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Delaware County Historical Society
Atlases
Death Related Info
PA Archives
Records copied and/or
acquired by Helen M.
(Webber) Imburgia
Books
Deeds / Indentures
PA Colonial Records
Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church
Dr. Anna Broomall
Collection
Directories
Photographs
St. Michael's RC Church
Chester F. Baker
Notebooks
Genealogies
Tax Records
EF White Funeral & Coroner
Records
Birth Records
Marriage
Newspapers
Chester School Records
Borough Township
Files
NJ Archives
Church Records
Census Info
PA Magazine of
History & Biography
Atlases:
Delaware County townships 1870 to 1940 and numerous maps
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Books:
Reference library for genealogy, local Pennsylvania and
American history
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Dr. Anna Broomall
Collection:
Notebooks of photos, information and news clippings of local
historic places and important people (compiled 1900-1922)
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Chester F. Baker
Notebooks:
Indexed scrap books of history, genealogies, maps and news
articles
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Birth Records:
Chester Register of births 1889 to 1906 (microfilm)
Upland Borough birth list 1894-1917
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Borough Township Files:
News clippings, articles, booklets, photos
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Census Information:
Delaware County 1790-1920 (microfilm) (1790-1870 indexed)
Census for other PA Counties:
1790 Berks / Chester / Huntington / Mifflin / Luzeme / Dauphin /
Northarnpton / Cumberland / Fayette / Westmoreland / Bucks /
Lancaster;
1800 Beaver / Bedford / Bucks / Butler / Chester / Crawford /
Cumberland / Fayette / Franklin;
1810 Chester/Clearfield/Crawford;
1820 Adams/Beaver/Chester/Fayette;
1850 Elk;
1880 Dauphin/Elk;
1900 Dauphin;
1920 Dauphin/Elk
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Death related
information:
Chester Rural Cemetery Records - 1863-1918
Church records see below
Funeral records of E. F. White - (Chester) 1887-1930
Old Mt. Zion Church Cemetery, Collingdale (was Darby)
1861-1882
Obit extracts from the Delaware County Republic 1833-1885
Obits, DCHS random collection of clippings
Mortality schedules from the census: 1850, 1860 & 1870
Social Security death benefit records (for the United States) 1937
to June 1992 (on CD-Rom)
Upland Borough death list 1894-1917
W.P.A. Grave Marker Project - information from readable
stones in 1937 (some Del Co. cemeteries)
Will abstracts - Chester Co. 1714 to 1800, Delaware Co. 1789 to
1835
Wills & Administration Records INDEX to 1850: Berks
Bucks/Chester/Delaware/Lehigh/Montgomery/Northampton Counties
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Deeds/Indentures:
Over 3,000 catalogued
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Directories:
Aston Township 1951-1994
Chester City 1879-1931, 1941, 1956, 1959
Eddystone 1889-98, 1901-12, 1917-31, 1941, 1956
Marcus Hook 193, 1956, 1959, 1941;
Media - 1883-86, 1891, 1906, 191731, 1941
Upland 1882-86, 1889-96, 1901, 1904/31/1941;
West Chester 1857-1860;
1897: Clifton Heights/Darby/Lansdowne/Sharon Hill/Wayne
1902: Clifton Heights/Darby/Lansdowne, Ridlley Park/Sharon
Hill/Wayne
1914: Delaware County Farm & Business
1936: Philadelphia City Directory
1941: Parkside/Linwood/Trainer
1956: Brookhaven/Linwood/Parkside/Ridley
Park/Swarthmore/Trainer
1959: Brookhaven/Nether Providence/Parkside/Rose
Valley/Swarthmore/Trainer
Telephone Books: 1957, 1958, 1965, 1970 to present
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Genealogies:
Bound books and files of manuscripts
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Marriage:
Announcement extracts from the Delaware County Republican
1833-1885/bible records
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New Jersey Archives:
First series, indexed
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Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and
Biography:
(by H.S.P.) 1877 to date
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Pennsylvania Archives:
First through eighth series
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Pennsylvania's Colonial
Records:
17 volumes, indexed
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Photographs:
Over 2,000
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Tax Records:
Chester County 1715-1800 (microfilm)
This includes Delaware Co. until 9/1789
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Newspapers:
Microfilm:
Chester Times/Delaware County Daily Times 7/1876 to
12/31/1970
(1970 to present available at Widener University Library)
Delaware County American (published in Media) 1855 to 1873
and 7/2/1890 to 12/30/1911
Delaware County Advocate (published in Chester)
6/5/1869 to 6/9/1938 (some gaps)
Delaware County Democrat (published in Chester)
6/27/1889 to 12/27/1912
Ridley Park News 1913-1915
Rockdale Herald (published in Aston Township) 1/2/1925
to 12/25/1964
--- short runs of various older papers on microrilm -
Bound: Morton Chronicle - Vols 1 to 33 6/1880 to 5/1911
(some gaps)
CD ROM:
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue Vol. I Chester County
1809-1870
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record Volume II
Delaware County 1819-1870 Collection includes articles from:
the Post Boy, The Upland Union, The Delaware County
American, The Delaware County Democrat, and the
Delaware County Republican (very few entries in early
years)
List of Deaths & Marriages from the Delaware County
Republican 1833 to 1885 CFB Vols. 35 & 36
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Church Records:
St. John's (Concord)
Baptisms 1876 - 1934
Burials 1875 - 1927
Confirmation 1875 - 1932
Marriages 1876 - 1934
Minute Books 1724 - 1934
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St. Thomas the Apostle (Concord)
Grave site records compiled in 1996
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St. David's Episcopal Church (Radnor)
Baptisms 1719-1819, 1861-1937, 1949-1966
Burials 1861-1913
Confirmations 1861-1909, 1913-1951
Communicants 1833-1911, 1919-1951
Marriages 1861-1951
Church Wardens 1719-1819
Offerings 1861-62
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St. Martin's Church (Marcus Hook)
Cemetery records to 1937
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On Microfilm:
St. Paul's Episcopal (Chester)
Marriages 1704 - 1920
Baptisms 1704 - 1937
Confirmations 1832 - 1936
Cemetery 1704 - 1936
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St. Paul's P.E. (Chester)
Marriages 1704 - 1904
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South Chester Methodist Episcopal (3rd & Jeffrey)
Baptisms 3/29/1894 - 6/27/1926
Marriage 3/29/1894 - 4/3/1926
Official Members 1894 - 1896
Probationer's Record 1894 - 1926
Members in Full Connection 1881 - 1926
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Immaculate Heart R. C. (Chester)
Marriages 1873 - 1933
Baptisms 1873 - 1909
Cemetery 1887 - 1974
(See also below)
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Immanuel Baptist Church (Chester)
1881 - 1991 Membership list, Baptisms, Deaths
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Madison Street U.M. (Chester)
(mixed records - not in order)
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Plus numerous books with vital records listed
Such as Quaker Marriage Certificates, Concord Monthly Mtg.
Del. Co., PA 1679-1808 by Gwen B. Bjorkman
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The following records were copied and/or acquired by Helen M. (Webber) Imgurgia
Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church
2nd & Norris Streets, Chester, PA
Copied 1984
Book I
Marriages
1873 - 1909
Book II
Baptisms
1873 - 1884
Book III
Marriages
1908 - 1933
Book IV
Cemetery
c. 1887 - c. 1974
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St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
7th & Avenue of the States, Chester, PA
Copied 1986-1987
Book I
Baptisms
1841 - 1845
1845 - 1867
Marriages
1846 - 1866
Confirmations
1845 - 1860
Book II
Baptisms
1865 - 1883
Marriages
1867 - 1883
Confirmations
1873 - 1879
1893 - 1920
Book III
Baptisms
1884 - 1906
Marriages
1884 - 1906
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E. F. White Funeral Home & Coroner Records
3rd & Norris Streets, Chester, PA
Copied 1988
Book I
1887 - 1890
Book II
1903
Book III
1903 - 1905
Book IV
1908 - 1910
Book V
1908 - 1913
Book VI-A
1913 - 1918
Book VI-B
1913-1916
Book VII
1913 - 1919
Book VIII
1918 - 1923
Book IX
1923 - 1925
Book X
1926 - 1929
Book XI
1930
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Chester School Records
Acquired 1988
Pupils promoted to Chester High School
Book I
1873 - 1883
Book II
1878 - 1888
Book III
1889 - 1899
Book IV
1897 - 1898
Book V
1898 - 1899
Book VI
1898 - 1907
Book VII
1908 - 1916
Book VIII
1920 - 1931 (missing 1991)
Note: Over 1,000 proof of Birth Documents, used in
compliance with the Child Labor Law of 1915, births
between 1930 - 1940.
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List as compiled by DCHS 2/2000
Thanks to Delaware County Historical Society and
John A.Bullock III , Webmaster of Oldchesterpa.com
This page last updated 12/05/01