Chester Genealogy (in Chester County, SC)

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


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Chester Birth Records

South Carolina, Birth Records, 1915-present South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Chester Cemetery Records

Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Caldwell Burying Grounds Find a Grave online

Chester Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Eternal Rock Church Find a Grave online

Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina tombstone inscriptions WorldCat

Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina tombstone inscriptions. WorldCat

Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, tombstone inscriptions FamilySearch Library

Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Franklin Cemetery Find a Grave online

Grant Cemetery Find a Grave online

Grant Cemetery Billion Graves online

Holy Place Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

McNinch Family Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Morrow Family Burying Grounds Find a Grave online

Mount Ararat AME Zion Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mount Moriah Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Fennell - Barnnett Burying Grounds Find a Grave online

Old Purity Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery Interment online

Old Wilson Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Zion Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pleasant View AME Zion Cemetery Find a Grave online

Red Brick Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Roster of names of persons buried in Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C. WorldCat

Sandifur Family Find a Grave online

Second Wilson Baptist Find a Grave online

Templeton - Darby Burying Grounds Find a Grave online

True Gospel Church of God In Christ Cemetery Find a Grave online

Unity Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Walton Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chester Census Records

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

Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, and Deaths, 1799-1838 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1799-1859 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

History of Purity Presbyterian Church of Chester, South Carolina, 1787-1937 FamilySearch Library

Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1873-1972 (First Baptist Church (Chester, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1874-1951 (Woodward Baptist Church (Chester, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1874-1951, Woodward Baptist Church (Chester, S.C.). Archive Grid

Roster of names of persons buried in Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C. WorldCat

Chester City Directories

Chester 1996 City Directory Historic Map Works online

Chester 1996 City Directory (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Chester City Directory, 1908 LDS Genealogy online

Chester City Directory, 1908 Internet Archive online

Chester Death Records

1915-1943 South Carolina Deaths MyHeritage online

1915-1965 South Carolina Death Records Ancestry online

1950-1964 South Carolina Deaths MyHeritage online

South Carolina, Death Records, 1915-present South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Chester Immigration Records

Citizenship petitions and nautralizaton book, 1785-1901 FamilySearch Library

Chester Land Records

Chester County, South Carolina, deed abstracts - volume I: deed books A-F : 1785-1799 [1768-1799] FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1785-1867; index to deeds, 1776-1866 FamilySearch Library

Chester Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, June 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, June 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, March 1898 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, May 1894 Library of Congress online

Chester Marriage Records

1907-2000 South Carolina County Marriages (selections) Ancestry online

Chester Newspapers and Obituaries

Chester News & Reporter 11/24/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Chester, South Carolina Newspaper; Chester Standard, 1854-1857; the Chester Reporter, 1874-1906 FamilySearch Library

The Palmetto Standard, 1851-1853 Winthrop University 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.

Chester Bulletin. (Chester, S.C.) 1882-1899

Chester News. (Chester, S.C.) 1917-1971

Chester Reporter. (Chester, S.C.) 1869-1971

Chester Standard. (Chester, S.C.) 1853-1869

Great Falls Reporter. (Chester, S.C.) 1955-Current

Lantern. (Chester, S.C.) 1897-1913

News and Reporter. (Chester, S.C.) 1971-Current

Palmetto Standard. (Chester, S.C.) 1851-1840s

Semi-Weekly News. (Chester, S.C.) 1913-1917

State Bulletin. (Chester, S.C.) 1879-1882

Chester Probate Records

1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina: Chester County, 1789-1853 Ancestry online

Probate Court, Files 1788-1866 (included in South Carolina probate records) Ancestry online

Chester School Records

Chester High School - Cestrian Yearbook (Chester, SC), 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Chester High School yearbook, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chester High School yearbook, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Classmates online

Chester High School yearbook, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

York Technical College yearbooks, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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