Archdiocese of Boston: new browsable records from Canton, Chelsea, Framingham and Winthrop

Chelsea, from Winthrop, Mass. by Louis K. Harlow, 1888 (L. Prang & Co., publisher; Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Today we’ve added 30 new volumes and updated 9 volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from 6 parishes across the archdiocese. This update adds over 2,600 new pages to browse.

The new and updated parishes include St. John the Evangelist (Canton), Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea), St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea), St. Stanislaus (Chelsea), St. Stephen (Framingham) and St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop).

If you need help navigating the image-only collection, please consult our webinar, Archdiocese of Boston Catholic Records Project: We’re Expanding! 

We’d like to thank Sam Sturgis for his help making these parishes available online.

The new volumes in Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1920 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 either in their complete form or with the records up to December 31, 1920:

St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Baptisms, 1859-1901*
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Baptisms, 1901-1908
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Confirmations, 1867-1920*
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Marriages, 1861-1901*
St. John the Evangelist (Canton) Marriages, 1901-1908


Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1912-1920
Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1914-1920
Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea) Deaths, 1912-1920
Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea) First Communions, 1911-1920
Our Lady of the Assumption (Chelsea) Marriages, 1912-1920


St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1897-1902*

St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Baptism Converts, 1910-1920
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) Marriages, 1888-1912*
St. Rose of Lima (Chelsea) Marriages, 1913-1920


St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1907-1911
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1911-1916
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Baptisms, 1916-1920
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1912
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Confirmations, 1912-1920
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Deaths, 1907-1918
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Deaths, 1918-1920
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Marriages, 1907-1912
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Marriages, 1912-1920
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Register, 1911
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Various, 1905-1906
St. Stanislaus (Chelsea) Various, 1907-1918


St. Stephen (Framingham) Baptisms, 1877-1920*
St. Stephen (Framingham) Baptisms, 1887-1901*
St. Stephen (Framingham) Baptisms, 1902-1920
St. Stephen (Framingham) Confirmations, 1888-1920*
St. Stephen (Framingham) Marriages, 1887-1920*


St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Baptisms, 1907-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Marriages, 1907-1920
St. John the Evangelist (Winthrop) Sick Calls, 1915-1920

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