Chelsea Genealogy (in Suffolk County, MA)

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Chelsea Birth Records

1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry

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

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

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3

Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea Cemetery Records

Percent Photographed Garden Cemetery Find a Grave

Chelsea Census Records

1855 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry

1865 Massachusetts State Census Ancestry

Census (Part 1) 1790 US Gen Web

Census (Part 2) 1790 US Gen Web

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Ancestry

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 MyHeritage

United States Federal Census, 1790-1940 Family Search

Chelsea Church Records

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea City Directories

Cambridge (Massachusetts) city directories Family History Library

Charlestown (Massachusetts) city directories Family History Library

Chelsea (Massachusetts) city directories Family History 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

Chelsea City Directory 1876 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1878 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1882 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1886 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1888 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1890 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1892 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1893 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1895 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1899 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1901 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1908 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1910 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1912 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1914 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1918 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1932 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1934 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1937 MyHeritage

Chelsea City Directory 1946 MyHeritage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea, Massachusetts, city directory, 1861 Internet Archive

City Directories, 1890 Census Substitute Ancestry

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

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

Chelsea Death Records

1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry

1841-1915 Massachusetts Death Records Ancestry

1901-1980 Massachusetts Death Index Ancestry

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

Death records, 1850-1899 Family History Library

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003 Ancestry

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea Histories and Genealogies

A documentary history of Chelsea 1624-1824 Ancestry

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

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

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

Seven generations : a story of Prattville and Chelsea Family History Library

Souvenir edition of the Chelsea Gazette : her history, her achievements, her opportunities Family History 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

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 Family History Library

The burning of Chelsea 1908 Internet Archive

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

Chelsea Immigration Records

Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 MyHeritage

Boston, Massachusetts, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891 MyHeritage

Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 Ancestry

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

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

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

Chelsea Land Records

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

Massachusetts Land Records Secretary of the Commonwealth

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

Registers of deeds for the county of Suffolk, Massachusetts, 1735-1900 Family History 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea Marriage Records

1620-1988 Massachusetts Town and Vital Records Ancestry

1841-1915 Massachusetts Marriages MyHeritage

1901-1955 and 1966-1970 Massachusetts Marriage Index Ancestry

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

Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915 Ancestry

Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850 Ancestry

Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (many towns) Ancestry

Massachusetts Vital Records Index 1841-1895 Fold3

Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Ancestry

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chelsea Military Records

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

Description book, 1861-1864 Family History Library

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

Chelsea Miscellaneous Records

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

Register of voters 1908 Internet Archive

Town records, vol. 1-4, 1738-1840 Family History Library

Chelsea Newspapers and Obituaries

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

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

Chelsea School Records

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

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

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

Chelsea High School yearbooks, 1929, 1932, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry

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

St. Rose High School yearbook, 1978 Classmates

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

Chelsea Tax Records

Chelsea Tax Valuations 1780 Massachusetts State Library

Chelsea Tax Valuations 1784 Massachusetts State Library


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