Chester Genealogy (in Queen Anne's County, MD)
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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Chester are also found through the Queen Anne's County and Maryland pages.
Chester Birth Records
Births & deaths, Queen Annes, Kent & Caroline counties 1865-1884 : (from County Circuit Court records) FamilySearch Library
Maryland, Birth Records, 1898-1921 Maryland State Archives
Maryland, Birth Records, 1898-present Maryland Department of Health
Chester Cemetery Records
Decourcy Cemetery Find a Grave 
Jones Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Kingsley Cemetery Billion Graves
Kirwan-Baxter-Jones-Gardner Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Chester Census Records
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Chester Church Records
1817-1850 Marriages in Queen Anne's County (from Maryland Compiled Marriages collection) Ancestry
Church records, 1954-1992 (Catholic Church. St. Christopher (Chester, Maryland)) FamilySearch Library
Chester City Directories
White and Yellow Pages, Indian Head thru Kent and Queen Anne's Counties, c.1934 thru 1946/47 Library of Congress
Chester Death Records
Births & deaths, Queen Annes, Kent & Caroline counties 1865-1884 : (from County Circuit Court records) FamilySearch Library
Maryland, Death Records, 1898-2011 Maryland State Archives
Maryland, Death Records, 1969-present Maryland Department of Health
Chester Immigration Records
Maryland, Federal Naturalization Records, 1795-1931 Ancestry
Chester Land Records
Deeds 1714-1851 ; indexes 1707-1873 FamilySearch Library
Chester Marriage Records
1817-1850 Marriages in Queen Anne's County (from Maryland Compiled Marriages collection) Ancestry
Maryland Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850 (selections) Ancestry
Chester Newspapers and Obituaries
Kent Island Bay Times 1981 Maryland State Archives
Kent Island Bay Times 2000-2020 Newspapers.com
Chester Probate Records
1604-1878 Maryland Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
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