Look-Up Volunteers


Berks County PAGenWeb
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 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
  • 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
  • Governor Mifflin Senior High School Alumni Directory (2000 edition). It covers graduation years 1954 - 2000 - Michael
  • Graduate Catalogue Reading High Schools, 1856-1905 - William
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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