Genealogical Societies

Berks County Genealogical Society

GoggleWorks Art Center, Room 413
201 Washington Street
Reading, PA 19601
484-509-4806
email: info@berksgenes.org

Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

Links to all Pennsylvania Counties plus a lot more

Historical Societies

Albany Township Historical Society

P.O. Box 95
Kempton, PA 19529

Amity Heritage Society

PO Box 151
Earlville, PA 19519
610-582-2070

Boyertown Historical Society

43 S. Chestnut St.
Boyertown, PA 19512-1508
610-367-5255

Fleetwood Area Historical Society

110 W. Arch St.
Fleetwood, PA 19522
610-944-9983

Hereford Township Heritage Society, Inc.

P.O.Box 644
Hereford, Pa. 18056
215-679-5183
email: HTHS@verizon.net

Historical Society of Berks County PA

940 Centre Avenue
Reading, PA 19601
610-375-4375

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-732-6200

Leesport Area Historical Society

PO Box 204, 128 Main Street
Leesport, PA 19533
484-662-3181

Kutztown Area Historical Society

P.O. Box 307
Normal Avenue and Whiteoak Street
Kutztown, PA 19530
610-683-7697

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

300 North St.
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Reading Company Technical and Historical Society

P.O. Box 15143
Reading, PA 19612-5143
610-372-5513

Sinking Spring Historical Society

46 Montello Rd.
Sinking Spring, PA 19608
610-678-4219

Tri-County Heritage Society

P.O. Box 352
Morgantown, PA 19543
610-286-7477

Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society

116 N. Front St.
P.O. Box 53
Womelsdorf, PA 19567
610-589-2527

Wissahickon Valley Historical Society

PO Box 96
Amber, PA 19002
cell (215)880-6148

Libraries

Reading Family History Center

3344 Reading Crest Ave
Reading, PA 19605
610-929-0235

Reading Public Library

100 South Fifth Street
Reading, PA 19602
610-655-6350

Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center

105 Seminary St.
Pennsburg, PA 18073
215-679-3103

Other

Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation

Pennsylvania Dutch Fracktur Gallery

Berks County Prothonotary Office

Berks County Courthouse
633 Court Street, 2nd Floor
Reading, PA 19601
610-478-6970

Berks County Recorder of Deeds

Berks County Services Center
633 Court Street, 3rd Floor
Reading, PA 19601
610-478-3380

Berks County Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court

Berks County Services Center
633 Court Street, 2nd Floor
Reading, PA 19601
610-478-6600

Rotary Club of Reading, PA

Centralia-Conynghman History and Genealogy

Mahanoy City township discussion group

Cultural and Heritage Societies

Ancient Order of Hibernians (Index to Division Web sites)

Berks County Heritage Center

Red Bridge Rd.
Bernville, PA 19506
610-374-8839

Heidelberg Heritage Society

P.O. Box 51
182 West Penn Avenue
Wernersville, PA 19565
610-678-2631

Lenni Lenape Historical Society Museum of Indian Culture

2825 Fish Hatchery Rd.
Allentown, PA 18103-9801
610-797-2121

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania and Mennonite Heritage Center

P.O. Box 82
565 Yoder Road
Harleysville, PA
215-256-3020

Pennsylvania Cornwall Association (Penkernewek)

301 W. Pennsylvania Avenue
Pen Argyl, PA 18072
610-327-1807

Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania P.O. Box 730
Kutztown, PA 19530
610-683-4000

Pennsylvania German Society

P.O. Box 244
Kutztown, PA 19530-0244
610-894-9551

Museums

Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

85 South Walnut St.
Boyertown, PA 19512
610-367-2090

Central Pennsylvania African American Museum

Old Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
119 N. Tenth St.
Reading, PA 19601
610-371-8713

Reading Public Museum

500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425
610-371-5850

Historic Sites

Conrad Weiser Homestead

28 Weiser Road
Rt. 422 (midway between Reading and Lebanon)
Womelsdorf, PA 19567-9718
610-589-9458

Daniel Boone Homestead

400 Daniel Boone Rd.
Birdsboro, PA 19508
610-582-4900

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

2 Mark Bird Lane
Elverson, PA 19520
610-582-8773

National Register of Historic Places in Berks County