Chelmsford Genealogy (in Middlesex County, MA)

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Chelmsford Birth Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

Births 1653-1826 LDS Genealogy online

Births 1653-1826 Internet Archive online

Births, marriages, and deaths 1843-1870 LDS Genealogy online

Births, marriages, and deaths 1843-1870 Internet Archive online

Chelmsford (Massachusetts) vital records (1843-1910) and indexes (1843-1910) FamilySearch Library

Chelmsford Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Marriage Intentions (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Church Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Vital Record Transcripts (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Deposition : births 1897-1918 LDS Genealogy online

Deposition : births 1897-1918 Internet Archive online

Index to births 1820-1899 LDS Genealogy online

Index to births 1820-1899 Internet Archive online

Index to births 1898-1905 LDS Genealogy online

Index to births 1898-1905 Internet Archive online

Massachusetts Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts vital records. / Chelmsford, 1653-1900 WorldCat

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1926-present Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Proprietor records, proceedings, misc. births, deaths, marriages, 1645-1750 FamilySearch Library

Transcription of Births and Baptisms of Chelmsford 1653-1699 Chelmsford Historical Commission online

Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the Year 1849 (included in Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850) Ancestry online

Vital and some town records, 1645-1826 [Chelmsford, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 Internet Archive online

Chelmsford Cemetery Records

Burying grounds : Forefathers' Burying Ground, Chelmsford Centre WorldCat

Chelmsford Burial Records Search Town of Chelmsford online

Chelmsford Cemetery Archive (all Chelmsford cemeteries) Chelmsford Public Library online

Chelmsford Historical Commission Cemetery Records to 2007 Chelmsford Historical Commission online

Civil War Soldiers Buried in Chelmsford US Gen Web Archives online

Fairview Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

Forefather's Burying Ground US Gen Web Archives online

Forefathers Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Forefathers Burying Ground Billion Graves online

Forefathers Burying Ground - Burial Records Interment online

Forefathers Cemetery University of Massachusetts online

Heart Pond Cemetery Massachusetts Gravestones online

Heart Pond Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

Pine Ridge Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pine Ridge Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

Riverside Cemetery Billion Graves online

Riverside Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

Saint Joseph Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Joseph Cemetery Find a Grave online

Temple Beth El Cemetery Find a Grave online

Touring the Forefathers Burying Ground : Chelmsford, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

West Chelmsford Cemetery University of Massachusetts online

West Chelmsford Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

Chelmsford Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1855 and 1865 Massachusetts state censuses for Chelmsford FamilySearch Library

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, East Chelmsford, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

Massachusetts State Census Transcriptions for 1855 American Ancestors online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Chelmsford Church Records

Chelmsford Church Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Parish Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

First record book of the First Church in Charlestown, Mass., U.S.A., 1640-1734 FamilySearch Library

Historical sketch of the founding of All Saints' Church, Chelmsford, Mass. : an address Ancestry online

Transcription of Births and Baptisms of Chelmsford 1653-1699 Chelmsford Historical Commission online

Trinity Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford City Directories

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Chelmsford City Directories (1896-1998 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Chelmsford City Directory 1927 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Chelmsford Lists of Men and Women 1931-2020 Chelmsford Historical Society online

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Lowell (Massachusetts) suburban directories FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Chelmsford 1901, 1912, 1915-6, 1919, 1931, 1941-2, 1949, 1951, and 1957) Ancestry online

Suburban Directories (Chelmsford section) 1896-1957 Chelmsford Historical Society online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1896 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1896 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1898 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1898 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1905 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1905 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1915 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1915 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1917 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1917 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1921 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1921 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1925-1926 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1925-1926 Internet Archive online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1932-1933 LDS Genealogy online

The Lowell suburban directory for Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford : containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and business firms, streets, town offices, societies, churches and other miscellaneous matter 1932-1933 Internet Archive online

Chelmsford Death Records (52)


Chelmsford Histories and Genealogies

History of Chelmsford 1820 Chelmsford Historical Commission online

History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts Genealogy Gophers online

History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts LDS Genealogy online

History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts Internet Archive online

The history of Chelmsford : from its origin in 1653, to the year 1820 together with an historical sketch of the church, and biographical notices of the four first pastors, to which is added a memoir of the Pawtuckett trive of Indians with a large appendix FamilySearch Library

The history of Chelmsford, from its origin in 1653, to the year 1820-together with an historical sketch of the church, and biographical notices of the four first pastors. To which is added a memoir of the Pawtuckett tribe of Indians. With a large appendix LDS Genealogy online

The history of Chelmsford, from its origin in 1653, to the year 1820-together with an historical sketch of the church, and biographical notices of the four first pastors. To which is added a memoir of the Pawtuckett tribe of Indians. With a large appendix Internet Archive online

Waters' History of Chelmsford 1917 Chelmsford Historical Society online

Chelmsford Immigration Records

Naturalization index cards, 1800-1885 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records and certificates indexes, 1906-1984 [Middlesex County, Massachusetts] FamilySearch Library

Chelmsford Land Records

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Chelmsford Deeds (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Land Divisions (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Land Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Proprietors Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Records of Deeds, Mortgages, Strays (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth online

Proprietor records, proceedings, misc. births, deaths, marriages, 1645-1750 FamilySearch Library

Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900; indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950) FamilySearch Library

Town records, valuations, proceedings, taxes, deeds & misc. 1710-1869 FamilySearch Library

Chelmsford Marriage Records (51)


Chelmsford Military Records

Chelmsford Aid to Soldiers (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Soldiers and Sailors (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Civil War Soldiers Buried in Chelmsford US Gen Web Archives online

Chelmsford Miscellaneous Records (303)


Chelmsford Newspapers and Obituaries

Chelmsford Independent (1986-2006) Boston Public Library

Chelmsford Independent 08/18/2005 to 05/16/2019 Genealogy Bank online

Chelmsford News Weekly (1946-1993;1940-1942) Boston Public Library

Eagle-Independent 06/18/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Middlesex County Newspaper Abstracts 1822-1971 selections US Gen Web online

Obituary Index to Chelmsford Newsweekly 1940-1993 and Chelmsford Independent 1986 to present Chelmsford Public Library online

Offline Newspapers for Chelmsford

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Chelmsford Eagle. (Chelmsford, Mass.) 1876-1883

Chelmsford Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Index To the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1910 MyHeritage online

Index to the Probate Records of Middlesex County 1648-1871 American Ancestors online

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 A-K Ancestry online

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 A-K Ancestry online

Chelmsford School Records

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Belvedere Country Day School yearbook, 1966 Classmates online

Belvedere Country Day School yearbook, 1966 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chelmsford High School - Yearbook (Chelmsford, MA), 1947, 1948 E Yearbook online

Chelmsford High School Lion Yearbook 1969 Internet Archive online

Chelmsford High School Yearbooks 1925-2018 Chelmsford Historical Society online

Chelmsford High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chelmsford High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Chelmsford High School yearbooks, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chelmsford School Meeting Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Tax Records

Chelmsford Tax Assessments (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Tax Records (from Massachusetts Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelmsford Tax Valuations 1783 Massachusetts State Library

Chelmsford Tax Valuations 1784 Massachusetts State Library

Chelmsford Tax Valuations, 1727-1778 Massachusetts State Library

General Record and taxes 1762-1770 LDS Genealogy online

General Record and taxes 1762-1770 Internet Archive online

General Records and Taxes 1782-1787 LDS Genealogy online

General Records and Taxes 1782-1787 Internet Archive online

General Records and Taxes 1787-1789 LDS Genealogy online

General Records and Taxes 1787-1789 Internet Archive online

General Records and assessments 1770-1779 LDS Genealogy online

General Records and assessments 1770-1779 Internet Archive online

Tax lists, 1820, Chelmsford (Mass. : Town) Archive Grid

Town records, valuations, proceedings, taxes, deeds & misc. 1710-1869 FamilySearch Library



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