The following is a list of reference works that volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. To ask for a look-up, please click on the name to the right of the resource. Requests should be specific; give as much detail as you can.
1767 Tax book for Berks Co. - Diana
1784 Tax book for Berks Co. - Diana
Abstracts of Berks Co. Wills 1752-1758 by Martin and Smith - Diana
Abstracts of Berks Co. Wills 1785-1800 by Martin and Smith - Diana
Abstracts of Berks Co. Wills 1800-1825 by Martin and Smith - Diana
Berks County Births, 1705-1760, vol. 1 by HP Publishing - Scott
Berks County Births, 1760-1770, vol. 2 by HP Publishing - Diana - Scott
Berks County Births, 1770-1780, vol. 3 by HP Publishing - Diana - Scott
Berks County Births, 1780-1790, vol. 4 by HP Publishing - Scott
Berks County Church Records of the 18th Century, Volume 2 Covers townships in the northern portion of Berks County: Pie, District, Washington, Hereford, Rockland, Longswamp, Maxatawny, Richmond, Maiden Creek, Perry, Greenwich, Windsor and Albany. The churches included are Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, Peter's Church, and St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Twp. This book only covers until 1800, nothing after that. - Orleata
Berks County Death Collection: Reading Adler (1797-1815) Berks Eagle partial index (1863-1879) Berks County Almshouse (1825-1892) - Misty
Berks County Death Records 1852-1855 Not the actual articles, mostly names and dates - Misty
Berks County Marriages, 1730-1800, vol. 2 by HP Publishing - Diana - Scott
Bieber/Beaver Family, I.M. Beaver, 1939 - William
Births, Baptisms & Marriages by Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt. This book has records for Belleman's Church, Centre Township only. - Diane
Bower's Union Church (Old Delong Reformed Cemetery") - Roy
Burial Records of Zion Union Cemetery-Womelsdorf - Don
Centreport Centennial 1884-1984 by Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt - Diane
Charles Evans Cemetery Records: Reading, PA - Nancy
Christ Church, Philadelphia. Baptisms and Burials from Christ Church, Philadelphia 1709-1760 (may include Berks Co. families) - Diana
Circuit and Circuit Riders (Volumes 1 and 2) by Schuylkill Roots, Rice and Dellock, 1996 - Diana
Collected Church Records of Berks County, Pennsylvania, Parts I and II, compiled by Phillip A Rice and Jean A Dellock, pub 1935 by Clossen Press. Includes: - Diana
Altalaha Evangelical Lutheran, Bethel (1801-1843) - St. Paul's Lutheran (Smoke Church), Windsor (1766-1829) - St. Michael's Reformed, Upper Bern Twp (1810-1859) - Moselem
Lutheran, Richmond Twp (1737-1809) - St John's (Hains) Reformed (1745-1805) - Zion's (Blue Mountain) Church, Strausstown, Upper Tulpehocken (1745-1863). -
Wright's Berks County Church Records of the 18th Centuary, Vols. 1-5 - Diana
Collected Church Records of Berks Co Part 1 Altalaha/St. Paul's (Smoke)/St. Michael's-Upper Bern - Don
Collected Church Records of Berks Co Part 2 Moselem/Hain's/Zion-Strausstown - Don
Death Notices in Reading Adler Newspaper, 1797-1824 - Diana
Delong Church Records - Roy
A Directory of Burials on Salem Belleman's Graveyard 1746-1972 by Milton K. and Luella E. Blatt - Diane
Early Amish Land Grants in Berks County, Pennsylvania printed by Mennonite Family History - Diane
Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875 comp. by Charles A. Fisher, Genealogical Publishing Co. Includes partial records from Zion (Moselem) Lutheran and Christ (Tulpehocken) Lutheran churches in Berks - Roy
Egle's Notes and Queries FTM CD 19 - Diana
Fessler/Fesler Ancestories I-II by William T. Fessler - Toby
A Genealogical History of the Bertolet Family, the Descendents of Jean Bertolet by Daniel H. Bertolet, 1914 - Diana
Geris/Gehris Family in Berks County; Roy's WebSite - Roy
Goshenhoppen Registers, 1741-1819 - Barbara
Governor Mifflin Senior High School Alumni Directory (2000 edition). It covers graduation years 1954 - 2000 - Michael
Graduate Catalogue Reading High Schools, 1856-1905 - William
Historical Atlas of Berks County - Chuck
History and Genealogy of the DeTURK family, Descendents of Isaac DeTURK and Maria DeHarcourt 1934 - Diana
History of Berks County, Morton Montgomery, 1909 - William
History of St. John's (Host) Church 1727-1975 Includes a listing of both the old and new cemeteries up to 1975 - Romaine
Hub of the Tulpehocken, The - Kathy
Huff's Church Cemetery - Ed
Immigrants to the New World FTM CD 170 - Diana
Index to all names found in Berks Co. tax lists for 1754,60,62-66,1768 - Don
Marriages, City of Reading: 7/1/1876 - 10/1/1885 comp. by Richard L. Frank, Closson Press, 2000 - Diana
Mattern Family Hitory, Comprising the Surnames of Matern, Mattern, Mottern, Moddern and variant Forms from 1650-1990, The by Avice Morgan, First Edition, Published by Gateway Press Inc. 1990. - Liz
Old Cemeteries of St. Paul's Reformed-Amityville, Berks Co., The - Don
Oley Valley Heritage, The Colonial Years: 1700-1775 by Philip Pendleton, 1994. - Diana
Passenger and Emmigration Index, 2001 edition. FTM CD 354 - Diana
The Passing Scene (vols. 1 and 2) by George Meiser IX and Gloria Jean Meiser The Historical Society of Berks Co., 1982-1983. - Diana
The Passing Scene (vol. 12) by Meiser and Meiser - Diana
Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran-Stouchsburg Part 1 Baptisms 1743-1819 - Don
Pastoral Acts at Christ Lutheran-Stouchsburg Part 2 Baptisms 1820-1835 - Don
PA Births Berks County 1710-1780 - Kathy
PA Births Berks County 1781-1800 - Kathy
Pennsylvania Births, Philadelphia Co 1644-1765 (may include persons from Berks Co) by Humphrey - Diana
Pennsylvania Colonial Records FTM CD 512 - Diana
Pennsylvania Land Applications, Vol 1, East Side Applications: 1765-1769 by Kenneth D. McCrea, 2002 - Diana
Pennsylvania Wills 1682-1834 Note: Please limit requests to 5 persons and not "everything listed for the --- family". - Debby
Rauch - Hertzog Cemetery, Huff's Church, Hereford Township. Berks County - Ed
Reading Adler (marriages 1801-1849) - Don
Reading Adler(obituaries 1797-1884) - Don
St. Gabriel's Church-Douglas Twp. 1735-1834 - Don
St. John's Lutheran-Boyertown baptisms 1811-1891 - Don
St. John's Lutheran-Boyertown baptisms/marriages/deaths 1891-1918 - Don
St. Joseph's (Hill) Church Book 2 1800-1900 - Don
Salem Bible Church Cemetery, Hereford Township, Berks County - Ed
Schwarzwald Church Register Baptisms 1781-1811, Marriages 1781-1811, Deaths 1782-1807 - Don
Schwarzwald Church Register Baptisms 1781-1811, Marriages 1781-1811, Deaths 1782-1807 - Misty
Story of Berks County, Pennsylvania, The by F.W. Balthaser - Diane
Trexler Family and Related Kin by John Trexler Warren, Schlechter's Printers - Publishers, Allentown, PA 1972. - Liz
Trinity Lutheran Church of Reading, DVD, baptisms, marriages, deaths 1751-1904 - Misty
Trinity Lutheran Church of Reading, Berks, PA. PART TWO; Baptisms from 1780 to 1812 translated by J.W. Early (ca. 1906) - Bill
Trinity Lutheran Baptisms: 1751-1790 Schuylkill Roots Researchers, pub. 1990-1992 - Diana
Trinity Lutheran Baptisms: 1790-1812 Schuylkill Roots Researchers, pub. 1990-1992 - Diana
Trinity Lutheran Burials: 1754-1812 Schuylkill Roots Researchers, pub. 1990-1992 - Diana
Trinity Lutheran Marriages: 1754-1812 Schuylkill Roots Researchers, pub. 1990-1992 - Diana
The Wagner Family History by Avice Morgan, First Edition, Published by Gateway Press, Inc. 1997 - Lynn
Wills of Pennsylvania, 1682-1834 FTM CD 209 - Diana
Womelsdorf, PA: Both Cemeteries (Zion Union Cemetery and Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery). Early 1700s to 1950. - William
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