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The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Berks County. At last check there are over 5,760 individual data records posted.
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You’ll also want to visit the Berks County PAGenWeb site.
THE PARISH RECORD – APRIL 1928 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY of CHURCH COUNCILS. JOINT COUNCIL President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Secretary, C. C. CLEMENS Treasurer, Oscar F. HOLZMAN ZION, STRAUSSTOWN President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Vice president, Milo DIETRICH Secretary, Edgar J. BRIGHT Treasurer, D. Paul RIEGEL Deacons, Warren H. HENNE, Milo DIETRICH Elders, Wm. J. HENNE, … Read more
THE PARISH RECORD – APRIL 1929 [Note: Rev. W. A. Dries, D.D., Pastor, Strausstown, PA replaced Rev. Klick as publisher of the Parish Record beginning April 1928.] OFFICIAL DIRECTORY of CHURCH COUNCILS. JOINT COUNCIL President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Secretary, C. C. CLEMENS Treasurer, Oscar F. HOLZMAN ZION, STRAUSSTOWN President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Vice … Read more
THE PARISH RECORD – APRIL 1930 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY of CHURCH COUNCILS. JOINT COUNCIL President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Secretary, C. C. CLEMENS Treasurer, Oscar F. HOLZMAN ZION, STRAUSSTOWN President, Rev. W. A. DRIES Vice president, Monroe STRAUSS Secretary, Edgar J. BRIGHT Treasurer, Charles UNGER Elders, Monroe STRAUSS, Lloyd HENNE Deacons, Albert KEENER, Ray HIMMELBERGER Trustee[s], … Read more
THE PARISH RECORD – MARCH 1916 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY of CHURCH COUNCIL Joint Council Officers: Pres. – Rev. Ira W. KLICK Sec. – Treas: – Charles C. CLEMENS. Zion, Strausstown: Pres. – John W. HOLLENBACH Sec. – Calvin A. UNGER Treas. – Chas. M. UNGER Deacons – William A. STUMP, Claude C. SEITZINGER. Elders – D. … Read more
The Stout Family Source: History of Lehigh County, Pa., Charles Rhoads Roberts, 1914 The name Stuadt (Stoudt, Stout), is one of the early Palatinate family names. The seat of the family is at Rothenberg. Members of the family figured prominently in some of the Crusades. The family spread northward into Holland, where several members obtained … Read more
THE PARISH RECORD of the STRAUSSTOWN LUTHERAN PARISH **** CONGREGATIONS: Zion, Strausstown – Union, Rehrersburg – Christ, Little Tulpehocken Friedens, Sharlesville – Salem, Bethel – St. PaulÂ’s, Tulpehocken  March 1915  [1]Published semi-annually by REV. IRA W. KLICK, A.M., Pastor Strausstown, PA.  The PARISH RECORD makes its initial bow to the members of … Read more
THE PARISH RECORD – APRIL, 1924 OFFICIAL DIRECTORY of CHURCH COUNCILS. JOINT COUNCIL President, Rev. Ira W. KLICK Secretary, Philip S. STEINGACH Treasurer, Oscar F. HOLZMAN  ZION, STRAUSSTOWN President, Chas. WEIST Secretary, John A. UNGER Treasurer, Charles UNGER Deacons, Chas WIEST, John I. HENNE Elders, Wm. CLOUSER, Herbert HOLLENBACH Trustee[s], J.A. UNGER, Chas UNGER, … Read more
When Kutztown Asked to be a County Seat List of Subscribers to Raise Money to Defray the Expense of Dividing Berks Deputy Prothonotary Eldridge Zimmerman, of Topton, is looking over old papers belonging to his father, discovered a document showing some of the collections made when the people of Kutztown wanted to form a new … Read more
The William Coleman Family Contributed by Kathy Dix. The family of William Coleman (1757-1819) and Catherine Lebo (1757-1825): William drove a stagecoach from Philadelphia to Reading, settled in Reading to raise his family of eleven children. He acquired a stagecoach line and eventually the Eagle Hotel. He is listed serving as a Lieutenant in the … Read more
Tracing the Path of James Webb, 1737-1808 From Pennsylvania To Virginia And Kentucky Prepared by Emrick A. Webb – May, 1994 Revised December, 2004 In Collaboration With Robert Keyes James Webb, born 3 March 1737 in Exeter Township, Berks County, PA, was one of the nine children of John Webb and Mary Boone. The Webbs … Read more