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Projects (10)

Adjacent counties

• Berks County, PA  to the north
• Cecil County, MD  to the south
• Delaware County, PA  to the east
• Lancaster County, PA  to the west
• Montgomery County, PA  to the northeast
• New Castle County, DE  to the southeast

Bible Records

• Chester County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (11)

Cemeteries (21)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• Friends to Keithians to 7th-Day Baptists      (Source: GENHOME)
• Friends to Keithians to 7th-Day Baptists      (Source: GENHOME)
• Friends to Keithians to 7th-Day Baptists      (Source: GENHOME)
• History of Zion's Or Old Organ Church  With a Record of Baptisms     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Transfers from Wrightstown to Newtown Friends Meeting  12m, 3, 1817     (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Chester County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Chester County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Side Lights on the Bench and Bar of Chester County      (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories (14)

Estate Records

• Chester County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester County Wills  1713-1825     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chester County, Pennsylvania Will Testators Index  1713-1750     (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Declaration of Feme Covert, 1832=1848      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)

Ethnic

• Free Blacks, PA 1790 census      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• The history of the Old Eagle School, Tredyffrin, in Chester County, Pennsylvania  with alphabetical lists of interments in the graveyard and of German settlers in Chester County     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (231)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Chester County Immigration Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Naturalizations, 1798 - 1935      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)

Introduction and Guides

• Chester County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Chester County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Chester County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Chester Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Pennsylvania locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania Land Records  Volume 4: 1753-1758     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Chester County Document images      (Source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)
• Chester County Land Records & Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester County Landholders 1689      (Source: Mid-Atlantic Archives)
• How to research deeds for a property in Chester County, Pennsylvania      (Source: Riggtown History Home Page)
• Old Rights Index for Bucks and Chester Counties  1682-1740     (Source: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission)
• Pennsylvania Land Applications  East Side Applications 1765-1769     ($)
• Petitions for Sheriff's Deeds 1728 - 1835      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (20)

Maps and Gazetteers (87)

Military Records and Histories

• Chester County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Schuylkill Arsenal, PA  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 11th Cavalry, 108th Regiment, Company B      (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 124th Regiment, Company A      (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 124th Regiment, Field and Staff      (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 50th Regiment, Company H      (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 9th Regiment, Company A  Recruited at West Chester     (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 9th Regiment, Company E  Recruited at West Chester     (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • 9th Regiment, Company F  Recruited at West Chester     (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • Chester County Medal of Honor Recipients      (Source: Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War)
  • The renovation of politics  a discourse delivered in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, Lionville, Chester County, Pa., on the evening of January 4th, 1861     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Korean War

  • Chester County PA Military Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Revolutionary War

  • Sandy Hollow Heritage Park  Birmingham Tonwship
  • Washington in Chester County      (Source: PA's Past)

• Vietnam War

  • Chester County PA Military Casualties      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Chester County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Servicemen Index/Chester County War Aid Association      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)

• World War II

  • Chester County, Pennsylvania  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data (13)

Newspaper Records

• Aunt Carrie's Scrapbook  Newspaper clippings in the area of Spring City, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. It covers that stretch of time from about 1870 to 1910 and views the lives and loves of many of my relatives.
• Chester County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chester County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester Times      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (12)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories (10)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Fugitive Slave Records, 1820-1839      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)
• Kennett Underground Railroad Center 

Societies (25)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (678)

Tax Lists (14)

Transportation and Industry (21)

Vital Records (14)

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