Chester Genealogy (in Orange County, NY)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Chester are also found through the Orange County and New York pages.


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Chester Birth Records

1881-1942 New York Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth Index for New York State, 1881-1942 Ancestry online

New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (includes baptisms from St Columba in Chester 1880-1920) FindMyPast online

New York, Birth Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Chester Cemetery Records

Bellvale Bruderhof Cemetery Find a Grave online

Board Family Farm Burial Plot Find a Grave online

Cemeteries of Chester, New York FamilySearch Library

Cemeteries of Chester, New York. WorldCat

Chester Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chester Cemetery Billion Graves online

Coleman Cemetery Billion Graves online

Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Graveyard inscriptions of Orange County, N.Y. Ancestry online

Greycourt Cemetery Billion Graves online

Howell-Hallock Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Jackson Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Marvin Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

McGinnisberg Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oxford Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Quaker Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Columba Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Columbus Cemetery Billion Graves online

Samuel Davis Cemetery Find a Grave online

Seely Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Small Plot at Farming Dale Road Interment online

Chester Census Records

1855 New York State Census Ancestry online

1865 New York State Census Ancestry online

1875 New York State Census Ancestry online

1892 New York State Census Ancestry online

1905 New York State Census Ancestry online

1915 New York State Census Ancestry online

1925 New York State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Chester in Orange County, New York 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

Commemorative discourse delivered at the centennial anniversary of the erection and the sixtieth of the consecration of (St. Paul's Church, East Chester) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church of Chester, Membership List, 1898 LDS Genealogy online

First Presbyterian Church, Chester, N.Y. 1798-1898 FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Chester, N.Y. 1798-1898 Genealogy Gophers online

Membership, First Presbyterian Church of Chester, 1798 - 1898 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (includes baptisms from St Columba in Chester 1880-1920) FindMyPast online

The Chester (N.Y.) Presbyterian Church : a history, 1799-1965 FamilySearch Library

Chester Death Records

1880-1956 New York Death Index MyHeritage online

1880-1956 New York, Death Index Ancestry online

New York, Death Records, 1880-present New York State Department of Health

Orange County patriot (marriages and deaths from May 1828 to Dec. 1831) Ancestry online

Chester Immigration Records

Alphabetical Index to Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1917-1950 Ancestry online

Declarations of Intention of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Index, 1917-1950 Fold3 online

Naturalization Index - NY Southern District Petitions for Naturalization (1824-1941) Fold3 online

Naturalization petitions, 1827-1906 FamilySearch Library

Petitions for Naturalization of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944 Fold3 online

Chester Land Records

Deeds, 1703-1900 ; Index to deeds, 1703-1965 FamilySearch Library

Chester Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Orange County, New York, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Orange County, New York, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Orange County, New York, December 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Orange County, New York, December 1894 Library of Congress online

Chester Marriage Records

1881-1967 New York State, Marriage Index Ancestry online

County Marriages of New York, 1847-1849; 1907-1936 Ancestry online

New York Marriages, 1600-1784 Ancestry online

New York, Marriage Records, 1881-present New York State Department of Health

Orange County patriot (marriages and deaths from May 1828 to Dec. 1831) Ancestry online

Chester Newspapers and Obituaries

Chester News (Chester, N.Y. : 1917) Chester, Orange County : 1917-1918 New York State Library

Chester News (Chester, N.Y. : 1931) Chester, Orange County : 1931-1931 New York State Library

Chester News (Chester, N.Y.) Chester, Orange County : 1934-1941 New York State Library

Chester Probate Records

1659-1999 New York, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills of Orange and Rockland Counties, New York, 1770-1845 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of wills, Orange County, N.Y., 1787-1813 FamilySearch Library

New York, Orange County Probate Records, 1787-1938 Family Search online

Chester School Records

Chester High School - Hambletonian Yearbook (Chester, NY), 1966, 1976 E Yearbook online

Chester High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chester High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 Classmates online

Chester High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chester Tax Records

Town of Chester records, 1872-1951 Archive Grid



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