Chester County PA Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Chester Records by TypeBirth Records (35)Cemetery Records (542) Census Records (120) Church Records (482) City Directories (249) Court Records (17) Death Records (46) Histories and Genealogies (127) Immigration Records (14) Land Records (42) Map Records (52) Marriage Records (66) Military Records (40) Minority Records (5) Miscellaneous Records (38) Newspapers and Obituaries (206) Probate Records (41) School Records (130) Tax Records (35) 
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Overview of Chester County Records
- Chester County was created in 1682
- The Pennsylvania Department of Health has copies of birth and death records starting in 1906.
- The Chester County Archives has birth and death records from 1852 to 1855 and 1893 to 1906, marriage records from 1852 to 1855 and 1885 to 1930, divorce records from 1804 to 1828, probate records from 1714 to 1923, court records from 1681 to 1900, land records from 1716 to 1905, tax records from 1715 to 1939, and poorhouse records from 1798 to 1937.
- Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.