New Hampshire Archives and Libraries

United States New Hampshire  Archives and Libraries

These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New Hampshire.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in New Hampshire
Allen County Public Library· American Antiquarian Society· American-Canadian Genealogical Society· Division of Archives and Records Management· Dover Public Library· Haverhill Public Library· Massachusetts State Archives· National Archives at Boston· Nashua Public Library· New England Historic Genealogical Society· New Hampshire Historical Society Library· New Hampshire State Library· University of New Hampshire Dimond Library· Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library

Online Records of New Hampshire
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National Archives at Boston
National Archives at Boston 380 Trapelo Road Waltham, MA 02452-6399 Phone: (781) 663-0130 Fax: (781) 663-0154 E-mail: [mailto:waltham.archives@nara.gov waltham.archives@nara.gov] Website: National Archives at Boston
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 * The National Archives at Boston has Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont documents, photos, and maps of 80 federal agencies, War of 1812, fortifications, coastal facilities, World War II research at Harvard and MIT, federal bankruptcy courts, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Navy, Coast Guard, westward expansion, ethnology, genealogy, Revolutionary War, Civil War, captured German records, territorial papers, censuses, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, Canadian border crossings.

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 * [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|230px|NEHGS at 101 Newbury St in Boston]]

New England Historic Genealogical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231 Fax:  617-536-7307 E-mail:  [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] Website: AmericanAncestors.org


 * Best overall collection for New England vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850. The New Hampshire collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.


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Division of Archives and Records Management
Division of Archives and Records Management New Hampshire Department of State 71 South Fruit Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Telephone: 603-271-2236 Fax: 603-271-2272 Website: Division of Archives and Records Management


 * They hold the original town and state records.
 * Guide to Archives is alphabetical by subject matter found in the collections and publications.
 * New Hampshire. Department of State. Division of Records Management and Archives. Guide to Early Documents (c. 1680–c. 1900) is an inventory of documents at the New Hampshire Records Management and Archives Center. (Concord, N.H.: Division of Records Management, 1981). (

New Hampshire Historical Society Library
New Hampshire Historical Society Library


 * Clearly the best genealogical collection in the state including town, county, and state histories, church records, deeds 1640-1770, maps, unpublished genealogies, newspapers, and a 30,000 card index of NH notables.

New Hampshire State Library
New Hampshire State Library 20 Park Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Telephone: 603-271-6823 or 2144 Fax: 603-271-2205 Website: Genealogy and New Hampshire History


 * They have nearly all published histories and genealogies for New Hampshire.
 * New Hampshire Genealogy and History at Searchroots, covers all the major record groups and has numerous links to online resources. It even has detailed guides to every county and many towns in the state.

New Hampshire GenWeb Genealogy and History Project This site has transcriptions of censuses from drop down menu, and more.

American-Canadian Genealogical Society
American-Canadian Genealogical Society


 * They have the Drouin Collection of Roman Catholic church records of Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick, a good collection of New Brunswick censuses, and limited material from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. They also have a good New Hampshire and New England marriage collection, PRDH vitial events to 1800, Loiselle, Rivest, and Tanguay.

Dover Public Library
Dover Public Library


 * Their excellent genealogical collection includes New Hampshire unpublished genealogies, printed books, indexes, cemetery transcripts, obituaries, and biographies.

Nashua Public Library
Nashua Public Library


 * Their nice genealogy collection is housed in one room. They have northern New England books, family folders, cemetery transcripts, obituaries, and manuscripts.

University of New Hampshire Dimond Library
University of New Hampshire Dimond Library Dimond Library Special Collections 18 Library Way Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Telephone: 603-862-2714 E-mail: Ask a librarian contact form Website: University of New Hampshire Library


 * The Dimond Library is a federal and state depository, and houses special collections with genealogical and family papers sources.



Allen County Public Library
Allen County Public Library 900 Library Plaza Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 Telephone: 260-421-1225 E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info] Website: Genealogy Center ACPL


 * This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche. It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and New Hampshire collection.

American Antiquarian Society
American Antiquarian Society 185 Salisbury Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634 Telephone: 508-755-5221 Fax: 508-753-3311 E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org] Website: American Antiquarian Society


 * Best known for its U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. They have New Hampshire vital records, newspapers, and town histories. One of the best genealogy centers in America.

Haverhill Public Library
Haverhill Public Library 99 Main Street Haverhill, Massachusetts 01830 Telephone: 978-373-1586 E-mail: [mailto:hpl-ref@mvlc.org hpl-ref@mvlc.org] Website: Haverhill Public Library Special Collections


 * One of New England's largest collections of original manuscripts, books, genealogical periodicals, and surname folders, local history collection, genealogy databases, Massachusetts vital records to 1910, federal and state censuses, 9,000 New England town and family histories. Their collection of New England and New Hampshire sources is larger than most.



Massachusetts State Archives
Massachusetts State Archives 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Phone: (617) 727–2816 E-mail: [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us ] Website: Massachusetts State Archives


 * The Massachusetts Archives Index, aka "Colonial Index" lists nearly every New England immigrant including those who settled New Hampshire.

Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library
Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street Barre, Vermont 05641 Telephone: 802-479-8500 E-mail: [mailto:info@vermonthistory.org info@vermonthistory.org] Website: Vermont History Center


 * VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents, many of whom migrated from New Hampshire.