Chester, Orange County, New York Genealogy

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Chester Public Library 1748 Kings Highway Chester, New York 10918 Phone: 845-469-4252 Email: chsref@rcls.org

Societies
Chester Historical Society 47 Main Street (Route 148) Chester, New York 10918 Phone: 845-469-2388

Town Clerk
Chester Town Clerk 1786 Kings Highway Chester, New York 10918 Phone: 845-469-7000 extension 4 Email: chestertownclerk@thetownofchester.org The Town Clerk has the records of birth, death, or marriage for the town.

Town Historian
Chester Town Historian 119 Brookside Avenue Chester, New York 10918 Phone: 845-469-7645 Email: chester.historical@frontiernet.net

Military Records

 * Bush, Cornelia W. "1823 and 1825 Militia Muster Rolls from Chester, Orange County," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 133, No. 3 (Jul. 2002):185-190. Digital version at New York Family History ($);.