Berks County Genealogical Society

BECOME A VOLUNTEER

Volunteering provides the opportunity to interact with interesting people who care about genealogy and the warm feeling received from helping others.

Would you like to get involved with the Berks County Genealogical Society? Do you have an interest in history or genealogy? Have you ever wanted to try teaching, researching, or developing a program? Consider volunteering at the BCGS. Scouts and students can pursue service and school project experiences. Try your hand at research or transcription in the BCGS Library. Brainstorm new ideas for children’s programs, or share your artistic abilities. The opportunities are endless and in most cases, willingness to learn is the main criteria.

Member volunteer opportunities include:

• Assisting patrons in the BCGS Library.
• Doing computer entry of genealogy information.
• Indexing tombstones of local cemeteries.
• Indexing records data.
• Helping with special events and programs.
• Performing genealogical research.
• Performing general office work.
• Brainstorming ideas for programs and events.

Books That Need Indexing

• Reformed Baptisms in Reading, PA
  1755 Rev. Henry William Stoy --- 1778 – 1811 Rev. John W. Boos --- 1793 – 1798 Rev. Philip Pauli
  also a few pages dated 1791 – 1792 and 1799 – 1800 with no minister mentioned.
  
• Bolich’s Cemetery, Albany Twp., PA
• Spies Church – Alsace Twp., PA
• St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church – Douglassville, Amity Twp., PA
• Epler’s Cemetery – Bern Twp., PA
• Bern Church Records 1865 – 1871 Bern Twp., PA
• Bern Reformed Church – Bern Twp., PA
• Deppen Cemetery (now at Berks Co. Heritage Center) Bern Twp., PA
• Epler’s Lutheran Church 1904 – 1950 Bern Twp., PA
• Allegheny Lutheran Church 1790 – 1806 Brecknock Twp., PA (in German & needs to be translated)
• St. John’s Cemetery, Centerport – Centre Twp., PA
• St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown – Colebrookdale Twp., PA
• Fritz’s Burial Ground (sometimes called Gresh’s Burial Ground) – Douglass Twp., PA
• Several Small Burial Grounds – Douglass Twp., PA
• St. Daniel’s, Robesonia, St. John’s Host Church, Zion Strausstown & Womelsdorf – Heidelberg Twp., PA