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The Berks County, Pennsylvania Histories book collection is a group of 10 books that detail the history of Berks County - primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating to key points in the history and development of Berks County during this period as well as details of some of its most important and influential figures.

All the titles contained on this CD are listed below.

1. Book of biographies; this volume contains biographical sketches of leading citizens of Berks county, Pa (1898) - 342 pages
2. The story of Berks County (Pennsylvania) (1913) - Wagner, A. E.; Balthaser, Francis Wilhauer; Hoch, D. K. - 270 pages
3. Poetical history of Berks county (1902) - Brunner, D. B. (David B.) - 44 pages
4. The Indians of Berks County, Pa., being a summary of all the tangible records of the aborigines of Berks County, and contaning cuts and descriptions of the varieties of relics found within the county (1881) - Brunner, D. B. (David B.) - 198 pages
5. History of the counties of Berks and Lebanon: (1844) - Rupp, Israel Daniel - 526 pages
6. Political hand-book of Berks county, Pennsylvania, 1752-1883 (1883) - Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) - 123 pages
7. History of St. John's (Hain's) Reformed church in Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Penna (1916) - Kershner, W. J. (William Jacob); Lerch, Adam G. - 554 pages
8. Historical sketch of Kutztown and Maxatawny, Berks County, Penn'a (1876) - Ermentrout, John Silvis - 64 pages
9. Life and times of Conrad Weiser : the first representative man of Berks County (1893) - Montgomery, Morton L. (Morton Luther) - 90 pages
10. Proprietary and state tax lists of the county of Berks, for the years 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785 - 842 pages

Here are some images from some of the volumes:

This CD runs on all Windows and Macintosh computers. You must have a web browser and Adobe Acrobat Reader - (available for free download if you do not have it installed on your computer.) The book index is organized in an HTML menu that is compatible with all browsers and the books themselves are in PDF format to allow them to be universally accessed. Many books on this CD are searchable and printable.