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Orphans' Court

Orphans' Court Estates, 1714-1923 Delayed Birth Records, 1857-1906 Births, 1893-1907 Marriage License Applications, 1885-1930 Deaths, 1893-1907 Feme Covert Records, 1832-1848

Register of Wills

Wills & Administrations, 1714-1923  Births, 1852-1855 Marriages, 1852-1855 (Grooms) Marriages, 1852-1855 (Brides) Deaths, 1852-1855 Proof of Death Registers, 1875-1893

Court of Common Pleas

Divorces, 1804-1902 Naturalization Records, 1798-1935 Affidavits, Depositions, Interrogatories, 1781-1834  Insolvent Debtor's Petitions & Bonds, 1724-1850 Assigned Estates, 1821-1942 Petitions for Sheriff's Deeds, 1728-1835 Registry of Automobiles, 1903-1905 Mechanics Liens, 1828-1868 Professional Registers, 1683-1970 Equity Cases, 1844-1940

Court of Quarter Sessions

Fugitive Slave Records, 1820-1839 Prison Discharges, 1843-1872 Indentured Servants & Apprentice Records, 1700-1855 Negro Servant Returns, 1788-1821 Tavern Petitions, 1700-1923 Miscellaneous Quarter Sessions Papers, 1869-1952 Languishing Prisoner Petitions, 1718-1790  Peddler's Petitions, 1722-1869 Quarter Sessions Indictments, 1681-1870 Oyer & Terminer, 1802-1910

Board of Commissioners

British Depredations, 1777-1782 Chester County Commissioners, 1711-2004 Board of Relief (Civil War), 1861-1865 Poor School Children Records, 1810-1841  Tax Lists, 1715-1799 Tax List, 1890 *New*  Tax Discounts, 1785-1823  Provincial Tax Minutes, 1756-1778 Septennial Census Returns, 1793-1835 *New*

Directors of the Poor

Poorhouse Admissions, 1800-1900 Poorhouse Children's Board Book, 1856-1884 Poorhouse Outdoor Allowances, 1800-1856

Coroner's Office

Coroners' Records, 1720-1957

Recorder of Deeds

Marriage Contracts, Certificates & Separations, 1698-1890 Slave Manumissions Deeds, 1681-1802 Mortgages, 1690-1773 Letters of Attorney, 1774-1830

Sheriff's Office

Sheriff's Deeds, 1773-1830

Miscellaneous

World War I Servicemen Records (County War Aid Association), 1917-1921

Veterans' Affairs

Veterans' Burials, 1885-1979

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