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Projects (10)

Adjacent counties

• Chester County, PA  to the southeast
• Lancaster County, PA  to the southwest
• Lebanon County, PA  to the southwest
• Lehigh County, PA  to the northeast
• Montgomery County, PA  to the southeast
• Schuylkill County, PA  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Berks County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Cemeteries (18)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records (10)

Court and Legal Records

• Berks County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Berks County Other Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• History of the Kutztown Police Department 
• History of the Office of Constable  Berks County
• History of the Wyomissing Police Department 
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Berks County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Muhlenberg Township Police Department History 

Directories (14)

Estate Records

• Berks County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Berks County, Pennsylvania Estate Records  1752-1914     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Estate Records  1752-present, searchable
• Index to Berks County, Pennsylvania wills and administration records  1752-1850     (Source: Online Collections at BYU)

Ethnic

• Catholic Trails West  The Founding Catholic Families of Pennsylvania     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• The Indians of Berks County, Pa.  Being a Summary of All the Tangible Records of the Aborigines of Berks County     (Source: Google Book Search)

History (187)

Introduction and Guides

• Berks County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Berks County Pennsylvania Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Berks County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Berks County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Berks Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Pennsylvania locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• Berks County Document Images      (Source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)
• Berks County Land Records & Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Pennsylvania Land Applications  East Side Applications 1765-1769     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (19)

Lookups

• Berks County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• PA Births Berks County 1781 to 1800 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Berks County Genealogy DataBoards      (Source: PA Roots)
• Berks County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Berks County, PA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• berksco_genealogy  Berks County Genealogy     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• BingmanPA  Bingman PA Family Genealogy Group     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• PABERKS-L Berks County genealogy

  • PABERKS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • PABERKS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • PABERKS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• PENNA-DUTCH-L For anyone who has an interest in genealogy, history and culture related to the the Pennsylvania Dutch and focused on but not exclusive to Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon and York Counties, Pennsylvania

  • PENNA-DUTCH-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • PENNA-DUTCH-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • PENNA-DUTCH-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (54)

Military Records and Histories

• Berks County Hall of Heroes  Honors the sacrifice of the brave men and women of Berks County who died defending our liberty and freedom
• Berks County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)

• Civil War (78)

• Revolutionary War

  • History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the Revolution, from 1774 to 1783      (Source: Google Book Search)

• World War I

  • Berks County Service Roster  1917-18     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • The Reading Militia in the Great War      (Source: PA's Past)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Berks County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Reading City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Berks County, Pennsylvania  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data (12)

Newspaper Records

• Berks County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Berks County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Search Reading Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories (19)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Estate, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Searchable  Clerk of Orphan's Court

Societies (16)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (522)

Tax Lists (50)

Transportation and Industry (14)

Vital Records (20)

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