Berks County

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. 
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.
 

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.

Receipt between Peter Schlesman and the Treasury Office of Pennsylvania

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Receipt between Peter Schlesman and the Treasury Office of Pennsylvania Treasury Office of Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 1821 Received of Peter Schlesman Twelve dollars and sixty three cents; being the purchase-money, and interest, due this day to the commonwealth, as stated by the Secretary of the Land Office, on 4 acres 90 perches part of 483 … Read more

Selected Baptismal Records from Salem Reformed Church

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Selected Baptismal Records from Salem Reformed Church Salem Reformed Church is located in Spangsville, Oley township, Berks County, PA. The following is a partial listing of baptisms. The information was transcribed from a transcription. Selected Baptisms from Salem Reformed Church Records Parents Child Birth Date Baptism Notes Weitner, Daniel Hanna Not recorded March 28, 1802 … Read more

Selected Baptismal Records from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

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Selected Baptismal Records from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Lobachsville, Berks County, PA. The following is a partial listing of baptisms. The information was transcribed from a transcription. Selected Baptisms from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Records Parents Child Birth Date Baptism Notes Weidner, Benjamin & Rebecca Caroline Jan. 9, 1834 Feb. 22, … Read more

Selected Baptismal Records from St. Paul’s Reformed Church, Amityville, PA

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Selected Baptismal Records from St. Paul’s Reformed Church, Amityville Partial list of baptisms at St. Paul’s Reformed Church in Amityville, PA Child’s Name Parents Born Baptized Sponsor Patt, Elmina Johannes and Eleonora 2 Dec 1819 30 Apr 1820 Johannes Patt Sr. and Sewilla Herner, Bennewell Henry and Elisabeth 21 Jan 1820 13 May 1820 Wm. … Read more

Scheürer/Scheirÿ/Shirey

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Scheürer/Scheirÿ/Shirey This file submitted by: Clarence Shirey. I published the family genealogy in 1974 [over 2,000 pages!!] and an additional volume in 1977, long before the days of computes and e-mails, and the internet! I’m simply trying to see what else I can find now. Johann Heinrich Scheürer / Scheirÿ wrote his Last Will & … Read more

Records of J.M. Batteiger

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Records of J.M. Batteiger J.M. Batteiger was Justice of the Peace of Berks County, Pennsylvania from 1883-1900. Surnames: Ahn, Althouse, Althouse, Anthony, Anthony, Atkins, Bagdentose, Balthaser, Batteiger, Becker, Berger, Bertram, Bertram, Bertram, Boltz, Bordner, Borkey, Borkey, Bressler, Brobst, Christ, Clauser, Clay, Degler, Degler, Degler, Degler, Degler, Denhart, DeTurk, DeTurk, DeTurk, Ebling, Ebling, Epting, Epting, Filbert, … Read more

Sales in Partition

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Sales in Partition Kleinginne, Benneville By virtue of certain proceedings had in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks county, on the lands of Benneville Kleinginne, late of Cumru township, Berks county, deceased, will be sold on Saturday, October 16th, 1875, at 1 1/2 p.m. at public auction by the undersigned, at the public house … Read more

Selected Baptismal Records from the Myerstown Reformed Church

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Selected Baptismal Records from the Myerstown Reformed Church Myerstown Reformed Church is located 1 mile north of Myerstown on Rte 645 in Lebanon County. Selected Baptisms from Myerstown Reformed Church Records Parents Child Birth Date Baptism Notes Michael & Barbara Spangler Solomon Spangler Dec 26 1860 Sep 2 1861   Not recorded Sarah E Spangler … Read more