| 137) | Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. X, Virgina Historical Society, 1903 |
| 138) | Adelaide L. Fries, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 20, National Genealogical Society, 1931 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 210] |
| 139) | Maryland Probate Records, 1674-1774 [Broderbund Software, Family Archive CD 206] |
| 140) | Who Was Who in America, Vol. I, Marquis-Who's Who, 1968 |
| 141) | Jonathan Wirt, Email, 1998 |
| 142) | Scott Richardson, GEDCOM File, 1998 |
| 143) | Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 10, page 483, 1910 [Furnished by Cindy Casey] |
| 144) | Emmaus Moravian Church, Emmaus PA, Baptismal Records [copied by R.A. Bitting] |
| 145) | Doris Smith, Email, 1999 |
| 146) | Caroline Werner, Email, 1999 |
| 147) | Teresa Bissegger, Email, 1999 |
| 148) | Robert Bitting, Email, 1999 |
| 149) | Ross Wilt Bitting, The Genealogy of the Families Originating from the Marriage of Frederick Bitting and Mary Emma Wilt, Unpublished, 1972 [Copy provided by Brad Haubert] |
| 150) | Ralph Melcher, Family Data Sheets, 1991 |
| 151) | Robert Croman, Email, 1999 |
| 152) | Teresa Bissegger, Email, 1999 |
| 153) | Sharon Jennings, Email, 1999 |
| 154) | Lehigh Co. Historical Society, Marriage, Birth and Death Index from Lehigh Co. Newspapers, Unpublished [A card catalog of marriage, birth and death notices found mostly in German language newspapers in Lehigh Co., PA.] |
| 155) | Robin Bitting, Email, 1999 |
| 156) | Various Newspaper Accounts from the Wichita Public Library, Various |
| 157) | Wendell Renninger and his Descendants of PA [Courtesy of Marge Elliott] |
| 158) | Sharon Woernle, Email, 1999 |
| 159) | Cheryl Solt-Jones, Email, 1999 |
| 160) | Joel Hayflick, Joel Hayflick's Web site, 1999 |
| 161) | Social Secutity Index |
| 162) | Jason Bitting, Email, 1998 |
| 163) | Diane & Jim Bitting, Email, 2000 |
| 164) | Larry Hillpot, Hilltown Church Records [From unpublished index.] |
| 165) | Carolyn Drasher, Letter with Family Group Sheets, 2000 |
| 166) | Various sources, including AP story by Greg Smith 12/24/1999, 1999 |
| 167) | Prof. I.M. Beaver, History and Genealogy of the Bieber, Beaver, Biever, and Beeber Family, 1939 [Copy supplied by Charles F. Lusk, summarized on his web site http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/l/u/s/Charles-F-Lusk-OH/ODT4-0002.html] |
| 168) | William Washington Neifert, Hans Jacob Neifert Descendants: part4 :Berks/Schuylkill Cos, PA, 1906 [Downloaded from Rootsweb] |
| 169) | Charles Yordy, Information compiled from various Perry and Dauphin Co. sources., 2000 |
| 170) | Georges Christman, Email, 2000 |
| 171) | 1860 Federal Census [Data taken from various indices and microfilmed records by R.A. Bitting] |
| 172) | 1870 Federal Census [Data taken from various indices and microfilmed records by R.A. Bitting] |
| 173) | 1880 Federal Census [Data taken from various indices and microfilmed records by R.A. Bitting] |
| 174) | 1900 Federal Census [Data taken from various indices and microfilmed records by R.A. Bitting] |
| 175) | Bill Pennington, Higland Cemetery, Wichita, KS, 1999 |
| 176) | Don DeTemple, St. John's Union Church, Berks Co |
| 177) | Bethlehem Globe times, Various [Newspaper extracts taken from several dates by R.A.Bitting] |
| 178) | Wichata Eagle, April 9, 1898 [Provided by Bill Pennington] |
| 179) | Gill Mortuary, Wichitam KS [Provided by Joanne James] |
| 180) | Vital Records from Family Bibles, Vol. IV, DAR of California, 1938 |
| 181) | Iowa Cemetaries compiled by the WPA |
| 182) | Zac Bitting, Email, 1999 |
| 183) | Obituary, Washington Democrat, 19 Oct. 1910 [Courtesy of Jeffrey Nayadley] |
| 184) | Wellman Centennial Book, 1979 [Courtesy of Jeffrey Nayadley] |
| 185) | Anne DeHaven Conard Thompson, Email, 2001 |
| 186) | The Hearthstone Town and Country, 26 July 2001 |
| 187) | Philip Bitting, Email, 2001 |
| 188) | Brent Bitting, Email, 2002 |
| 189) | Sandi Atkinson, Email, 2002 |
| 190) | Grace Hudson, Family of George Younglove, 2002 |
| 191) | Frederick E. Bitting Obituary, Rutland (Vermont) Herald, 8 Jan. 2002 |
| 192) | Scott M. Bitting, Email, 2002 |
| 193) | Roberta Landis, Email, 2002, 2004 |
| 194) | Gertrude B. Barrington, St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly, RI, The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project, 2002 |
| 195) | Willard Bickel, Email, 2002 |
| 196) | Combined Atlases of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1871, 1877, & 1893, Windmill Publications, Inc., 1998 [Reprints of county atlas] |
| 197) | Carl Roth, Email, 2002 |
| 198) | Sheena Bitting, Email, 2002, 2004 |
| 199) | History of Merriam, Noble Co., Indiana |
| 200) | Jeanne Bletcher, Email, 2002 |
| 201) | Amy Beth Bitting, Email, 2002 |
| 202) | Stephen Prince, Email, 2002 |
| 203) | State of California, California Death Records 1940-1997, Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research vital Statistics Section |
| 204) | Edward Rohrbach, Email, 2002 |
| 205) | John Paul Deeben, Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Northumberland Co., PA, USGenWeb, 2000 |
| 206) | Bourbon, IN Mirror.txt |
| 207) | Marshall County Marriages 1833-1888, Marshall County Genealogy Web Site |
| 208) | Mary Siddle, Email, 2002 |
| 209) | Scott Bidding, Email, 2000 |
| 210) | Judith Parsons, Berks Co. GenWeb - Will Abstracts 1812-1815 |
| 211) | Eugenia Bitting, Transcript of Letter to Carrie Blanche Johnston (Mrs. Cade Drew) Gillespie, 1928 [Copy obtained from Univ. of Mississippi.] |
| 212) | Peg Hanson, Email, 2002 |
| 213) | Joseph & Lois Fairfield, Chimney Rock Cemetery, Morrill Co., NE, NEGenWeb Project, 2002 |
| 214) | Charles Edward Soule, Memoirs of Charles Edward Soule 1842-1925, Privately Published [Found on www.ancestry.com] |
| 215) | Shirley Grammer, Concrete Cemetery, Guadalupe County, Texas, 2001 |
| 216) | Mary McGuire, Eddy County, New Mexico, Death Records 1910, 2000 |
| 217) | Wm. J. Hinke, Church Records of the Hoffman Reformed Church, Lykens Valley, Dauphin Co., Pa. 1781-1855, 1944 [LDS Film 0020350] |
| 218) | Randy Bitting, Email, 2002 [Information from family Bible of David and Luella Bitting.] |
| 219) | Robert Alls, Email, 2003 |
| 220) | The Historic Congressional Cemetery Web Site, Obits, 2003 [Washington, DC] |
| 221) | Mary Evans Hall, Email and Family Data Sheets, 2003 |
| 222) | Beth Miller, Email, 2003 |
| 223) | New Castle county, DE, Marriage Register, Jerri Burket, 2003 |
| 224) | Cathy Hand, Query on Genforum, 2001 |
| 225) | Elwood B Fritter, Brotherhood Cemetery, Burlington County, New Jersey, 2002 |
| 226) | Bucks County Intelligencer Obituaries, Larry Hillpot, 2003 [Index on-line. Complete text provided by Larry Hillpot.] |
| 227) | Deidre Stroup, Email, 2003 |
| 228) | Ellwood Roberts, Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, 1904 |
| 229) | Joye Giroux, Email, 2003 |
| 230) | Berth Bitting Roth/Mary Antrim Motes, Notes on the Bertha Bitting Roth Family, 1899/1993 |
| 231) | Linda Stratton, Email, 2004 |
| 232) | Tracy Rodriquez, Marriage Records of Rev. William Rath (1852 - 1871), 2001 |
| 233) | Rebecca Bitting, Email, 2004 |
| 234) | Town & Country Newspaper, July 6, 1901 |
| 235) | Beverly National Cemetery, NJ, Interment.net, 2004 |
| 236) | Richard S. Bitting, Email, 2004 |
| 237) | Shauna Fairbanks, Descendants of John Provine 1751-1792 |
| 238) | Karen, Email, 2004 |
| 239) | John F. Meginness, History of Lycoming County Pennsylvania, 1892 [Provided by Lycoming County Genealogy Project] |
| 240) | Martha Lynne Bitting O'Connor, Email, 2004 |
| 241) | Ruth-Ann Rasbold, Email, 2004 |
| 242) | Pat Mahon, Email, 2004 |
| 243) | Town & Country Newspaper, March 4, 1905 [Courtesy of Robert Angstadt] |
| 244) | Robert and Alice Jean Bitting, Email, 2001-2005 |
| 245) | John H. and Annie Maria Bitting Family Bible, Ca. 1885 [Courtesy of Lynda Phillipson] |
| 246) | Neil Bitting, Email, 2006 |
| 247) | Cherif Chibane, Email, 2006 |
| 248) | Shirley Mekus, Email, 2007 |
| 249) | Jared Bitting, Email, 2008 |
| 250) | Janet Bitting, Email, 2008 |
| 251) | Null |
| 252) | Star Courier, Obituary, Feb 26, 2009 |