Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Kingston, New Hampshire at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns

 * Rockingham County: Brentwood | Danville | East Kingston | Exeter | Fremont | Hampstead | Newton | Plaistow

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office Kingston Town Office PO Box 716 Kingston, NH 03848 Kingston Town Office

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1681-1812 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1681-1823 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1681-1823 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1781-1849, 1890-1921 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1925 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1681-1812 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1681-1823 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1781-1849, 1890-1921 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1925 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1681-1812 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1681-1823 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1781-1849, 1890-1921 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1925 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Town Reports
The town of Kingston kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Kingston 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
 * Kingston Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Rockingham 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 Kingston, 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 Kingston:

City Directories

 * 1901-1913 New Hampshire, U.S., City Directories, Kingston at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

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

'''Early records.  Information about early residents of Kingston''' before 1680 may be found in Norfolk (old) County records. Norfolk (old) County was discontinued in 1680, but her records are still available. For more details about these early records see Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Kingston at HomeTownLocator
 * Kingston at FamilySearch Places
 * Kingston at Google Maps
 * Kingston at Mapcarta
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * New Hampshire Maps State Page
 * Old Maps of New Hampshire at Old-Maps.com
 * Rockingham County Map at Nhcounties.org

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * New Hampshire Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * New Hampshire Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * New Hampshire Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * New Hampshire Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Probate Records
New Hampshire Probate Records contains detailed information on New Hampshire probate records.