Chester County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Chester County SCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Chester County SCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Chester County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Chester History  Roots and Recall

Adjacent counties

• Fairfield County, SC  to the south
• Lancaster County, SC  to the east
• Union County, SC  to the west
• York County, SC  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Chester Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Chester County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Chester County, South Carolina Genealogy  List of published Chester County, South Carolina family histories     (Source: FamilySearch)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Chester County, South Carolina      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Chester County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Chester County  South Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Chester County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Chester County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Chester County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• Chester County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (41)

Court and Legal Records

• Chester County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Common Pleas Court minute book, 1785-1828      (Source: FamilySearch)
• County Court Minute and order book, 1785-1795      (Source: FamilySearch)
• County Court Minute book, 1785-1788      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Equity bills and petitions, 1820-1874      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity Court decree book, 1840-1857      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity court records and land plats with some wills and misc. records, 1820-1874  and probate records from about 1788     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Chester District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• (Biggers) Mobley Plantation (aka The Shin plaster Barlow Bandanna Place)      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chester County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Chester County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Chester County Probate Records      (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Chester County Probate Records and Wills      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Equity court records and land plats with some wills and misc. records, 1820-1874  and probate records from about 1788     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina  includes Chester County, 1789-1853     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964  includes Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  includes Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (18)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Chester County, South Carolina Naturalizations  1783-1850     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850  includes Chester County Records     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Chester County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Chester County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Chester County, South Carolina Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Chester County, South Carolina Genealogy Resources  SCIway
• Cyndi's List of South Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of The Piedmont links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Chester County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity court records and land plats with some wills and misc. records, 1820-1874  and probate records from about 1788     (Source: FamilySearch)
• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Chester County, South Carolina      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Chester County, South Carolina     (Source: Find My Past)
• South Carolina Archives Summary Guide  Chester County
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Chester County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• JosephAWalkerFamilyofChesterSC  Joseph Alexander Walker Family of Chester, South Carolina     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCCHEST2 Chester County genealogy

  • SCCHEST2 Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCOLDCAMDEN Old Camden District, South Carolina

  • SCOLDCAMDEN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Chester District     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Chester County, South Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Chester, SC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Chester County, South Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Chester County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Chester County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Chester County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records

• Chester County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Chester County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Chester Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Chester, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Great Falls Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• HeraldOnline.com  Serving York, Chester & Lancaster Counties
• News & Reporter 
• Obituary search includes News & Reporter  Chester     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The News & Reporter  Chester, SC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Chester County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Chester County      (Source: South Carolina Digital Library)
• Chester County Courthouse 
• Chester County Landmarks      (Source: South Carolina Picture Project)
• Historical Postcards of Chester County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Chester School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Great Falls School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Chester County Historical Society 
• The Piedmont Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (104)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Chester County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Chester County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Chester County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Chester County Plantations      (Source: South Carolina Plantations)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Chester County, South Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for South Carolina  Chester County     (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
• Chester County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• South Carolina County Marriages, 1907-2000  includes Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Chester County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Chester County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Chester County, South Carolina Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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