Chester Genealogy (in Hampden County, MA)

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Chester Birth Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

Chester Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Church Records, with Baptisms, Burials, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records of Chester, Mass, First Church (Chester, Mass.). Archive Grid

Massachusetts Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts vital records--Chester, 1766-1893 WorldCat

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Ancestry online

Vital and town records ca. 1765-1864, Chester, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Chester Cemetery Records

Bell Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chester Center Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chester Factory Village Cemetery Find a Grave online

Eastman Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fisk Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gravestone inscriptions for Chester, Massachusetts, 1761-1981 FamilySearch Library

Gravestone inscriptions for Chester, Massachusetts, 1761-1981 WorldCat

Ingell Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kinne Brook Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mica Mill Road Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pine Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Webster Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wright Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chester Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Chester, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Chester Church Records

Chester Church Records, with Baptisms, Burials, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Methodist Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester, Massachusetts records of the First Congregational Church ... The period covered is from 1769 to 1814. And an Index prepared by Mary M. Middleton. WorldCat

Church records of Chester, Mass, First Church (Chester, Mass.). Archive Grid

Church records of Chester, Mass., First Church (Chester, Mass.); Second Congregational Church (Chester, Mass.); Methodist Episcopal Church (Chester, Mass.) WorldCat

The First Congregational Church of Chester, Skyline Trail, Chester, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

The First Congregational Church of Chester, Skyline Trail, Chester, Massachusetts Internet Archive online

Chester City Directories

Chester City Directories (1909-1943 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Blandford and Chester 1917, 1933, 1934-5, 1938, 1948, and 1954) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Chester 1912, 1916-7, 1921, 1923-4, 1933-5, 1937-8, 1943, 1948, and 1954) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Chester and Cresent Mills 1954) Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Chester and Granville 1917 and 1948) Ancestry online

Westfield (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Chester Death Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Death Records Ancestry online

1901-1980 Massachusetts Death Index Ancestry online

Chester Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Church Records, with Baptisms, Burials, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records of Chester, Mass, First Church (Chester, Mass.). Archive Grid

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts vital records--Chester, 1766-1893 WorldCat

Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Death Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Vital and town records ca. 1765-1864, Chester, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Chester Histories and Genealogies

A history of the town of Murrayfield 1760-1783 (includes history of Chester, Huntington, Montgomery, and Middlefield) Ancestry online

A history of the town of Murrayfield, earlier known as township no. 9 : and comprising the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northern part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield, 1760-1783 FamilySearch Library

Chester folks : the founders of the town, their ancestors and descendants FamilySearch Library

Chester personal and historical remininscenes [sic] FamilySearch Library

History of the town of Murrayfield : earlier known as Township No. 9, and comprising the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northern part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763 LDS Genealogy online

History of the town of Murrayfield : earlier known as Township No. 9, and comprising the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northern part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763 Internet Archive online

Chester Immigration Records

Hampden County naturalization petitions, declarations, and orders, 1927-1945 FamilySearch Library

Index to naturalization records (primary and final) in various Hampden County [Massachusetts] courts, 1812-1853 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization certificates of intention, 1875-1893 [Hampden County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization index cards, 1906-1986, 1812-1906, to Hampden County Superior Court records [Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization papers and indexes, 1885-1906, Springfield, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Naturalization papers of primary declarations, 1853-1877 [Hampden County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization primary and final papers, 1853-1906 [Hampden County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records of final admission and primary declaration, 1840- 1852, Court of Common Pleas, and Supreme Judicial Court, Hampden County [Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, 1879-1906, Superior Court, Hampden County, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Primary declarations and naturalizations, 1852-1855, Hampden County, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Chester Land Records

Abstracts of early Westfield and Chester land records, 1667-1830 [Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Grantee and grantor indexes (1870-1909), land records (1866-1902), (1699- 1856), and land record abstracts (1634-1830) --, 1699-1909 FamilySearch Library

Land deeds, 1628-1867; grantee and grantor indexes, 1636-1869 FamilySearch Library

Land grants and highways 1667-1830 Chester and Westfield (from Massachusetts Land Records) Family Search online

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth online

Chester Map Records

Map of Chester, Mass., 1885 Library of Congress online

Map of Chester, Massachusetts, 1885 Library of Congress online

Chester Marriage Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Marriages MyHeritage online

1901-1955 and 1966-1970 Massachusetts Marriage Index Ancestry online

Chester Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Church Records, with Baptisms, Burials, Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records of Chester, Mass, First Church (Chester, Mass.). Archive Grid

Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (many towns) Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts vital records--Chester, 1766-1893 WorldCat

Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Vital and town records ca. 1765-1864, Chester, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Chester Miscellaneous Records

Account book of a merchant of Chester, Massachusetts, : May, 1832 -- May, 1841 FamilySearch Library

Chester Town Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chester Town Reports (1868-1975, 1977-2000) Massachusetts State Library

Town records, 1762-1850 FamilySearch Library

Chester Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Chester School Records

Chester High School - Blue Print Yearbook (Chester, MA), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 E Yearbook online

Chester High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 Classmates online

Chester High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chester High School yearbook, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chester Tax Records

Chester Tax Valuations 1783 Massachusetts State Library

Chester Tax Valuations 1784 Massachusetts State Library

Chester Tax Valuations 1792 Massachusetts State Library



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