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Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Goshen Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-G640
Scope and Contents

Records include: pre-Separation minutes, 1807-1814 and subscription list, Twelfth Month 29, 1797; Minute books of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1827-1937; minute books of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1860-1869, 1877-1889.

Dates: 1797-1937

Homeville Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-H640
Scope and Contents

Records include: Hicksite minutes, 1877-1917; papers of the Homeville Cemetery Company, 1914-1915.

Dates: 1838-1917

Kendal Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/K400
Identifier: QM-Ph-K400
Scope and Contents

Records include: membership records, 1975-1998; minutes, 1975-2006; miscellaneous records, 1974-1985, and copies of the Kendal Reporter.

Dates: 1974-2006

Kennett Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-K420
Scope and Contents Records of Kennett Monthly Meeting, 1650-ongoing; includes: Hicksite registers of births and deaths, 1650-1896; burial records, 1741-1777, and Hicksite 1754-1931; Hicksite marriage certificates, 1692-1968; Hicksite membership records, 1851-1858, 1892-1977; Orthodox membership records, 1857-1864, 1885-1939; Hicksite and United men’s minutes, 1686-2012; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1939; clerk's correspondence, 1933-1941; Orthodox women's minutes, 1698-1911; Hicksite women’s minutes,...
Dates: 1650 - 2022

Kennett, Old Kennett, and Kennett Square Preparative Meetings Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-K470
Scope and Contents Records of Kennett Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) include: Minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1828-1931; women's meeting minutes, 1859-1909. Records of Old Kennett Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and the pre-Separation meeting include: minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1879-1949; burial records, 1750-1902 and 1874-1885; membership lists, 1915-1922 and 1926 or 1927; First Day School minutes, 1876-1941; trustees' meeting...
Dates: 1750-1977

London Grove Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-L600
Scope and Contents Records of London Grove Monthly Meeting, 1792-2018. Includes: Orthodox births and deaths, 1830-1883; abstracts of Hicksite marriages, 1804-1844; abstracts of Orthodox marriages, 1829-1909; Orthodox membership lists, 1827-1939; Hicksite removals, 1792-1871; Orthodox removals, 1828-1891; Hicksite men’s minutes, 1792-1909; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1944; Hicksite and United joint minutes, 1909-2018 (some gaps); Hicksite women’s minutes, 1792-1893; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1827-1912;...
Dates: 1792-2018

Marlborough Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-M370
Scope and Contents

Records of Marlborough Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1801-1964, as follows: minutes of the men's meeting and joint sessions, 1802-1964; women's minutes, 1802-1873; vital records, 1851-1923; burial records, account books, deeds and other property records, etc.

Dates: 1801-1972.

New Garden Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-N400
Scope and Contents

Records of New Garden Monthly Meeting, 1682-1978, include: minutes, 1718-1975; vital records, 1682-1976; women's minutes, 1718-1891; minutes of the committee of ministry and counsel and of its predecessor, the meeting of ministers and elders, 1812-1933; financial and property records; miscellaneous papers. Records (Hicksite) include: Vital records, 1692-1952; financial and property papers, 1912-1957; overseers' minutes, 1903-1949; miscellaneous papers, 1883-1978, etc.

Dates: 1682-1975

Nottingham Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-B-N681
Scope and Contents

Records of Nottingham Monthly Meeting, 1680-2021. Includes men's and joint minutes, women's minutes 1730-1892, vital records, Ministers and Elders minutes, financial and property records 1763-1925, among other records and reports.

Dates: 1680 - 2021

Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/P440
Identifier: QM-Ph-P440
Scope and Contents

Records of the Pennsgrove Monthly Meeting, 1833-1968, include: vital records (including births, deaths, removals, marriages, membership, etc.), 1841-1968; Hicksite men’s minutes 1842-1952; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1842-1884; Hicksite minister’s and elder’s minutes, 1896-1917; miscellaneous property records, 1833-1898; miscellaneous papers, 1951-ca.1952.

Dates: 1841-1952