Reading Genealogy (in Berks County, PA)
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Reading Birth Records
Births 1894-1905 ; Delayed registration of births filed 1941-1949 FamilySearch Library
Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania computer printout; births or christenings, 1763-1850 FamilySearch Library
Margrit Towlands birth book, 1813-1822 FamilySearch Library
Pennsylvania Births (Berks County, 1876-1906 (Excluding The City of Reading)) Ancestry 
Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry
Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health
Reading Births Register of Wills
Reading, Pennsylvania Births, 1876-1905 Ancestry
Reading, Pennsylvania Births, 1876-1905 Archives.com
Records including births, deaths, marriages, 1842-1941 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library
Returns of births, 1876-1905 FamilySearch Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania computer printout; births or christenings, 1751-1767 FamilySearch Library
Reading Cemetery Records
Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Aulenbach Cemetery Billion Graves
Aulenbach Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Bernardine Sisters Cemetery Find a Grave
Bernhard Adam Cemetery US Gen Web
Bishop Burial Ground Find a Grave
Burials Parish of Christ Church, Reading 1834-1850 US Gen Web Archives
Burials in Parish of Christ Church, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania Ancestors At Rest
Calvary Reformed Columbarium Find a Grave
Cemetery marker readings of St. Peter's Catholic Church (also known as Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery), ... Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Cemetery records, 1848-1979 FamilySearch Library
Charles Evans Cemetery Find a Grave
Charles Evans Cemetery US Gen Web
Charles Evans Cemetery Billion Graves
Charles Evans Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Charles Evans Cemetery records, Reading, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave
Deppen Cemetery Find a Grave
Fix-Garber Cemetery US Gen Web
Fix-Gerber-Bitting Cemetery Find a Grave
Forney Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Historical Society of Berks County, Thirty-seventh annual pilgrimage, Charles Evans Cemetery, Saturday, October 17, 1942 FamilySearch Library
Neikirch Family Burial Ground Find a Grave
Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory Burial Records, 1887-1979 Family Search
Precious Blood Convent Cemetery Find a Grave
Reading Friends Meeting Cemetery Find a Grave
Records of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1751-1852 : baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations and communions FamilySearch Library
Reformed and Lutheran Alsace Church and graveyard FamilySearch Library
Register of all persons baptised, confirmed, communed, married, & buried FamilySearch Library
Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Mary Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Peter Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Peter the Apostle Church Cemetery Find a Grave
Schalterschen Cemetery Find a Grave
Shomre Habrith Cemetery Find a Grave
St. Mary's Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
St. Mary's Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania WorldCat
St. Paul's Gethsemane Cemetery Interment
The Bernhard Adam Cemetery FamilySearch Library
The Fix-Garber Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, PA) Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA) Ancestry
Welsh Baptist Meeting House and Burial Ground Find a Grave
Reading Census Records
Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Ward and precinct plan of city of Reading, Penna., 1916 FamilySearch Library
Reading Church Records (158)
Reading City Directories (140)
Reading Court Records
Orphan's Court docket, 1884-1918 FamilySearch Library
Reading Death Records
1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry
Berks Co., Pennsylvania death records, 1842-1853, in the Tulpehocken region Genealogy Gophers
Berks County Obituaries, Death Notices, and Funeral Notices 1906-1961 US Gen Web
City of Reading death records 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library
Death notices of Der Readinger Adler newspaper, Reading, Pennsylvania (1825-1834). WorldCat
Death records of the City of Reading, Berks County, Pa FamilySearch Library
Deaths and marriages from the Weekly advertiser, 1796-1816, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Deaths from Berks, Dauphin and Philadelphia counties newspapers, 1791-1864 FamilySearch Library
Deaths from the Chronicle of the times, 1822-1834, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Deaths from the Reading Adler, 1797-1824 FamilySearch Library
Deaths from the Reading Adler, 1797-1824 FamilySearch Library
Deaths from the Reading Gazette and Democrat, 1850-1851, 1863-1864 FamilySearch Library
First Reformed Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, Reed and Washington Streets : an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and funerals from 1771-1905 [i.e., 1987] FamilySearch Library
Index of death announcements in the Reading Adler - Eagle, 1800 to 1879 WorldCat
Marriages and deaths copied from newspapers of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1796-1845 FamilySearch Library
Membership, marriages and baptisms, 1905-1966, deaths, 1920-1966 (Windsor Street Methodist Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library
Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage
Pennsylvania Deaths (Berks County, 1852-55 & 1894-1906) Ancestry
Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health
Reading Deaths Register of Wills
Reading Eagle Obituary Index for 2004 Genealogy Trails
Reading Eagle Obituary Index for September - December 2003, 2004 Genealogy Trails
Reading Eagle obituaries, 1868-1879 FamilySearch Library
Reading Eagle obituaries, 1868-1879 FamilySearch Library
Reading Poorhouse Deaths - 1868, 1872 Genealogy Trails
Reading, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1873-1905 Ancestry
Reading, Pennsylvania Deaths, 1873-1905 Archives.com
Record of deaths and interments, 1873-1906 FamilySearch Library
Records including births, deaths, marriages, 1842-1941 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania : an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and deaths from 1751 -1904 FamilySearch Library
Reading Histories and Genealogies (50)
Reading Immigration Records
An index to naturalization records at Reading, Pa. FamilySearch Library
Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775 Google Books
Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 Fold3
Naturalization papers, 1798-1852; index, 1798-1915 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization papers, 1798-1915; index 1798-1915 FamilySearch Library
Naturalized citizenship in Berks County FamilySearch Library
Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773 Ancestry
The Greek community in Reading FamilySearch Library
Reading Land Records
Berks County, Pennsylvania, land warrants, 1730-1868 FamilySearch Library
Deeds, 1734-1866 ; Indexes, 1752-1926 FamilySearch Library
Early Reading land titles FamilySearch Library
Land warrants and patents in Readingtown FamilySearch Library
Reading Map Records
City map of Reading, Berks Co. Penna., 1877 Library of Congress
City map of Reading, Berks Co. Penna., 1877 Library of Congress
Early Maps of our Town Reading, PA Ancestry
Early maps of our town FamilySearch Library
Reading, 1884 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1887 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1904 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1920 Library of Congress
The city map of Reading, Pennsylvania 1898. Library of Congress
Reading Marriage Records
1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry
1885-1929 Berks County, Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry
Berks County, Pennsylvania, Marriages, Etc., Extracted from Newspapers, 1796-1845 FamilySearch Library
Christ Episcopal Church, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania computer printout; marriages, 1767-1850 FamilySearch Library
Covenant Memorial M. E. Church of Reading, Pennsylvania; marriages and baptisms, 1869-1940 FamilySearch Library
Deaths and marriages from the Weekly advertiser, 1796-1816, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
First Reformed Church, Reading, Pennsylvania, Reed and Washington Streets : an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and funerals from 1771-1905 [i.e., 1987] FamilySearch Library
German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library
Marriage Dockets, 1885-1909 FamilySearch Library
Marriage Records from the First United Church (bride index) US Gen Web
Marriage Records from the First United Church (groom index) US Gen Web
Marriage Records from the Newspapers, 1830-1853 FamilySearch Library
Marriage records of Pennsylvania by Rev. Philip Reinhold Pauli, 1794- 1814 (Confirmations, 1794-1803) and by Rev. William Boos (Boas), 1771- 1811 FamilySearch Library
Marriages and deaths copied from newspapers of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1796-1845 FamilySearch Library
Marriages from the Chronicle of the times, 1822-1834, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Membership, marriages and baptisms, 1905-1966, deaths, 1920-1966 (Windsor Street Methodist Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library
Reading Marriages Register of Wills
Reading, Pennsylvania Marriages, 1876-84 Ancestry
Records including births, deaths, marriages, 1842-1941 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library
Records of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1751-1852 : baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations and communions FamilySearch Library
Register of all persons baptised, confirmed, communed, married, & buried FamilySearch Library
Returns of marriages, 1876-1909 FamilySearch Library
St. Peter's Catholic Church, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; baptisms 1818-1886, marriages 1819-1874, confirmations 1835 FamilySearch Library
Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Pennsylvania : an alphabetized compilation of baptisms, marriages, and deaths from 1751 -1904 FamilySearch Library
Reading Military Records
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 31th-35th Infantry Fold3
Early Reading muster rolls FamilySearch Library
Eleven days in the militia during the war of the rebellion : being a journal of the Emergency campaign of 1865 FamilySearch Library
Hessians and the citizens of Reading FamilySearch Library
Historical sketch and souvenir, Reading Artillerists, Company 'A', Fourth Regiment Inf., Third Brigade, N.G.P. FamilySearch Library
Historical sketch of Reading artillerists : read upon the occasion of their 102d anniversary in Metropolitan Hall, May 25, 1896 FamilySearch Library
The Hessian POWs in Reading revisited FamilySearch Library
The Hessian camp at Reading, Pa., 1781-1783 FamilySearch Library
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in Aulenbach Cemetery, Reading, PA) Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVI (Soldiers Buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA) Ancestry
War's alarms in Reading during the Confederate invasion of 1863 and the rally of Pennsylvania militia for home defence FamilySearch Library
Reading Minority Records
Civil War Service Records, Union, Colored Troops 31th-35th Infantry Fold3
The Jewish community of colonial Reading FamilySearch Library
The earliest Japanese visitors to Reading FamilySearch Library
Reading Newspapers and Obituaries
Berks County Obituaries, Death Notices, and Funeral Notices 1906-1961 US Gen Web
Berks County, Pennsylvania, Marriages, Etc., Extracted from Newspapers, 1796-1845 FamilySearch Library
Berks and Schuylkill Journal 06/22/1816 to 05/14/1831 Genealogy Bank
Death notices of Der Readinger Adler newspaper, Reading, Pennsylvania (1825-1834). WorldCat
Deaths and marriages from the Weekly advertiser, 1796-1816, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Deaths from Berks, Dauphin and Philadelphia counties newspapers, 1791-1864 FamilySearch Library
Deaths from the Chronicle of the times, 1822-1834, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Der Liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties Allgemeine Anzeiger 1839-1851 Newspapers.com
Der liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties allgemeine anzeiger 09/10/1839 to 09/02/1851 Genealogy Bank
Der liberale Beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties allgemeine anzeiger. 1839-09-10 to 1851-09-02 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Der liberale beobachter und Berks, Montgomery und Schuylkill Caunties allgemeine anzeiger. ([Reading, Pa.) (from Sept. 10, 1839 to Sept. 2, 1851) Chronicling America
Father Abraham. 1868-06-12 to 1872-12-13 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Genealogical columns from newspapers: Reading Times, Reading, Pa; The Statesman, Boise, Idaho Jan. 1959-Jan. 1967 FamilySearch Library
German Marriages, 1828-1832, Published in the German Newspaper Der Bauern Freund, Sumneytown, Montgomery County FamilySearch Library
Index of death announcements in the Reading Adler - Eagle, 1800 to 1879 WorldCat
Marriage Records from the Newspapers, 1830-1853 FamilySearch Library
Marriages and deaths copied from newspapers of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1796-1845 FamilySearch Library
Marriages from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal Newspaper Bride Index US Gen Web
Marriages from the Berks and Schuylkill Journal Newspaper Groom Index US Gen Web
Marriages from the Chronicle of the times, 1822-1834, Reading, Pa. WorldCat
Newspapers of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1789-1900 Ancestry
Newspapers of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1789-1900 FamilySearch Library
Pilger Durch Welt und Kirche 12/31/1870 to 12/24/1881 Genealogy Bank
Reading Adler 11/29/1796 to 12/26/1876 Genealogy Bank
Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania) 1868 FamilySearch Library
Reading Eagle 01/01/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank
Reading Eagle 1949-1949 Newspapers.com
Reading Eagle 8/20/1868 - 3/22/1869 Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
Reading Eagle Obituary Index for 2004 Genealogy Trails
Reading Eagle Obituary Index for September - December 2003, 2004 Genealogy Trails
Reading Eagle obituaries, 1868-1879 FamilySearch Library
Reading Eagle obituaries, 1868-1879 FamilySearch Library
Reading Eagle, 1860-2010 Google News Archive
Reading Gazette and Democrat 5/24/1862; 1/3/1863 - 12/26/1863 Pennsylvania Civil War Newspapers
Reading Times 1859-1939 Newspapers.com
Reading daily eagle. 1868-08-20 to 1869-03-22 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Reading gazette and Democrat. 1862-05-24 to 1863-12-26 Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
Readinger Postbothe und Berks, Schuylkill und Montgomery Caunties Adverteiser 08/03/1816 to 07/27/1822 Genealogy Bank
Selections from Arthur Graeff's Scholla 1899-1969 FamilySearch Library
Weekly Advertiser of Reading, in the County of Berks 05/07/1796 to 12/30/1797 Genealogy Bank
Welt Bothe 02/05/1812 to 12/06/1820 Genealogy Bank
Westside Weekly 03/08/2007 to 01/08/2009 Genealogy Bank
Offline Newspapers for ReadingAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. A.M. Berks. (Reading, Pa) 1988-Current American Weekly Tribune and Commercial Advertiser. (Reading, Pa.) 1875-1870s American Weekly Tribune. (Reading, Pa.) 1874-1875 Banner Von Berks. (Reading, Pa.) 1864-1878 Berks Caunty Adler. (Reading, Pa.) 1826-1830s Berks County Demokrat. (Reading [Pa.]) 1858-1859 Berks County Free Press. (Reading, Pa.) 1830-1835 Berks County Press. (Reading, Pa.) 1847-1865 Berks and Schuylkill Journal. (Reading, Pa.) 1816-1910 Chronicle of the Times, and Berks & Schuylkill Advertiser. (Reading, Pa.) 1822-1823 Chronicle of the Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1823-1831 Chronicle of the Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1833-1836 Comixscene. ([Reading, Pa.) 1972-1973 Daily Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1881-1883 Daily Leader. (Reading, Pa.) 1860-1861 Daily Review. (Reading, Pa.) 1895-1899 Daily Times. (Reading [Pa.]) 1860s-1866 Democrat. (Reading, Pa.) 1868-1869 Democratic Press. (Reading, Pa.) 1835-1847 Evening Dispatch. (Reading, Pa.) 1866-1869 Evening Star. (Reading, Pa.) 1869-1870 Evening Telegram. (Reading, Pa.) 1887-1889 Evening World. (Reading, Pa.) 1890-1890s Father Abraham. (Reading, Pa.) 1864-1873 Herald-Telegram. (Reading, Pa.) 1920-1923 Herald. (Reading [Pa.]) 1885-1890 Impartial Reading Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1796-1797 Jefferson Democrat. (Reading, Pa.) 1837-1848 Morning Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1883-1885 News. (Reading, Pa.) 1880-1883 Pennsylvania Telegram. (Reading, Pa.) 1890-1892 People's Advocate and Chronicle of the Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1850-1851 Public Service. (Reading, Pa.) 1922-1932 Reading Adler. (Reading, Pa.) 1855-1913 Reading Chronicle. (Reading, Pa.) 1831-1833 Reading Daily Eagle. (Reading, Pa.) 1868-1883 Reading Daily News. (Reading, Pa.) 1883-1912 Reading Daily Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1858-1860s Reading Daily Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1866-1869 Reading Democrat. (Reading, Pa.) 1894-1899 Reading Eagle. (Reading, Pa.) 1883-Current Reading Evening World. (Reading, Pa.) 1890s-1896 Reading Gazette and Democrat. (Reading, Berks Co., Pa.) 1850-1878 Reading Gazette, and Jefferson Democrat. (Reading [Pa.]) 1848-1849 Reading Gazette. (Reading [Pa.]) 1840-1848 Reading Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1846-1850 Reading Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1895-1920 Reading Ledger. (Reading, Pa.) 1883-1895 Reading Morning Herald. (Reading, Pa.) 1890-1895 Reading News-Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1914-1923 Reading News. (Reading, Pa.) 1912-1914 Reading Newsweek. (Reading, Pa.) 1943-1945 Reading Press. (Reading, Pa.) 1887-1894 Reading Republican. (Reading, Pa.) 1894-1901 Reading Sunday News. (Reading, Pa.) 1875-1876 Reading Telegram. (Reading, Pa.) 1889-1920 Reading Times and Dispatch. (Reading, Pa.) 1870-1881 Reading Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1869-1870 Reading Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1881-1914 Reading Times. (Reading, Pa.) 1923-Current Reading Weekly Advertiser For the Counties of Berks and Schuylkill. (Reading [Pa.]) 1815-1816 Reading Weekly Eagle. ([Reading, Pa.]) 1878-1926 Reading Weekly News. (Reading, Pa.) 1881-1909 Reading Weekly Tribune and Commercial Advertiser. (Reading, Penn.) 1870s-1870s Reading Weekly Tribune. (Reading, Penn.) 1870s-1878 Reformed Church Record. (Reading, Pa.) 1888-1944 Revelation. (Reading [Pa.) 1930s-1930s Spirit of Berks. (Reading, Pa.) 1876-1881 Sunday Morning Review. (Reading, Pa.) 1876-1877 Weekly Advertiser of Reading, For Berks and Schuylkill County. (Reading [Pa.) 1814-1815 Weekly Advertiser, of Reading, in the County of Berks. (Reading [Pa.]) 1796-1814 Weekly Leader. (Reading, Pa.) 1860-1861 |
Reading Probate Records
1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Abstract of wills of Berks County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library
Abstracts of Berks County, Pennsylvania, wills FamilySearch Library
Berks County Will Abstracts 1733-1825 US Gen Web
Berks County, Pennsylvania Estate Records, 1752-1914 Ancestry
Reading School Records (65)
Reading Tax Records
Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry
Proprietary and state tax lists of the county of Berks for the years 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785 FamilySearch Library
Tax Lists, 1752-1856 FamilySearch Library
Taxables and taxlists of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1753-1769 FamilySearch Library
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