Each chapter provides a history of the county's formation and sketches of pioneer families and early settlers. There are also some tidbits of lore and legends. Chester County, established in 1681, was one of the original three counties of Pennsylvania. From it, Lancaster County was created in 1729 and Delaware County was formed in 1789. This volume covers this three-county area.
Numerous entries give clues to relationships and British origins.
This is survey of census records available for Latin America and the Hispanic United States. Many of these records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library and these film numbers are provided. While the majority of census listings are for Mexico, all countries of Spanish North America, Central and South America are covered. The modern states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas are listed under Mexico because they belonged to Mexico during the period in which most of the censuses were taken. Florida and Louisiana are separate.