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Projects

• Chester County Genealogy 
• Chester County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Chester County PAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Chester County, Pennsylvania      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Chester PA GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)
• Genealogy in Pennsylvania  Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Northampton Counties Plus...
• Northern Chester County Genealogy 
• Riggtown History Home Page 

Bible Records

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

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

• Chester County Biographical Sketches and Genealogies      (Source: Ancestor Search)
• Chester County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Chester County Family History      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester County GEDCOM Index 
• Chester County Genealogy Biography Board      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Coatesville GEDCOM Index 
• Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs  of Chester of Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Interviews      (Source: Riggtown History Home Page)

Cemeteries (19)

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)
• 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)
• Side Lights on the Bench and Bar of Chester County      (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories (13)

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)

History (161)

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 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

• American Baptist Historical Society  Archives Center, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• Chester County Archives & Records 
• Chester County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Historic Yellow Springs 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Waynesborough  Birthplace and residence of General Anthony Wayne

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (20)

Maps and Gazetteers (26)

Military Records and Histories

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

• 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)

• Revolutionary War

  • Washington in Chester County      (Source: PA's Past)

• World War I

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

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)     ($)
• Village Record (1/07/1818-12/27/1820)  GenealogyBank     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Avon Grove Sun (4/5/2007 to Current)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• Chester County Genealogy Project Obituary Board 
• Chester County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Daily Local News  West Chester, Pennsylvania
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Chester County
• Phoenixville News 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• Chester County Education Records      (Source: USGenWeb Pennsylvania Archives)
• Chester County Facts: education      (Source: Riggtown History Home Page)
• Quarto-centennial History of the West Chester State Normal School  1871-1896     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Recent History of the West Chester University      (Source: Riggtown History Home Page)
• St. Paul Church and White School, Lionville, PA History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• Fugitive Slave Records, 1820-1839      (Source: Chester County Archives & Records)
• Slavery in Pennsylvania  Chester County     (Source: Afrolumens Project)

Societies

• Brandywine Crucible 
• Chester County Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Chester County Historical Society 
• Downingtown Area Historical Society 
• Great Valley Chapter  Paoli     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Spring-Ford Area Historical Society 
• Tri-County Heritage Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (561)

Tax Lists (14)

Transportation and Industry (14)

Vital Records (14)

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