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New Hampshire Area Key to Genealogical Records

Introduction

     One of the necessary tasks for all family history researcher is to learn about the history and the records for the States and Counties where their ancestors lived. My mother called this developing an "Area Key". In other words you need to know the territory. This page represents what I have located for an Area Key for New Hampshire so far.
    
Area Keys need to contain a little history, how the area began to be settled and organized, beginning dates of counties and parent counties, maps,  a list of towns, information about the state records including when various types of records such as vital records began to be kept, a list of repositories such as archives, libraries, and internet sources that contain records, publications and databases for the state and how we can gain access to them, and other statewide collections such as for church organizations and lineage societies.
     If you have ancestors in New Hampshire, you would be wise to make this make this Area Key one of your favorites so you can come back often. I hope you will find these pages helpful in locating your ancestors.
     Sincerely, Donna K. Clark

 

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New Hampshire Counties

Belknap Carroll Cheshire Coos
Grafton Hillsborough Merrimack Rockingham
Strafford Sullivan    

  

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New Hampshire Genealogical Publications
New Hampshire became a state in 1788.

New Hampshire Biography

1623-1660 Pioneers of Maine & New Hampshire 1623-1660 - CD by Heritage Books $
pub. 1928 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire - online at Ancestry.com $
pub. 1822-1824 Collections, Topographical, Historical and Biographical, Relating Principally to New Hampshire - CD by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Census

The following census links at Ancestry.com take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township.
1790 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1800 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1810 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1820 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1830 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1840 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1840 Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1840 - online at Ancestry.com $
1850 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules - online at Ancestry.com $
1860 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1870 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1880 U. S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1890 Veterans Schedules - online at Ancestry.com $
1900 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1910 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1920 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1930 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com $
1930 Census of Merchant Seamen - online at Ancestry.com $
1880 Census Finder - Free Census Records Online for New Hampshire - list of free census records online
     This site have a comprehensive directory of links to free census records available to you online. These links are for the United States including Native American Census Records, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

New Hampshire Court Records

1923-1947 New Hampshire Name Changes, 1923-1947 - book by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Gazetteer

pub. 1874 The Statistics and Gazetteer of NH, by Fogg - CD by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Genealogy

1620-1792 Genealogical Dictionary of 1st Settlers of New England, by Savage - free online text - free

New Hampshire History

Pub. 1851  History of the Irish Settlers in North America From the Earliest Period to the Census of 1850 - CD by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Land

1864-1918  U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918 - online at Ancestry.com $

New Hampshire Libraries

WORLD-WIDE www.FamilySearch.org - free index online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
     The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
    The web site also contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local, state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of U.S. statewide records can be viewed online including one for New Hampshire. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on the Find a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone.
WORLD-WIDE New Hampshire State Database - online at Ancestry.com $
     Ancestry.com began gathering, indexing, and placing genealogical records on the internet in the 1990's. Their collection not includes thousands of genealogical records and publications. Compared to how much they have and what you pay, the cost is reasonable. It is a great pleasure to find your ancestors in their databases. And now with their
Free Family Tree that you can establish on their site, their search engine can and will Search Billions of Names at Ancestry.com. All you have to do is enter a few names and a few dates and your on your way to discovering your ancestors. It is so easy, it is just plain fun.

New Hampshire Map

1895 U.S. Atlas (New Hampshire page) - free online
2000 New Hampshire State Map Collection - online at geology.com - free
     This page shows county outlines, elevations, rivers with names, a political map showing 15 county names, and a road map with the numbers of major highways.

New Hampshire Military

1917-1918  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Can search by given name, even middle name) - online at Ancestry.com $

New Hampshire Periodicals

pub. 1903-1910 The New Hampshire Genealogical Record Record, 1903-1910, Vol. 1-7 - CD by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Probate

1635-1753 New Hampshire Probate Records, 1635-1753 - online at Ancestry.com $
1635-1771 NH Provincial Probate Records 1635-1771 - CD by Heritage Books $
1742  New Hampshire Volume 4 (New Hampshire 1742 Estate List plus 4 more books) - CD by Heritage Books $

New Hampshire Settlers

1633-1699 New Hampshire Residents, 1633-1699, by Jay Mack Holbrook - book by Heritage Books $
1643-1709 Early Records of New Hampshire Families, originally published in NEHGR in 1853 - free online text on this site - free

New Hampshire Vital Records

1628-1865  Hopkins Family Marriage Records in the United States, 1628-1865 - online at Ancestry.com $
1937-present United States Social Security Death Index - online at RootsWeb free

  

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Towns and Cities in New Hampshire

 A             F    G       I    J             O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X   Y    Z   


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Albany, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA
Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA


B 

 

Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Bradford, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Brookfield, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


C 

 

Canterbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Center_Harbor, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Chatham, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA
Chickester, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Conway, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


D 

 

Derryfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Dorchester, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA


E 

 

Effingham, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA
Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA


F 

 

Fitzwilliam, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Freedom, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


G 

 

Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
 


H 

 

Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Hill, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA


K 

 

Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA


L 

 

Laconia, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Lakeport, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, USA
Litchfield, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA


M 

 

Madison, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA
Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Meredith, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Mont Vernon, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Moultonboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


N 

 

Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
Newfields, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
New Hampton, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Newport, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
Northfield, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA


O 

 

Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Ossipee, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


P 

 

Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Penacook, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA
Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA


R 

 

Randolph, Coos, New Hampshire, USA
Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA


S 

 

Salem, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Sunapee, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
Suncook, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA


T 

 

Tuftonboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


U 

 

Union, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA


W 

 

Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA
Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
Warner, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Warren, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Weirs Beach, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Wolfeborough, Carroll, New Hampshrie, USA

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