Archdiocese of Boston: St. Rose of Lima in Chelsea now searchable

Detail from “City of Chelsea with the location of its churches, schools and principal industries”, 1892. St. Rose is located to the right of the red star. (http://maps.bpl.org, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added seven new volumes and updated two volumes in Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St. Rose of Lima in Chelsea. This update adds over 16,900 records and over 67,200 names to search.

St. Rose of Lima was the first Catholic church established in Chelsea; the church building was dedicated in 1865. 

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making this parish available online.

The new volumes are listed below. Volumes with an asterisk have been updated. Previously they were truncated to only display records from before January 1, 1901. Now they are presented on our site in their complete form:

St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1897-1902*
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1902-1906
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1906-1912
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1912-1916
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1916-1920
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1908-1920
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Convert Baptisms, 1910-1920
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Marriages, 1888-1912*
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Marriages, 1913-1920

Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.