Rollinsford, Strafford County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Rollinsford, New Hampshire at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns
Maine: York Co.:  Berwick | Eliot | South Berwick
 * Strafford County:  Dover | Somersworth

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

Rollinsford Town Clerk
Rollinsford Town Office PO Box 309 Rollinsford, NH 03869 Website

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1747 to 1778 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1747 to 1778 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1747 to 1778 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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

City Directories

 * 1936-1937 New Hampshire, U.S., City Directories, Rollinsford 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

Information about early residents of Rollinsford 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

Military
Searchable by Town WWII

The town of Rollinsford kept annual town reports for Veterans of WWII under Deaths