Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States

New England

Massachusetts

Hampden County

Chester

Modern town borders of Chester in Hampden County, Massachusetts.

Town Information

Description

• Chester, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Adjacent Towns

Hampden Co.: Blandford | Berkshire Co.: Becket | Hampshire Co.: Chesterfield | Huntington | Middlefield | Worthington

Town Records

In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Chester Town Clerk

15 Middlefield Rd
Chester, MA 0101
Phone: 413-354-6603
Fax: 413-354-2268
Email: chestertownclerk@comcast.net

Vital Records

Births

• 1636-1924 Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Deaths

• 1916-1919 Massachusetts Deaths, 1916-1919 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

• Chester Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Hampden County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
• As found in Vital records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 page 5

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268322

• Chester Center Est 1767, across the road from the United Church of Christ 1st Congregational Church of Chester, 334 Skyline Trl, Chester, MA 0101, Corner of Lyman Rd and Skyline Trail Rd.
• Huntington Street (name on the sign Factory Village) Est. 1799, south side of the road on Highway 20 just west of the fire station and post office
• Pine Hill est. 1834
• Littleville
• Ingell / Chester Hill
• North Chester
• Round Hill
• Fisk, moved to the Webster Cemetery corner of Bromley Road, at the intersection of Bromley and Higgins Rd. 66 Bromley Rd Huntington, MA 01050
• Moor
• Bell / Chester Hill
• R.L. Bromley
• Horatio Lyman
• Kenney Brook / Littleville

City Directories

• 1912-1954 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Chester at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Maps

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

• Boundary Map of Chester at HomeTownLocator
• Chester at FamilySearch Places
• Chester at Google Maps
• Chester at Mapcarta
• Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
• Massachusetts Maps State Page
  
  

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:

• Massachusetts Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

For more Civil War Military Records see:

• Massachusetts Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

For more World War I Military Records see:

• Massachusetts Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

For more World War II Military Records see:

• Massachusetts Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

• 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Research Facilities

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• Goshen Connecticut FamilySearch Center
• Hartford Connecticut FamilySearch Center
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• Chicopee Public Library - an affiliate library
• Jones Library Inc. - an affiliate library
• Thomas J. O'Connell Memorial Library-New England Civil War Museum and Research Center - an affiliate library

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