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CHESTER COUNTY RESOURCES



Chester County Courthouse
2 N. High Street
P.O. Box 2748
West Chester, PA  19380-0991
1-800-692-1100

Chester County Municipality Index

Chester County Historical Society
225 N. High Street
West Chester, PA 19380-2691

ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
610 Westtown Rd
West Chester, Pa 19380-0990

For copies of Chester County wills, check their site for all they offer. They have MANY local records online here.

http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=609969&archivesNav=|34185|

email address    ccarchives@chesco.org

Register for Chester Co deaths 1893-1907  http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his480/riggtown.htm#rod

Chester County Courthouse
2 N. High Street
P.O. Box 2748
West Chester, PA  19380-0991
1-800-692-1100

Spring-Ford Historical Society is located in Royersford, Montgomery
County, just on the other side of the Schuylkill River. Spring City is located
on the Chester County side of the Schuylkill River and they are joined together by a
bridge. The Spring-Ford Historical Society is made up of the history of both
of these boroughs.  They both developed together and the families moved back
and forth between both boroughs. This historical society has a small museum
and research materials.

       526 Main Street
       Royersford PA  19468
        Hours: 1st and 3rd Sunday 1 - 3 pm.
          Tuesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
          Monday and Wednesday 10 am. - 4 pm
          For other times call for an appointment at 610-948-7127

Phoenixville Historical Society
204 Church Street
Phoenixville, Pa 19460
(610) 935-7646
www.hspa-pa.org


Downingtown Area Historical Society
PO Box 9
Downingtown, PA 19335

Southern Lancaster Co Historical Society's website has a search engine; covers townships Bart, Colerain, Drumore, East Drumore, Eden, Fulton, Little Britain, Providence, Quarryville Boro, and Sadsbury)
http://www.southernlancasterhistory.org


Delaware County History
http://www.delawarecountyistory.com
Check by township or city. Old maps, photos, census records, tax lists and much more. Lots of Chester County Stuff


The archives for the Old Chester list   
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index

US GENWEB Archives  
http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchpa.htm

Chester County Historical Soc
http://www.chestercohistorical.org

Chester signs of history
http://www.signsofhistory.com/Penn/Chester/chester.htm

Valley Forge
http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/gibson/orderbook2ndpa-1.htm

Chester County Archives and Records
http://www.chesco.org/archives.html

Battle of Brandywine
http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/

Old Chester in Delaware County
http://www.oldchesterpa.com/ 

Chester County Information from the American Local History Network
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacheste/index.htm

Chester County naturalization records 1798-1906
http://www.chesco.org/archives/nat_searchCriteria.asp

Delaware County history
http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/index.htm

Daughters of the American Revolution - Delaware County Chapter
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~padcdar/

Ashmead's history.... Chester
http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg327.htm#chapter32

The Political Graveyard - Chester County, PA
---(Politicians who were born, lived or died in Chester Co., PA)
---(Cemeteries and Memorials for Politicians of Chester Co., PA)
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH.html

class of 1879, Chester High School
http://www.oldchesterpa.com/chs_1879.htm

link to Chester County Library System
http://www.ccls.org/  

Chester county links
http://www.chestercountylinks.com/chester/topic/about/ 

Historical Data on Riggstown, West Chester and the area.
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his480/riggtown.htm#lists

Tricounty Historical Society (Chester, Lancaster and Berks) phone # 610-286-7477 located in Morgantown......(they are only open Thursdays) but you can leave messages 
email tchslbry@voicenet.com

Chester County Archives
http://www.chesco.org/archives/index.html

Chester County Historical Society
http://www.chestercohistorical.org/




This page updated on January 24, 2017