Barnstead, Belknap County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Barnstead, New Hampshire at Wikipedia

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Barnstead Town Clerk
PO Box 11 Center Barnstead, NH 03225 Barnstead Town Office

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1730-1849 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1820-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1730-1849 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1820-1871 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1820-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1730-1849 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1820-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Divorce
For more resources see:

Town Reports
Barnstead Records links to Death Records and Mortality Schedules, Births, Marriages and Deaths (from various sources), and Births, Marriages and Deaths (from Town Reports 1887-2000) and Census Records 1790-1880.

The town of Barnstead kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Barnstead kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Barnstead Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Belknap County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in New Hampshire were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about New Hampshire denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Barnstead, visit FamilySeaarch Places. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Barnstead:

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Military
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