Pennsylvania Resources
Birth & death records before 1906 are at the Register of Wills - Orphans Court, in the county where the event occurred. For birth and death records since Jan 1906 contact:
Vital Records, State Dept of Health
P.O. Box 1528
101 South Mercer Street
New Castle, PA 16101
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U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Name Information Server (GNIS):
There are about 250,000 cemeteries in the United States of America.
The U.S. Geological Survey's GNIS database has the most complete list of about 109,000 cemeteries.If you enter location information in the appropriate field and choose 'cemetery' under 'Feature Type' you will get a list of the cemeteries in the area. By clicking on the cemetery of interest, you can see a page that will allow you to create a map of the area.
Genealogist located in Berks County, PA.
Social Security Death Index - RootsWeb
Pennsylvania Obituaries
Reading Eagle Archives
Search this Berks County newspaper from 1989 to present.
The Pottsville Republican & Herald
Search this Schuylkill County newspaper from 1997 to present.
Daily Item
Search this Northumberland County newspaper from 2003 to present.
Shamokin News Item
Search this Northumberland county newspaper from 1998 to present.
Subscription Databases
Index of United Church of Christ (formerly the Reformed Church) congregations and pastors of Reading and Berks County
Pennsylvania Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881
This database contains information on almost 180,000 individuals found in the records of more than fifty Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) churches. These churches are located in Adams, Berks, and Lancaster counties.
Historical annals of Christ Church (formally called St. Mary's) Reading, Pa., Berks County, Diocese of Bethlehem, issued in co
A historical booklet of Altahala Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania : published for the 200th
Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1745-1805: Cacusi or Hain's Reformed Church
Baptismal records from Cacusi or Hain's Reformed Church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1762-1810: Longswamp Reformed Church records
Two centuries of Reading, Pa., 1748-1948 : a history of the county seat of Berks County
Blue book of Schuylkill County : who was who and why in interior eastern Pennsylvania, in colonial days, the Huguenots and Pala
Wills and Administrations of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1846: Schwaben Creek
This database contains records for Schwaben Creek, or Himmel Lutheran and Reformed Church, which is located in Washington Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Researchers may find records of baptisms, marriages, and burials for individuals who lived in the area between 1774 and 1846. Information contained in the database includes: name, event type, event date, relationship to person in which the record is about, church, and names of other people associated with the event.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1777-1854: Stone Valley Lutheran and Reformed Congregations
Church records from Lower Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1851-92: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Records of baptisms, marriages, and burials from Sunbury Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Cemetery Resources
Dept. of Veteran's Affairs National Cemetery Administration
To help you with information on VA's national cemeteries and burial benefits. The site also includes a Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
Pennsylvania Germans & Their Gravestones
This site looks at a collection of gravestones erected from the 1740s to the late 1800s which provide a unique view of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Saving Graves
A collaborative effort of cemetery preservation advocates working to increase public awareness and activism in preserving, protecting and restoring endangered and forgotten cemeteries worldwide.
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) is a Federal law passed in 1990.
The Association for Gravestone Studies
Discover Rods
A genealogy tool to find lost graves and headstones
Florida Gravestones
Tips:
Bring a pair of binoculars to help you read faraway gravestones. This will save you a lot of walking.
Use your fingers to help you feel the inscription on a worn gravestone.
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