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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 Strauss Family The Strauss Family Source of marriage record is Evangelisch-Reformiert Kirche Burbach (Siegen) kirchenbuch, LDS film #0597051 21 August 1761 – “The honorable David Strauss from Freien Diez, Dutch musketeer, according to documents presented by Cornelius Strauss, a captain’s master; and his fiance Anna Maria Philippina, legitimate daughter of Christian Roffer, a miner … Read more
Womelsdorf This booklet was in my Mother’s (Anna May Lines Lilley) possession, and quite possibly belonged to my Grandmother (Hattie Siegfried Lines). It has no cover. There is no flyleaf with the date of publication, nor the compiler’s name. I have copied it as written, in the same page format. It is quite small, 4″x5″. … Read more
Thompson Register Report First Generation 1. WILLIAM THOMPSON. Born About 1400 in Dumbarton, Scotland. Died 26 Jan 1456/1457 in England. He married ??? ???. Born About 1405 in Dumbarton, Scotland. They had the following children: 2 i. JOHANNES VAN KIRK THOMPSON Second Generation 2. JOHANNES VAN KIRK THOMPSON. Son of WILLIAM THOMPSON & ??? ???. … Read more
Womelsdorf Register Report First Generation 1. HEINRICH WOMELSDORF. Born About 1450 in Girkhausen, Westfalen, Germany. Died About 1525 in Girkhausen, Westfalen, Germany. He had the following children: 2 i. JOHENCHEN WOMELSDORF Second Generation 2. JOHENCHEN WOMELSDORF. Son of HEINRICH WOMELSDORF & ??? ???. Born About 1480 in Girkhausen, Westfalen, Germany. Died About 1550 in Girkhausen, … Read more
Zerbe-Wenrich The following material was donated to the Berks County Genealogy project by: Bev Albert. Elizabeth Wenrich Zerbe b- 9-2-1818/ d- 6-3-1901 and her husband, Augustus Zerbe b- 12-15-1810/d- 2-9-1858 both buried at Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, Pa Berks Co. (Augustus in the old part and Eliz. in the new part with the family of … Read more
Zimmerman Register Report First Generation 1. JOHANNES ZIMMERMAN. Born About 1550. He married ??? ???. They had the following children: 2 i. BECTOLD ZIMMERMAN Second Generation 2. BECTOLD ZIMMERMAN. Son of JOHANNES ZIMMERMAN & ??? ???. Born About 1570 in Schwaigern, Wuerttemberg, Germany. He married KATHARINA ZEERGABEL. They had the following children: 3 i. BECTOLD … Read more
Writs of Partition Bingaman, Peter In the Orphans’ Court of Berks County.–Writ of Partition Sur Real Estate of Peter Bingaman, late of said county of Berks, deceased. To George Bingaman, Peter Bingaman, Jacob Bingaman (the petitioner) William Bingaman, Margaret, intermarried to Joseph Hoch, Mary who was married to David Moyer, and has since died, leaving … Read more
Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery POTTS, ANDREW J. p. 1602 Surnames: POTTS, POTT, ELLIS, BAIRD, LEAWREN, SCHRACK, REED, GEISENHEINER, MILLER, REIFSNYDER, SPIES, HERMAN, POULTON, STAPLETON, KAUFFMAN, KESSEL, EVANS, KEPHART, SMITH, FLINT Andrew J. Potts, residing on a farm near Douglassville, is a native of Union township, Berks Co., Pa., born March … Read more
Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery OBERHOLTZER, JACOB B. p. 426 Surnames: OBERHOLTZER, STAUFFER, HUNSBERGER, YOHN, LINSENBIGLER, MOYER, LANDES, BLIEM, BECHTEL, MOYER, RENNINGER, CLEMMER, GEHMAN Jacob B. Oberholtzer, miller and farmer of Colebrookdale township, who conducts the White mill, located on Swamp creek, was born on the family homestead in Washington township, … Read more
Biographies from Historical and Biographical Annals by Morton Montgomery ONEAILL, JAMES p. 602 Surnames: ONEAILL, BEAVER, BITTLER, FREY, GEIGER, GORMAN, HOLTERY, HOMAN, JACOBS, LAUDERBACH, LAUSCH, McNULTY, OBOCK, OLD, PAINTER, PIERSOL, REICHWINE, STAFFORD, WAMSHER, WEBBER, WERNER, WOLFE James Oneaill, a highly esteemed retired citizen of Mohnton, Pa., and an honored survivor of the great Civil war, … Read more