Chelsea Genealogy (in Suffolk County, MA)

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Chelsea Birth Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

Chelsea Birth Records to 1850 Genealogy Trails online

Chelsea Births to 1850 Genealogy Trails online

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

Manual of the First Congregational Church, Chelsea, Mass., containing a historical sketch, a form of admission to the church (including the confession of faith and covenants), a form for the baptism of children, and a catalogue of members to January 3, 1875 LDS Genealogy online

Manual of the First Congregational Church, Chelsea, Mass., containing a historical sketch, a form of admission to the church (including the confession of faith and covenants), a form for the baptism of children, and a catalogue of members to January 3, 1875 Internet Archive online

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

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

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

Vital records (1738-1904) and indexes (1887-1965) FamilySearch Library

Vital records and indexes of Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1738-1965 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Chelsea Cemetery Records

Garden Cemetery Find a Grave online

The Woodlawn cemetery in North Chelsea and Malden LDS Genealogy online

The Woodlawn cemetery in North Chelsea and Malden Internet Archive online

Chelsea Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry online

Census (Part 1) 1790 US Gen Web online

Census (Part 2) 1790 US Gen Web 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

Chelsea Church Records

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A historical discourse delivered at Chelsea . . . 1866 at the 25th anniversary of the Winnisimmet Congregational Church Ancestry online

Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea First Methodist Church Records (in New England Select United Methodist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church commended to God and to the word of His grace: a farewell sermon, preached before the First Baptist Church in Chelsea, Sept. 30, 1866, together with the articles of faith and church covenant, and a list of the present and deceased members of the church LDS Genealogy online

Church commended to God and to the word of His grace: a farewell sermon, preached before the First Baptist Church in Chelsea, Sept. 30, 1866, together with the articles of faith and church covenant, and a list of the present and deceased members of the church Internet Archive online

Confession of faith and covenant of the Winnisimmet Congregational Church, in Chelsea : with a list of the officers and members LDS Genealogy online

Confession of faith and covenant of the Winnisimmet Congregational Church, in Chelsea : with a list of the officers and members Internet Archive online

Manual of Broadway Church, Chelsea, Mass., articles of faith, and covenant; with a list of officers and members, March 1859 LDS Genealogy online

Manual of Broadway Church, Chelsea, Mass., articles of faith, and covenant; with a list of officers and members, March 1859 Internet Archive online

Manual of the First Congregational Church, Chelsea, Mass., containing a historical sketch, a form of admission to the church (including the confession of faith and covenants), a form for the baptism of children, and a catalogue of members to January 3, 1875 LDS Genealogy online

Manual of the First Congregational Church, Chelsea, Mass., containing a historical sketch, a form of admission to the church (including the confession of faith and covenants), a form for the baptism of children, and a catalogue of members to January 3, 1875 Internet Archive online

St. Rose of Lima church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Chelsea City Directories

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Cambridge (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Charlestown (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Chelsea (Massachusetts) city directories FamilySearch Library

Chelsea City Directories (1847-1946 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Chelsea City Directories (1902-1935, 1937-1946) Boston Public Library

Chelsea City Directory 1870 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1876 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1878 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1882 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1886 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1888 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1890 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1892 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1893 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1895 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1899 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1901 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1918 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Chelsea City Directory 1946 MyHeritage online

Chelsea, MA 1847/48, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1860 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA 1848 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA 1849 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA 1850 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA 1902-1904,1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1921-1922,1925,1928, 1932, 1934-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA 1937, 1940, 1946 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, MA Business Directory, 1848-1849 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chelsea, Massachusetts Directories, 1890-92 Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1847 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1859 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1861 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1864 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1866 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1868 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1870 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1872 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1874 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1876 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1878 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1880 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1882 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1884 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1886 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1887 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1888 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1889 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1890 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1892 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1893 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1895 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1897 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1899 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Chelsea, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, city directory, 1861 LDS Genealogy online

Chelsea, Massachusetts, city directory, 1861 Internet Archive online

City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute Ancestry online

Massachusetts City Directories (includes Chelsea 1848, 1866, 1872, 1878, 1886-8, 1892-3, 1899, 1902-4, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1925, 1928, 1932, and 1940) Ancestry online

The Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop directory: containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and a classified business directory, in each place; a list of city and town officials, churches, schools, teachers, societies, associations, clubs, institutions, etc., etc. 1908 LDS Genealogy online

The Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop directory: containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants and a classified business directory, in each place; a list of city and town officials, churches, schools, teachers, societies, associations, clubs, institutions, etc., etc. 1908 Internet Archive online

Chelsea Death Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Death Records Ancestry online

1901-1980 Massachusetts Death Index Ancestry online

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

Death records, 1850-1899 FamilySearch Library

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

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

Vital records (1738-1904) and indexes (1887-1965) FamilySearch Library

Vital records and indexes of Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1738-1965 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Chelsea Histories and Genealogies

A documentary history of Chelsea 1624-1824 Ancestry online

A documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnislmmet, Rumney Marsh and Pullen Point, 1624-1824 FamilySearch Library

Documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824, vol 1 LDS Genealogy online

Documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824, vol 1 Internet Archive online

Documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824, vol 2 LDS Genealogy online

Documentary history of Chelsea : including the Boston precincts of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullen Point, 1624-1824, vol 2 Internet Archive online

Seven generations : a story of Prattville and Chelsea FamilySearch Library

Souvenir edition of the Chelsea Gazette : her history, her achievements, her opportunities FamilySearch Library

Souvenir edition of the Chelsea Gazette : issued by request of the Board of Trade and entitled the city of Chelsea, Massachuset (printed 1898) Ancestry online

The Spice Slades of Chelsea, Massachusetts : founders and officers of the D. & L. Slade Spice Company; the history of the company and genealogies of the Slade family of Chelsea, the Layn family of New Hampshire and the Trickey or Milton family of New Hampshire and Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

The burning of Chelsea 1908 LDS Genealogy online

The burning of Chelsea 1908 Internet Archive online

The city of Chelsea, Massachusetts : her history, her achievements, her opportunities FamilySearch Library

Chelsea Immigration Records

Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 MyHeritage online

Boston, Massachusetts, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 MyHeritage online

Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 Ancestry online

Naturalization applications and papers, 1885-1906, Suffolk County, Massachusetts FamilySearch Library

Primary and final declarations of intention and naturalizations, 1864- 1888 and card index 1856-1884 FamilySearch Library

Searching for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in The Boston Pilot," 1831-1920 Ancestry online

Chelsea Land Records

Early recorders and registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : 1639-1735 Ancestry online

Land taking files, 1948-1949, Mystic River Bridge Authority (Mass.). Archive Grid

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth online

Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920 FamilySearch Library

Registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1735-1900 FamilySearch Library

Chelsea Map Records

Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere and Winthrop, Massachusetts : from actual surveys and official plans, 1896 State Library of Massachusetts online

Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere and Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1886 State Library of Massachusetts online

Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere and Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1914 State Library of Massachusetts online

Chelsea - Revere - Winthrop, 1896 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Chelsea - Revere - Winthrop, 1914 Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Mar 1889 Library of Congress online

Chelsea Marriage Records

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1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry online

1841-1915 Massachusetts Marriages MyHeritage online

1901-1955 and 1966-1970 Massachusetts Marriage Index Ancestry online

Chelsea Marriages to 1850 Genealogy Trails online

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

Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 Ancestry online

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (many towns) Ancestry online

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3 online

Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Ancestry online

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

St. Rose of Lima church records (included in Massachusetts Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records) Ancestry online

Vital records (1738-1904) and indexes (1887-1965) FamilySearch Library

Vital records and indexes of Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1738-1965 FamilySearch Library

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 LDS Genealogy online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts : to the year 1850 Internet Archive online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Vital records of Chelsea, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 Genealogy Gophers online

Chelsea Military Records

Chelsea, Massachusetts, Navy General Register of Patients, 1872-1917 Ancestry online

Description book, 1861-1864 FamilySearch Library

Military records of Chelsea : being militia records, 1849-1856; Navy records, 1861-1864; casualties, 1861-1863; and discharges, 1861-1864 FamilySearch Library

Roll of honor of the city of Chelsea : a list of the soldiers and sailors who served on the quota of Chelsea in the great Civil War for the preservation of the union from 1861 to 1865, with a partial record of each man alphabetically arranged : also an appendix including the names of Chelsea men who served to credit of other states, cities and towns FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of honor of the city of Chelsea : a list of the soldiers and sailors who served on the quota of Chelsea in the great Civil Ancestry online

Chelsea Miscellaneous Records

Chelsea Town Reports (1838-1932 selected years) Massachusetts State Library

Register of voters 1908 LDS Genealogy online

Register of voters 1908 Internet Archive online

Town records, vol. 1-4, 1738-1840 FamilySearch Library

Chelsea Newspapers and Obituaries

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Chelsea Evening Record (1908-1923) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Miscellaneous Issues (1851-1868) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Pioneer (1848-1851) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Record (1876-2007) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Record (Weekly, (1878-1880) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Telegraph and Pioneer (1855-1857;1851-1855) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Union (March 29,1851) Boston Public Library

Chelsea Weekly News (1976-1988) Boston Public Library

Mystic Press (1870-1871) Boston Public Library

Telegraph and Pioneer (1906;1857-1904) Boston Public Library

The Catholic Citizen (1888-1935) Boston Public Library

The Chelsea Gazette (1907-1941;1897-1904;1886-1888) Boston Public Library

The Weekly News (1988-1990) Boston Public Library

Winnisimmet Chronicle & Chelsea Advertiser (1847) Boston Public Library

Winnisimmet Chronicle (1838-1841) Boston Public Library

Winnisimmet Pioneer (1847-1848) Boston Public Library

Offline Newspapers for Chelsea

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.

Chelsea Gazette. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1886-1941

Chelsea Pioneer. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1848-1851

Chelsea Record. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1876-1895

Chelsea Record. ([Chelsea, Mass.) 1948-Current

Chelsea Telegraph and Pioneer. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1851-1857

Chelsea Telegraph. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1850-1851

Mystic Press. (Chelsea [Mass.]) 1869-1871

Winnisimmet Pioneer. (Chelsea, Mass.) 1847-1848

Chelsea Probate Records

1635-1991 Massachusetts Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Registers of probate for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts : 1639-1799 Ancestry online

Chelsea School Records

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Chelsea High School - Beacon Yearbook (Chelsea, MA), 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Chelsea High School yearbook, 1929, 1932, 1941, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1970 Classmates online

Chelsea High School yearbook, 1929, 1932, 1941, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chelsea High School yearbook, 1929, 1932, 1941, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chelsea High School, The beacon yearbook, 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012, 2013 Internet Archive online

St Rose High School yearbook, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Rose High School yearbook, 1978 Classmates online

St. Rose High School yearbook, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chelsea Tax Records

Chelsea (Mass.). Tax List, 1785 Archive Grid

Chelsea Tax Valuations 1780 Massachusetts State Library

Chelsea Tax Valuations 1784 Massachusetts State Library

Tax lists, 1755-1820, Chelsea (Mass.). Archive Grid



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