The following, is a list of Tombstone Inscriptions for cemeteries in and around Berks County.
These Cemetery records were read and donated by genealogists or volunteers.
The Dates associated with each record refers to the date of donation or the known date span of the tombstone readings.
In a few instances, we had to make an educated guess by the dates listed on the pages.
These records did not come from the Cemeteries themselves, and not every cemetery in Berks County is represented.
Cemetery Index
Call Number | Name | Year Donated/ Years Covered |
GA A316 | Tombstone Inscriptions Spies Church Old Cemetery, Alsace Township | 1959 |
GA A323 | Tombstone Inscriptions from Altalaha Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, PA, Schuyler Brossman | 1957 |
GA A326 | Tombstone Records from Early Berks County Graveyards, Louis Richards, Esq. | prior 1900 |
GA A614 | Tombstone Inscriptions from Alsace Cemetery, Jeffrey Howell | 1970 |
GA A614a | Burial Records of Alsace Cemetery | 1862-1980 |
GA A614b | Burial Records of Alsace Cemetery | 1862-1980 |
GA A614c | Burial Records of Alsace Cemetery A-G | 1862-1980 |
GA A614c | Burial Records of Alsace Cemetery H-Z | 1862-1980 |
GA A614d | Alsace Cemetery - Old Cemetery | 1862-1980 |
GA A924 | Aulenbach War Veterans through 2000 | 2000 |
GA A924 Vol. 1 | Aulenbach Cemetery A-L | 1879-1960 |
GA A924 Vol. 1 | Aulenbach Cemetery M-Z | 1879-1960 |
GA A924 Vo. 2 | Aulenbach Cemetery | 1961-1982 |
GA B512 | Civil War Cemetery Records, Berks County | 1860-1900 |
GA B512a | Civil War Veterans | 1995 |
GA B514 | Bashore Family Cemetery, Bethel | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Frantz Family Cemetery, Tulpehocken Township | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Frystown Meeting House Cemetery, Bethel | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Kline Family Cemetery, Jefferson Township | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Little Swatara Church of the Brethren Cemetery - Tulpehocken Township | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Merkey Meeting House Cemetery, Bethel | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Schubert Meeting House Cemetery, Bethel | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B514 | Ziegler's Meeting House Brethren Cemetery, Tulpehocken Township | 1960 & retyped 1996 |
GA B517 | Lower Burial Ground Epler's Church, Bern Township | c. 1934 |
GA B517 | St. Gabriel's Episcopal Graveyard, Douglassville | c. 1935 |
GA B517 | Roman Catholic Cemetery, Neversink Mountain | c. 1932 |
GA B517 | Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Neversink Mountain | c. 1931 |
GA B517 | Obituaries listed in Alt Berks | c. 1930 |
GA B517a | Berks Forebears: A Guide to Its Graveyards | 1986 |
GA B517b | Bern Church Cemetery | 2001 |
GA B517h | Tombstone Inscriptions from Bern Union Church, Jeffrey Howell | 1978 |
GA B517ha | Bern Church Graveyard Burials | c.1991 |
GA B562 | List of War Veterans of all Wars Buried in Bethel and Tulpehocken Townships, Schuyler Brossman | c. May 1974 |
GA B624 | Private Burial Record of Rev. John William Boos | 1782-1807 |
GA B655 | Zion Cemetery, Bloomsburg (Bern Township) | 1944 |
GA B829 | Alleghenyville New Cemetery | c. 1941 |
GA B829 | Mennonite Meeting House Graveyard | c. 1942 |
GA B829 | Jacob's Cemetery, Morgantown | c. 1942 |
GA B829 | St. Michael's Cemetery, Birdsboro | c. 1942 |
GA B874c-i | Every name Index to Tombstone Records by Schuyler Brossman | 1980 |
GA C397 | Belleman's Old Cemetery, Centre Township | 1940 |
GA C397 | Belleman's New Cemetery, Centre Township | 1940 |
GA C397 | Friends Meeting Graveyard, Exeter Township | 1940 |
GA C397 | Friends Meeting Graveyard, Maidencreek Township | 1940 |
GA C397 | Hinnershitz Cemetery, Muhlenberg Township | 1939 |
GA C397 | View Point Cemetery, Perry Township | 1940 |
GA C397 | Friends Meeting Graveyard, Robeson Township | 1785-1872 |
GA C397 | Kissinger's Union Cemetery, Spring Township | 1942 |
GA C397 | St. Paul's Mission Catholic Cemetery, Union Township | 1940 |
GA C475 | Charles Evans Cemetery Inscriptions | c. 1930-1948 |
GA C554c | Tombstone Inscriptions Christ Little Tulpehocken, Jeffrey Howell | 1975 |
GA C554h | Tombstone Inscriptions Christ Lutheran Church Stouchsburg | 1975 |
GA C554h vol. 2 | Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Stouchsburg | 1998 |
GA C544y | Christ (Yocum's) Church Tombstone Inscriptions | 1823-1982 |
GA C562 | Genealogical Guide to Berks County Churches, Jeffrey Howell | |
GA C626 | Known Soldiers of the Revolution, Berks County, Arlin Haas, Jr. | 2007 |
GA C971 | Christ Church (Yocum's Union), Cumru Township | c. 1942 |
GA C971 | Wyomissing Church, Gouglersville, PA | c. 1942 |
GA C971 | St. John's Gibraltar, Robeson Township | c. 1942 |
GA C971 | Mohn's Memorial E. C. Church, Spring Township | c. 1942 |
GA C971 | Salem U. B. Cemetery (Weidman's Cemetery), Spring Township | c. 1942 |
GA C971 | Livinggood Private Cemetery, Spring Township | c. 1942 |
GA D361c | Christ (Delong's) Church Cemetery | 1984 |
GA D361p | Christ (Delong's) Church Cemetery | 1925 |
GA D483 | Oley Valley Graveyard Ramblings, Chester Levan Deturck | c. 1930 |
GA E64 | Epler's Reformed Church Tombstone Inscriptions, Jeffrey Howell | 1978 |
GA E64n | Epitaphs - Handbook of Historic Family Graveyards, Berks County, PA | 1999 |
GA E96 | Exeter Friends Meeting House Record of Burying Ground | no date |
GA E96 | Ontelaunee Friends Meeting House Burying Ground | no date |
GA F172 | Fairview Cemetery Bellemans, Milton and Luella Blatt, 2 copies | 1884-1977 |
GA Naftzinger Funeral | Naftzinger Funeral Home Burials, Milton and Luella Blatt | 1900-1970 |
GA F172a | Fairview Cemetery Bellemans, Milton and Luella Blatt, 2 copies | 1988 |
GA F172b | Fairview Cemetery of Shillington | 1876-1933 |
GA F175 | Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown | 1982 |
GA F527 | First Reformed Church Burials | 1798-1880 |
GA F594 | Fleetwood Cemetery | 1982 |
GA F898 | Frieden Union Cemetery, Shartlesville | 1981 |
GA F899 | Frieden's Union Church Cemetery, Shartlesville | 1978 |
GA F899a | Frieden's Union Church Cemetery, Albany Township | 1986 |
GA F911 | Frieden's Church Oley Tombstone Inscriptions | 1983 |
GA F911a vol. 1&2 | Friends Meeting Houses, New Jersey | 1932 |
GA F911a vol. 3 | Friends Meeting Houses, New Jersey | 1932 |
GA F911a vol. 4 | Friends Meeting Houses, New Jersey | 1932 |
GA F911a vol. 5 | Friends Meeting Houses, New Jersey | 1932 |
GA F911a vol. 7 | Friends Meeting Houses, New Jersey | 1932 |
GA G376s | Gernant's Cemetery, Ontelaunee Township | 1985 |
GA G376t | Gernant's Cemetery, Ontelaunee Township | c. 1940 |
GA G376t | Sinking Spring Cemetery | c. 1940 |
GA G394g | Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale | 1993 |
GA G464 | Baumstown Union SS Cemetery | 1891 |
GA G464 | Gehman's Cemetery, Adamstown | c. 1917 |
GA G464 | St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Amity Township | c. 1900 |
GA G464 | Alleghany Church Graveyard, Brecknock Township | 1937 |
GA G464 | Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Reading | prior 1900 |
GA G464 | Frieden's Church Cemetery, Robeson | 1938 |
GA G464 | Zion M. E. Cemetery, Robeson | 1935 |
GA G464 | Plow Lutheran Cemetery, Robeson | c. 1935 |
GA G464 | St. John's Church - Pricetown Cemetery, Ruscombmanor Township | 1938 |
GA G464 | St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Robeson | 1936 |
GA G464 | St. Paul's M.E. Cemetery, Robeson Township | c. 1936 |
GA G464 | Mennonite Cemetery, Bally | c. 1930 |
GA G646 | Good Shepherd (Hinnershitz's) Burial Ledger Cemetery Co. | 1922-1989 |
GA G646i | Good Shepherd (Hinnershitz's) Burial Ledger Cemetery Co. Index | 1922-1989 |
GA G647 | Good Shepherd UCC Church (Hinnershitz's) Cemetery | c. 1993 |
GA G828 | Greenwood Cemetery, Hamburg | c. 1980 |
GA H111b | Haag's Cemetery | 1974 |
GA H152a | St. John's (Hain's) Cemetery | 1970-2000 |
GA H465 | Heidelberg Cemetery | 1861-2002 |
GA H791 | St. John's Cemetery and Hope Cemetery, Kutztown | 1981 |
GA H859 | Tombstone Inscriptions from Christ (DeLong's) Church, Bowers | 1978 |
GA H859T | Tombstone Inscriptions from North Heidelberg Church | 1978 |
GA H899 | Huff's Church and Rauch-Hertzog Cemetery | 1981 |
GA H899a | Huff's Church Cemetery, Hereford Township | 1987 |
GA H899o | Huff's Church, Old Cemetery, Hereford Township | 1923 |
GA J17a | Jacob's Church Cemetery, Lehigh County, PA | 1986 |
GA J17b | St. Jacob's Union Church Cemetery, Lehigh County, PA | c. 1979 |
GA J56 | Jerusalem (Red) Church, Stony Run, Albany Township | 1979-1980 |
GA J56a | Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Albany Township | 1986 |
GA J824a | Permits for Burials in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Reading | 1933 |
GA K29 | Rev. Eli Keller Burial Records | 1874-1908 |
GA K47 | Tombstone Inscriptions from the Notebooks of Raymond E. Kiebach, Historian of the Lieser-Leeser Family | 1945 |
GA K47t | Tombstone Inscriptions from the Notebooks of Raymond E. Kiebach, Historian of the Lieser-Leeser Family | 1963 |
GA L373 | Laureldale Cemetery | c. 1985 |
GA L487 | Leesport Cemetery | 1986 |
GA L522 | Lehigh (Zion) Church Cemetery | 1985-1986 |
GA L973 | Burial Records Berks County Lutheran | 1898-1903 |
GA M217a | Maidencreek Union, Blandon | 1981 |
GA Maxatawny Cemetery | Maxatawny Cemetery Survey, 2 copies | 2010 |
GA M533 | Memorial Mausoleum, Wyomissing Hills | C. 1980 |
GA M575 | Christ (Mertz) and Hope Cemeteries | 1986 |
GA M575a | Christ Church Cemetery, Rockland Township | 1763-1880 |
GA M596 | Christ (Mertz) Cemetery and Hope Cemetery, Rockland Township | 1986 |
GA M678 | Plains Baptist Church, Yarmouth Township, Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Cemetery South of Sparta, Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Old Anglican Church, Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Dunboyne Cemetery, Malahide Township, Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Burdick Cemetery, Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Quaker Cemetery, Sparta Ontario Canada | c. 1930 |
GA M678 | Aulenbach Cemetery | 1929 |
GA M678 | Charles Evans Cemetery | 1928 |
GA M678 | Trinity Church Yard | prior 1900 |
GA M678 | Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia | no date |
GA M831m | Moravian Cemetery, Lebanon County | 1965 |
GA M915 | Most Blessed Sacrament Church | 1847-1987 |
GA N149 | Tombstone Inscriptions from Aulenbach Cemetery, part of the Nagle Collection | 1939 |
GA N532a | New Jerusalem Union Church, Rockland Township | 1978 |
GA N532a | New Jerusalem Cemetery, Rockland Township | 1986 |
GA N534 | New Bethel Church Cemetery, Albany Township | 1986 |
GA O44 | Old Cemetery, Birdsboro | 1936 |
GA O44 | Caernarvon Baptist Cemetery, Keeney's Station | 1936 |
GA O44 | St. John's Community Church, Centre Township | 1936 |
GA O44 | Harmony M.E. Church, Joanna | 1936 |
GA O44 | Bethel Evangelical Cemetery, West Joanna, Robeson Township | 1846-1876 |
GA O44 | M.E. Cemetery, Morgantown | 1936 |
GA O44 | St. Thomas Episcopal Cemetery, Morgantown | 1936 |
GA O44 | Zion's M.E. Cemetery, Robeson Township | 1936 |
GA O44 | Breidenstine, Cumru Township | 1939 |
GA O44 | Cemetery on Route 73 | 1937 |
GA O44 | Elverson U.B. Church Cemetery | 1936 |
GA O44 | New Holland Cemetery, Lancaster County | 1936 |
GA O44 | Zion's Cemetery, Bern Township | no date |
GA O44 | Zion M.E. Church | 2002 |
GA O45 | Tombstone Inscriptions Christ Lutheran and Salem United Church of Christ Cemeteries | 1971 |
GA O45a | Tombstone Inscriptions for Spangsville Cemetery | 1983-1996 |
GA P327d | Death Notices & Marriage Records of Rev. William Pauli | 1852-1855 |
GA P415b | Pennsylvania German Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 1 | 1980 |
GA P415b vol. 2 | Pennsylvania German Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 2 | 1984 |
GA Pleasantville Union | Pleasantville Union Cemetery | 1993 |
GA P724 | Pleasantville Union Cemetery | 1982 |
GA P724a | Pleasantview Cemetery, Spring Township | 1982 |
GA P724aa | Pleasantview Cemetery, Spring Township | 1982 |
GA P776 | Frankfort Springs, Beaver County, PA | 1964 |
GA P946 | Pricetown Cemetery and St. John's Church Cemetery | c. 1980 |
GA P961 | Genealogical Guide to Private Berks County Cemeteries | 1992 |
GA R288 | Graves in Reamstown Cemetery | c.1960 |
GA R326 | Reed's Cemetery, Stouchsburg | 1990 |
GA R654 | Frieden's (Wicklein's) Cemetery, Robeson Township | c. 1990 |
GA R654 | Robeson (Plow) Cemetery | c. 1995 |
GA R654 | St. John's Cemetery, Robeson Township | c. 1995 |
GA S136 | St. Daniel's Tombstone Inscriptions, Heidelberg Township | 1978 |
GA S143 | St. Joseph's (Hill) Lutheran Church, Pike Township | 1978 |
GA S143a | St. John's German Lutheran Cemetery, Neversink Mountain | 1981 |
GA S143b | St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery, Haycock Township, Bucks Co. | 1987 |
GA S143c | St. Joseph's Cemetery, Pike Township | 1984-1985 |
GA S143d | St. Joseph's (Hill) Lutheran Church, Pike Township | 1972-2002 |
GA S143h | St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg | 1984 |
GA S143ha | St. John's Cemetery, Hamburg | c. 1990 |
GA S143hi | Horst's Church Cemetery | 1963 |
GA S173s | St. John's Reformed, Sinking Spring | 1700-1800 |
GA. Cemetery Sinking Spring | Sinking Spring Cemetery | 1740-1940 |
GA. S145 | St. Luke's Cemetery, Shoemakersville | 1979 |
GA S145s | St. Michael's Cemetery, Birdsboro | 1928-1968 |
GA S146 | St. Michael's Cemetery, By Lot Number, Book 1, Birdsboro | no date |
GA S146 | St. Michael's Cemetery, By Lot Number, Book 2, Birdsboro | no date |
GA S146c | St. Michael's Cemetery, Birdsboro | 1942 |
GA S149 | St. Paul's Union Church Tombstone Inscriptions | 1984 |
GA S149m | St. Paul's Church History, Beaver Township | 1959-1960 |
GA S149wr | St. Peter's Cemetery, Richmond Township | 1982 |
GA S153 | St. Thomas Cemetery, Bernville | 1972-1973 |
GA S153a vol. 1 | St. Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, Milton and Luella Blatt, Volume 1 | no date |
GA S153a vol. 2 | St. Thomas Cemetery, Bernville, Milton and Luella Blatt, Volume 2 | no date |
GA S163 | Salem Evangelical United Brethren | 1964 |
GA S163a | Salem Bible Church | 1983 |
GA S163b | Salem (Shalter's) Reformed Church | c. 1990 |
GA S163c | Salem Bethel Reformed | 2002 |
GA S163d | Salem Belleman's Graveyard, 2 copies | 1746-1972 |
GA S239 | St. Gabriel's Episcopal Graveyard, Douglassville | 1700-1983 |
GA S246 | St. Mary's Cemetery, Reading | 1996 |
GA S249 | (Becker's) St. Peter's Cemetery, Richmond Township | 1982 |
GA S249a | St. Paul's Cemetery, Mertztown | 1986 |
GA S249c | St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery, Reading | c. 1990 |
GA s249p | St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Lobachsville | 1984 |
GA S249p vol. 1 | St. Paul's Reformed, Amityville | 1986 |
GA S251a supplement | St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, supplement, Reading | c. 2011 |
GA S251d | St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Reading | 1982 |
GA S411a | Schwarzwald Cemetery | 1984 |
GA S411c o.s. | Schwarzwald Cemetery | 1945 |
GA S467k | Longswamp Cemetery | 1985 |
GA S467l | Longswamp Cemetery | 1976 |
GA S467m | Mertztown Cemetery | 1976 |
GA S467r | Moselm Lutheran Church or Zion Church, Richmond Township | 1977 |
GA S467s | Red Church or Jerusalem Union Church, Albany Township | 1965 |
GA S467s | White Church or Frieden's Union Lutheran and Reformed Church, Albany Township | 1965 |
GA S467s | Old Cemetery - Christ Lutheran Church, Rockland Township | 1971 |
GA S467s | Mertz Church | no date |
GA S467s | Dunkel's Lutheran & Reformed, Greenwich | 1966 |
GA S467s | Mt. Zion Lutheran - New Bethel Zion Lutheran & Reformed, Greenwich Township | 1972 |
GA S467z | Zion's Church Cemetery, Maxatawny Township | 1977 |
GA S492 | St. Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township | 1932 |
GA S492a | St. Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township, 2 copies | 1766-1991 |
GA S492h | St. Michael's Union Cemetery, Tilden Township, 2 copies supplement | 1979 |
GA S492p | St. Paul's Union Church Cemetery, Hamburg | 1956 |
GA S492s | St. Michaels Union Cemetery, Tilden Township | 1938 |
St. Michael's Union Cemetery (Tilden Township) Burials Without Tombstones or Markers | 1964 | |
GA S617 | Three Burial Locations in Sinking Spring | 1750-1940 |
GA S755 | Spies Cemetery Burials Separate Index | no date |
GA S823i | Index to Cemeteries copied by Mrs. C. H. Steinmetz | no date |
GA S912a | Strausstown Union Cemetery | 2005-2008 |
GA S956 | Summer Hill Cemetery Directory, South Manheim Township, Schuylkill County | 1991 |
GA T656 | Tombstone Inscriptions of Small Private Burying Grounds around Berks County and some out of County | c. 1940 |
GA T675 | Topton Cemetery | 1988 |
GA T675a | Topton Cemetery | 2007 |
GA T824 | Trinity Lutheran Cemetery | c. 1995 |
GA T924 | Tulpehocken Trinity U.C.C, Millardsville, PA | 1997 |
GA U58 | Union Cemetery, Boyertown | c. 1985 |
GA Z66a | Ziegel Church Cemetery, Lehigh County | 1987 |
GA Z78 | Tombstone Inscriptions from Zion Blue Mountain Union Church | 1978 |
GA Z78m | Zion (Moselm) Cemetery, Richmond Township | 1987 |
GA Z78r | Zion (Reed's) Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg | 1978 |
GA Z78s | Zion (Reed's) Cemetery, Spring Township | 1990 |
GA Z78u | Zion Union Church Cemetery Inscriptions, Heidelberg Township | 1978 |
GA Z78u | Zion Union Church Cemetery Inscriptions, Heidelberg Township, volume 2 | 1994 |
GA Z78w | Zion Union Church Cemetery | 1990 |
GA Z79 | Zion Cemetery Company, Inc., Perry Township | 1960 |
GA Z79o | Zion's Old Brick Church, Pottstown, PA | 1982 |
GA Z79s | The Old Cemetery of Zion Spies Union Churches | 1982 |
GA Z79sa | Old Cemetery Zion Spies Union Church, Alsace Township | 1994 |
GA Z98 | Rev. Benjamin Dunkelberger Zweizig Burials | 1898-1903 |