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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.
History of the First Reg’t Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Commissioned Officers By the law of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, company officers were elected by the men of their respective companies, and the commanding and field officers were elected by the commissioned officers of the regiment. This mode of choosing has not been productive of so many … Read more
History of the First Reg’t Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Organization of A Company, First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Company A was recruited in Juniatta County, State of Pennsylvania, September, 1859, by Captain John H. Patterson, and was called the Juniatta Cavalry. On the 16th day of April, 1861, the company was re-organized and recruited by Lieutenant John … Read more
History of the First Reg’t Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Organization of E Company, First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Company E was principally recruited in Centre county, Pennsylvania, by Captain Jonathan Wolf, with some few recruits from Clinton and Clearfield counties. Was organized on the 19th day of March, 1861, and left for Harrisburg on the 25th … Read more
Index to Family Files The following links will take you to information about specific Berks County families or specific Berks County individuals. Achenbach Achenbach, Hermannus Aister Althouse Family of Berks County (offsite) Arnold Barto, John Bauer, Hans Beard, George William Bechtel, Christopher Bechtel, Christopher Bechtel Family Association (offsite) Bertolet, Jean Bitler, Clevenstine, Filsmeyer, Fromm, Lerch, … Read more
Index to Birth and Baptismal Records Records by Pastor Rev. Z.H. Gable Rev. Charles Augustus Pauli Rev. B.D. Zweizig Rev. Aaron S. Leinbach Rev. William J. Kershner Records by Church Baptismal records in Our Church Paper, vol. 3, no. 1 (January, 1890) Alsace Lutheran Church, Muhlenberg Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading Christ Church, Tulpehocken Township Covenant … Read more
Index to Death Records Cemetery Records and Obituaries Cemetery records Obituaries Records by Pastor Rev. Aaron S. Leinbach Rev. Leinbach Rev. William J. Kershner Records by Church Death records in Our Church Paper, vol. 3, no. 1 (January, 1890) Goshenhoppen – St. Paul’s Mission, Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Bally (offsite) St. Peter’s Methodist … Read more
Index to Book Transcriptions The following links contain either partial or full transcriptions of books: History of Johann Hans Schneider by Rev. Elam Snyder about 1910 A Memorial Tribute to the Late John Richards by Louis Richards Book of Biographies (biographical index) Description of Reading by William Stahle History of Berks County by Morton L. … Read more
Marriages found in Montgomery’s History of Berks County The marriages are listed alphabetically by husband’s surname. HUSBAND’S NAME WIFE’S NAME MONTH DAY YEAR PAGE # Staudt, ? Wilhelm, Carrie 1457 Staudt, Aaron L. Spatz, Catharine 1093 Staudt, Benneville Berndt, Hettie 1422 Staudt, Calvin K. (Rev.) Dunges, Ida 1093 Staudt, Charles K. Bender, Eve 1093 Staudt, … Read more
Marriages found in Montgomery’s History of Berks County The marriages are listed alphabetically by husband’s surname. HUSBAND’S NAME WIFE’S NAME MONTH DAY YEAR PAGE # Stricker, George Livingood, Lovina 1251 Stricker, Harvey Schannauer, Elizabeth 1090 Strickler, George Reedy, Elizabeth 877 Strickler, John H. Ruhl, Catharine 551 Strickler, Leonhart Stump, Catharina 1133 Stripe, George ?, Elizabeth … Read more
Marriages found in Montgomery’s History of Berks County The marriages are listed alphabetically by husband’s surname. HUSBAND’S NAME WIFE’S NAME MONTH DAY YEAR PAGE # Taenzer, Edward Holman, Kate 623 Talley, Jacob H. Frey, Caroline 1327 Talley, James F. Loose, Ella 1897 1327 Talley, Wister Haas, ? 1327 Tallie, Wister Haas, Catharine 1121 Taylor, George … Read more