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Hi and welcome to the Berks County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project. This website is in need of a County Team Associate. Please Contact Us if you’d be interesting in helping to develop this resource.Â
We’re really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.
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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Biographies
Birth Records
Cemetery Records
Court Records
Death Records
Deeds
Marriage Records
Military Records
Newspaper Articles
Obituaries
Queries
Wills
You’ll also want to visit the Berks County PAGenWeb site.
Armstrong County Biographies In May of 1997, this project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were sought to set up their own state project. They were offered the system design and tools created for the KY project, but were free to set up their project … Read more
ZWEYER: Marriage records from Berks Co., Penn.: John Zweyer and Eva Becker, 23 April, 1770 ; Anthony Zweyer and Maria Dreis, 6 May, 1777; Joseph Zweyer and Catherine Scharg, 11 April, 1779; Adam Zweyer and Barbara Sigfried, 10 Jan., 1785. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 9, October 1922 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
ZERR: – Marriage records from the Trinity Lutheran Church, at Reading, Penn: Elizabeth Zerr and Samuel Gerst, 7 Feb., 1809 ; Charles Zerr and Mary Geiger, 14 Feb., 1811; Jacob Zerr and Elizabeth Seidel, 15 Oct., 1811. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 5, October 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
ZEITZINGER:- Marriage records from the Trinity Lutheran Church, at Reading, Penn.: George Zeitszinger and Catherine Goerger, 27 Aug., 1765; Mary, his daughter, and Peter Sherman, 30 Aug., 1812. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 4, August 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
ACKERMAN: – Records from the Trinity Lutheran Church at Reading, Penn.: Marriages of Andrew Ackerman and Elizabeth Hellerman, 13 August, 1799, and Sarah Ackerman and Jacob Drustel, 3 May, 1788. SOURCE: Vol, IX, No 11, March 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
WAR OF 1912 Return of killed and wounded on board the U. States frigate Constitution, Isaac Hull, Esq., Captain, in the action with H. M. S. Guerriere, Jas. R. Dacres. Esq., Captain ; on the 20th of August, 1812. KILLED. Wm. S. Bush, 1st Lt. of Marines. Jacob Sage, Seaman. Rabert Brice, do. John Brown, do. … Read more
UNION CEMETERYOLEY, BERKS COUNTY    The ancient burial place of the Yoders is at Pleasantville – called by the Germans Yotterstettle, in Oley, Berks county. It forms the extreme eastern end of the Union cemetery. This was doubtless one of the very first burial places in Oley. Many Pennsylvania German emigrants are sleeping here. Among … Read more
THE “OLEY” CHURCH    The Oley Lutheran and Reformed Churches are situated in the heart of the famous Oley Valley, near the eastern extremity of Berks county, Pa. The congregations are considerably over a hundred and fifty years old, and the burying ground is one of the oldest in the county. The original church, a … Read more
Baptisms of St. Gabriel’s P. E. Church, Morlotton, (Douglassville) Berks County, Pa.  Communicated by Morton L. Montgomery.  Birth Child Parents Baptism   Ezekiel Peter and Elizabeth Jones 30 Sept. 1735  Mary Burgundy and Mary Bird 29 Oct. 1735 1 Apr. 1736 Nicholas Jonas and Mary Jones 23 May 1736 28 Sept. … Read more
TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS, ST. DANIEL’S (CORNER) CHURCH, BERKS COUNTY, PA. By Michael Alvin Gruber, A. M., Washington, D. C. Â Â Â Inscriptions from tombstone of persons born prior to the year 1776 and buried in the old graveyard adjoining St. Daniel’s (Corner) Church, or the Lutheran congregation in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, located about a mile … Read more