New Hampshire Archives and Libraries

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

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New Hampshire
Allen County Public Library (Ft. Wayne IN)· American Antiquarian Society (Worcester MA)· American-Canadian Genealogical Society· Division of Archives and Records Management· Division of Vital Records Administration· Dover Public Library· Haverhill Public Library (Haverhill MA)· Massachusetts State Archives (Boston MA)· National Archives at Boston (Waltham MA)· Nashua Public Library· New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston MA)· New Hampshire Historical Society Library· New Hampshire State Library· University of New Hampshire Dimond Library· Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library (Barre VT)

National Repositories
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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
 * 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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New England Historic Genealogical Society
NEHGS 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only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850. The New Hampshire collection has great detail on some early families, unpublished family histories, and many town and county histories.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
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). (

Division of Vital Records Administration
DVRA N.H. Department of State 71 South Fruit Street Concord, NH 03301-2410 Telephone: 603-271-4650 Fax: 603-271-3447 E-mail: [mailto:vitalrecords@sos.nh.gov vitalrecords@sos.nh.gov] Website: Obtaining Certified Copies of Vital Records
 * To obtain certified NH vital records, complete the required application form, and send it to the DVRA, or visit your local City or Town Clerk and pay a search fee. New Hampshire has vital records since the early 1600s.

New Hampshire Historical Society Library
30 Park Street Concord, NH 03301 Telephone: 603-228-6688 E-mail: Contact Us form Website: New Hampshire Historical Society
 * 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
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.

American-Canadian Genealogical Society
4 Elm Street (P.O. Box 6478) Manchester, NH 03103-6478 USA Telephone: 603-622-1554 E-mail: [mailto:acgs@acgs.org acgs@acgs.org] Website: 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
73 Locust Street Dover, NH 03820 Telephone: 603-516-6082 Fax: 603-516-6053 E-mail: [mailto:library.dover.nh.gov library.dover.nh.gov] Website: Dover Public Library
 * Their excellent genealogical collection includes New Hampshire unpublished genealogies, printed books, indexes, cemetery transcripts, obituaries, and biographies.

Nashua Public Library
2 Court Street Nashua, NH 03060 Telephone: 603-589-4600 E-mail: Contact Us form Website: 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
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. The digital collection can be found on their website.



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
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
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
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 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.

FamilySearch Centers
Some of the above collections are partially duplicated at the FamilySearch Library and its branch FamilySearch Centers around the world. Most centers can help you by: There are several centers located in New Hampshire, for example:
 * Giving you limited, personal, one-on-one research suggestions (but they do not do research for you)
 * Providing access to genealogical records through the premium online Internet FamilySearch Center Portal.
 * Offering free how-to classes (varies by location)
 * Fostering contact between genealogical enthusiasts
 * Concord New Hampshire Family History Center 90 Clinton St. Concord NH 03301 USA Telephone: 603-225-2848.
 * Each center is staffed by volunteers and has varying hours and services. Telephone in advance to verify their hours.

To locate one of these 4,500 centers in your own neighborhood, see Find a Family History Center.