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Church Records

Brunswick Area Churches, Births/Baptisms - Early Dunkle Reformed Church - Marriages from 1784 Dunkle Baptismal Records Emmanual Reform Church, Nurenburg-Schuylkill County Egypt Reformed Church 1734 - 1807 Lehigh County Exeter Township Church Records Early Pastoral Records of Berks County Friends Meeting House 1730-1800 - Exeter Twp Jerusalem Church Information-Schuylkill County (Early) Lehigh Church Records 1750-1790 Morvarian Church Records-Oley Township (late 1600's----) Schulykill County Early Marriage and Church Information Schulykill County Church and Pastor Information St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran 1750-1764 St. Jacobs Pine Grove - Baptist St. Jacobs Pine Grove - Evengelical History of St. Jacobs Church St. Johns Church of Christ, Orwigsburgh St. Michaels Baptismal Records - OLEY 1783-1853 St. Michaels 1853-1871 St Michaels 1872-1900 Zion Red Church, Brunswick Township Births/Bapt 1755-1800 Zion Lutheran Church of Orwigsburg, West Brunswick I will be adding more church records as they become available

                 

Early Cemetery Information (Berks Co)

Alleghenyville Cemetery, Brecknock  Township Berks

Altalaha Cemetery, Rehersburg

Amityville Lutheran Church,

Amittyville Lutheran Church (same church as above, different site)

Amityville Cemetery Amityville

Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading

Bern Church Cemetery, Bernville

Bethel Evangelical Cemetery, Robeson Township

Boyertown

Boyertown Union Church Cemetery

Bright Cemetery

Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading

Christ DeLong Cemetery, Bowers

Deppen Cemetery, Lenhartsville,  Berks County

Dunkels Church, Lenhartsville

Dunkels Burial Ground, Lenhartsville

Exeter

Fix-Garber Cemetary - Reading 1830

Fritz Cemetery-Douglass Township

Goshenhoppen, Catholic- Berks County

Herzel Church Cemetery, PineGrove

Huffs-Hereford Township Church - Berks

Jerulsalem Union Church, Albany Township

Morgantown United Methodist Church, Morgantown, Berks

PA Friends to Keithians to 7th Day Baptists

Red Church (Stoney Run Albany Township, Berks

Salem (Shalter's) Lutheren Church Alsace, Berks County

Schwartzwald  Cemetery, Jacksonwald, Exeter Township

Spies - Old Church

St Gabriel's

St. Thomas Cemetery, Morgantown, Berks County

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

St. John Cemetery, Gibralter Robenson Township Berks

St. John Cemetery (old cemetery) Tulpenhocken

St. Johns Cemetery, Maxatawny Township

St. Michaels Cemetery, Birdsboro

St. Pauls (Catholic Church) Mission Cemetery, Birdsboro

St Pauls Cemetery, Strausstown

Strausstown Cemetery

Union Church

Wyomissing  Cemetery, Gouglersville, Berks

Zion Red - Revolutionaary War Soldiers

Zions DAR Plaque at Zions Red Church

Zions M.E. Robeson Township

List of all cemeteries in Berks County

Alice Focht United Methodist Church, Birdsboro Allegheny Church, Mennonite Allegheny Reformed Church Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Twp. Amity United Brethren Amityville Lutheran Atolheo, Tulpehocken Twp. Aulenbach's Cemetery Berks County Birth Records, 1705-1800 Berks County Private Cemeteries Berks County Quaker records Bernhard Adam Cemetery, Wyomissing Bern's Church, Bern Twp. Bethel Cemetery, Robeson Bieber Creek/Mertz Church, Rockland Twp. Blue Mountain Church Records, Upper Tulpehocken Twp. Brecknock Doctor's Birth List Caernarvon Cemetery, Morgantown Charles Evans Cemetery Christ (Mertz) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dryville Christ Reformed, Bowers, Maxatawny Twp. De Long's Church Dunkel's Reformed Church, Greenwich Twp. Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Knauers, Brecknock Twp. Exeter Monthly Meeting Fairview Cemetery, Shillington First Reformed, Reading Frieden's Union Church Records, Robeson Twp. Fritz Cemetery, Douglass Twp. Hain's Church, Lower Heidekberg Twp. Harmony Methodist Church Heidelberg Church Helffrich, John Henry, Records of Host Church, Tulpehocken Twp. Joanna Camp Meeting Kissinger's Union Church Cemetery Records Longswamp Reformed Church Records Marriages, Constable, Mayor, J.P. Mast Cemetery, Elverson (Pinegrove) Mohn's Hill E.C.Church Mohnsville Cemetery Morgantown Methodist Moselem Lutheran/Reformed Church Records, Richmond Twp. Mt. Airy Methodist Church, Birdsboro Old Northkill Lutheran Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church Oley Hill Church Records Oley Valley Graveyard Rambling - by Chester Levan DeTurck Pleasantville Union Cemetery Reed's Church, Marion Twp. Rev. Schwartzwald Records Reverend Boos Burials 1782-1807 Reverend Eli Keller, Longswamp Church Reverend John William Richards Reverend Leinbach, Leesport Robeson Lutheran/Plow Church Records Robeson Monthly Meeting Robeson Twp. Cemetery Robeson's Friends Meeting Rock Baptist Rosenthal Church, Albany Church Salem Lutheran, Bethel St. Gabriel's, Morlatten, Douglassville St. James's Lutheran Church St. John's Cemetery, Gibralter St. Michael's Cemetery, Birdsboro St. Michael's, Tilden St. Paul's Church Records St. Paul's Mission, Catholic, Union Twp. St. Paul's, Windsor Twp. St. Thomas Records, Morgantown Stoever, John Casper Trinity Lutheran, Leesport Trinity Lutheran, Reading Tulpehocken Baptist, Sinking Springs Tulpehocken Christ Church, Jefferson Twp. Waldschmidt Records Welsh Baptist Cemetery, Sinking Springs Welsh Baptist, Cumru Windsor's/Ziegel's, Perry Twp. Wyomissing Reformed Lutheran Yocum's Cemetery Zion Methodist Zion, Mosalem Zion/Spies's Reformed Church, Alsace Twp

Misc. Berks County Records

Pa Land Owners 1734 / Philadelphia County Click here

Philadelphia Residents 1745-1746 who signed a petition concerning a powder house and market, click here

Oath of allegiance 1778 in Northern Berks County, click here

Chronological Ship Passenger Lists to Pennsylvania 1727-1775, click here

Look at Social Security Death Index:
 

 

Will Abstracts     1752 - 1825      Index A - K Index L - Z

BERKS COUNTY COURTHOUSE  Berks County Court House Users Guide   633 Court Street Reading, Pa  19601 (with special thanks to Lenora Adam) Court house recorded deaths from 1852-1855 THE FOLLOWING RECORDS AVAILABLE FROM THE COURT HOUSE: ESTATE RECORDS (1752-present) REGISTER OF WILLS HOMEPAGE HAND WRITTEN WILLS (1780- ) I have obtained several hand written wills from the courthouse dated in the later part of the1700's.   There is a lot of useful information on these wills.  Some are german hand written and some are translated. LAND RECORDS:  Land records include bounty land warrant files, donaltin land entry files, homestead application files, and private land claim files relating to the entry of individual settlers on land in the public land states.  Private land claims will show the name, location of the land, residence when the claim was made and the names of both living and dead  relatives CITY BIRTH RECORDS ARE 1873-1905 INCLUSIVE COUNTY BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS (1860-1906) COUNTY AND CITY MARRIAGE LICENSES (1876-PRESENT) CITY OF READING MARRIAGE  LICENSES (1876-1905) DEEDS MORTGAGE BOOKS NATURALIZATIONS (1795-PRESENT) Includes all handwritten applications, arrival date into country, ship traveled on, parental information....Great source APPEARANCE DOCKET (1754-1924)

Helpful Information On Names

18th Century PA German Naming Customs

Surnames: What's in a Name?

'Pennsylvania Dutch Recipes' My Favorite PA Dutch Recipe Site

HELPFUL TIPS WHEN USING THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

1. Most states required birth and death certificates around 1890-1915.  To find death certificates prior to this date, you would need to contact the County Courthouse, Church, or Family Bibles.

2. Most Deeds and Wills are found at the local County Courthouse.

3. Census-United States Census has been taken every 10 years since 1790.  The 1790-1840 gives only the Heads of the Household.  The 1850-1860 Census lists the slave owners and the age, sex and color (but not name) of each slave.  

4. Land Records (1800-1974) include bounty-land-warrant files, donation land, entry files, homestead application files and private purchase land.  There are no land records for the original 13 states and Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tenn., Texas, and Hawaii.

5. Ship Passenger List--National Archives has incomplete lists, beginning in the 1820's.  From Baltimore (1820-1948), Boston (1820-1874; 1883-1943), Galveston (1896-1948),  New Orleans (1820-1945), New York (1820-1954), Philadelphia (1800-1945), San Francisco (1893-1953), Seattle (1890-1957).  Lists normally contain the passenger name, age, sex, occupation, country of embarkation, and country of destinations.  

RESOURCES FOR WRITING/TRANSLATION/ADDRESSING LETTERS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

LETTERS IN GERMAN, POLISH, ITALIAN

ENGLISH/DUTCH/FRENCH/SPANISH DICTIONARY

GENEALOGY DICTIONARY

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