Welcome to Berks County, Pennsylvania
History and Genealogy

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Berks County Data Online

Biographies

Short History Reading developed during the 1740s and the northern inhabitants of Lancaster County sent several petitions requesting that a separate county be established. With the help of Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752 from parts of Chester County, Lancaster County, and Philadelphia County and named after William Penn's family home of Berkshire, England. Berks County began much larger than it is today. The northwestern parts of the county went to the founding of Northumberland County in 1772 and Schuylkill County in 1811, when it reached its current size. - Wikipedia.com

Births & Baptisms

Church Histories

Census' & Tax Lists

Cemetery Listings

County History

Divorces

Family Histories

Historical Societies

Marriage Announcements

Marriage Licenses

Miscellaneous News Paper Articles From the Past

Military
    Korean War Casualties
    Vietnam War
    Civil War: PA Volunteers, Vol. 1

News Article:
    Execution of Susannah Cox

Obituaries and Death Notices

Revolutionary War Soldiers in Berks County Hospitals

Towns and Townships with Their Histories

Wills & Estate Notices

Surrounding Counties

Schuykill County (north)

Montgomery County (southeast)

Lancaster County (southwest)

Lehigh County (northeast)

Chester County (south)

Lebanon County (west)

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