Historical Society of Berks County PA

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The Historical Society of Berks County's Henry Janssen Library is acknowledged to be one of the best and most thoroughly indexed collections of county data in Pennsylvania.

Included in our collection are...

County tax records from 1754 to 1850
Church records - 140 churches
Cemetery records - 110 account books
Census reports from 1790 to 1920
Family histories - 400
Computer data-base of births, deaths, baptisms, marriages, military references, etc. Over 700,000 entries and increasing daily!
Newspapers from 1796 to the 1940s (One of the largest newspaper collections in the state)
"Passing Scene" local history books (22,000 references, indexed fully, 2,800 photos fully captioned)
Photograph collection (fully cataloged; 15,000 views)
Glase collection of theatre programs, photos, and newspaper clippings (P. E. Glase's lifetime accumulation relating to those who appeared in Reading during the 1870s to 1940s mainly. One of the major PA collections, as everyone who was somebody appeared in Reading.
Local history books
Military Records Spanish American and Civil Wars
Historical Review Index A comprehensive index of every issue published between 1970 and 2003.

We offer a Research Service for those of you who are unable to visit our library in person.

Library - Museum Hours - Tuesday through Saturday - 9AM to 4PM

Library Admission for non-members

There is a $5.00 per day charge for non-members for library use.

Children under 12 are not permitted in the library.
Free, off street parking, is available.
Become a Member! For more information call 610-375-4375

Driving Directions:

For general driving directions, put your zip code in the box and press the "Give Me Directions" button.
For door to door driving directions, put your street address and zip code in the box and press the button. ex: 22 Maple Street,19540

For those of you with satellite navigation systems in your automobile,
the GPS coordinates for our library are: N 40° 21.0215, W 75° 56.0256

Historical Society of Berks County
940 Centre Avenue
Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
Phone 610 375-4375 Fax 610 375-4376

To make a comment contact history@berkshistory.org

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To arrange a tour of the society contact education@berkshistory.org

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