Berks County, Pennsylvania Births, 1876-1906

Description (from source site)

This database indexes over 24,000 births registered in the County of Berks (excluding the City of Reading). In 1906, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took over the recording of all birth and death records in the state. Please note that because the first names were not always recorded, last name only searches are the most likely to produce results. When requesting a record from this office, please include the name, book volume, page, and line number.

This database is a part of the more than 750,000 records held by the Berks County, Pennsylvania Register of Wills/Clerk of the Orphans' Court whose office is located in the Berks County Services Center in Reading, Pennsylvania. The indexes were compiled by the staff of these offices and volunteers over a period of eight (8) years. The records were typed either from the indexes themselves or, for those records not indexed, from the actual documents.

In 1752 Berks County was formed as the seventh Pennsylvania County, from portions of Philadelphia, Lancaster and Chester Counties. At that time, Berks County included parts of the present counties of Schuylkill, Northumberland, Columbia, Montour, Union, Centre and Lycoming. As more settlers populated the frontier, additional counties were formed and Berks was limited to its present boundaries. For this reason, researchers from Berks and neighboring counties often find traces of their family heritage through Berks County's historical records.

Sources Berks County Pennsylvania Register of Wills Berks County PA Birth Records 1876-1906 Reading PA: Berksregofwills.com [database online].