Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Lyme, 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 Lyme Town Office PO Box 126 Lyme, NH 03768 Lyme Town Office

Vital Records
Many vital records were destroyed in an 1872 fire. However, the town clerk has some substitute records for birth, marriage, and burial information.

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1872-1905 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1872-1925 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1872-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1872-1925 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1824-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1872-1925 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Town Reports
The town of Lyme kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. The following links list years when Lyme 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

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Grafton County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Lyme Cemeteries List at FindAGrave

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 Lyme, visit FamilySearch 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 Lyme:

Local Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town

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

Military
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