Chester Genealogy (in Thayer County, NE)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Chester are also found through the Thayer County and Nebraska pages.


Chester Birth Records

1912-1994 Nebraska Birth Index, 1904-1911 Birth Ledgers Ancestry online

Nebraska, Birth Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Chester Cemetery Records

Chester Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chester Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Chester Cemetery Nebraska Gravestones online

Chester Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Johns Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery - Stoddard Find a Grave online

Chester Census Records

Nebraska, State Census, 1885 Ancestry 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 Death Records

1904-1968 Nebraska Index to Deaths Ancestry online

Nebraska, Death Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Chester Immigration Records

1890-1957 Nebraska Federal Naturalization Records Ancestry online

Chester Marriage Records

1855-1908 Nebraska Marriage Records Ancestry online

1909-1955 Nebraska Index to Marriages Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1871-1994; index, 1987-1995 FamilySearch Library

Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1909-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Chester Newspapers and Obituaries

Chester Herald 1885-1966 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Chester

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Byron Herald [Microform]. (Chester, Thayer County, Neb.) 1896-1905

Chester Herald [Microform]. (Chester, Thayer County, Neb.) 1880s-Current



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