Carroll County, New Hampshire Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Carroll County Courthouse Rt 171 Ossipee, NH 03864 Phone: 603.539.7751 Clerk Court has divorce and court records from 1859; Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death and burial records; Probate Judge has probate records; Register of Deeds has land records

Towns Organized Before 1800: Albany 1766, Brookfield 1794, Chatham 1767, Conway 1765, Eaton 1766, Effingham 1788, Moultonborough 1777, Ossipee 1785, Sandwich 1768, Tamworth 1766, Tuftonborough 1795, Wakefield 1774, Wolfeborough 1770

History



 * Named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the longest lived signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congress. He lived to age 95.

Parent County
Created 22 December 1840 from Strafford County.

Populated Places
Towns:

Township:


 * Hale's Location

Villages:

Neighboring Counties
Belknap | Coos | Grafton | Strafford | Maine counties: Oxford | York

Cemeteries

 * Carroll County Cemeteries, hosted by Findagrave, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Carroll County Cemetery List, hosted by epodunk, (accesssed 20 August 2011).

Cemetery Records: Courtesy of the Conway Public Library


 * Albany, NH Cemeteries Records Database
 * Brownfield, Maine Cemetery Records Database
 * Conway, NH Cemeteries Records Database
 * Eaton, NH Cemetrey Records Database
 * Fryeburg, Maine Cemetery Records and other Fryeburg genealogy sources


 * The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association has the most complete list of cemeteries. This list is available athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhoga.
 * The Findagrave organization provides a way for you to request that a volunteer will take a photograph of a gravestone. Often a volunteer will respond and will e-mail you the photo and add it to the web site.
 * If the above internet sources do not list your ancestor's name, you may wish to contact the cemetery sexton, town clerk, town library, or town historical society. Also check the Family History Library Catalog at www.familysearch.org, since the records may have been microfilmed.

Census
Censuses for 1790 through 1940, except for the 1890 population schedules, are available on several internet sites. The site www.familysearch.org is currently indexing many of these census records. Volunteers are needed! Check with familysearch.org about many indexing opportunities.

The 1890 census, except for the list of Civil War veterans or their widows, was destroyed by a fire in Washington, D. C. in 1921. An interesting help for 1890 is the Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire, published in 1892 in Boston by the D. H. Hurd Company. The atlas has maps for almost every city, town, and village in New Hampshire. The maps show the locations of homes, and the map gives the name of the person living in the home. The above web site is from the University of New Hampshire Library.

Note: the 1890 census veterans' schedules for New Hampshire were preserved. They list Civil War veterans or their widows, and are available at ancestry.com.

Church
If you know the name of the town or city, and the denomination, you may wish to contact the local town historical society. They may be able to send you the names and addresses of churches of that denomination for the town.

Or, if you know the town of residence and the ancestor's denomination, see the Church Records section in the general information for New Hampshire. That section lists archives and other record keepers for the various religious denominations.

If you do not know the denomination, search for a marriage record. This may give the name of the minister. Then you can contact a historical society and learn at which church he was the minister. Also search for an obituary, which may mention the church the person attended. The death certificate may list the name of the cemetery. You can then write to the cemetery and ask if it is affiliated with a local church. The death certificate may mention the funeral home. Their file may have the name of the church, cemetery, or a copy of the obituary. Also, relatives might know the denomination.

Different churches contain a variety of types of records. Many churches keep baptism, marriage, and burial records. Sometimes birth and death information is included. The church records of brothers and sisters, etc. may give clues.

Court
Carroll County court records are kept at the courthouse at Ossipee, New Hampshire. Some records may begin in 1841 when the county was established from Strafford and Grafton counties. For information before 1841 see the wiki sections for those counties.

The Family History Library has microfilms of the following Carroll County court records:

Supreme Court, 1861-1876 and 1876-1901

Circuit Court 1874-1876

Superior Court 1901-1916

Court Judgements 1861-1916

The records include plaintiff and defendant indexes for 1859-1897, and 1897-1928.

Some New Hampshire counties are transferring their county records to the New Hampshire State Archives in Concord, New Hampshire. You may wish to contact the County Clerk or State Archives to learn if records have been transferred.,

Gazetteers

 * Carroll County Town Descriptions from Merrill's Gazetteer of New Hampshire (1817),(accessed 20 August 2011).
 * See the Gazetteers section in the New Hampshire wiki article for information about several early New Hampshire gazetteers.

Genealogy - How to get started?
1. Check new.familysearch.org and see if your ancestor's information is listed there.

2. Check familysearch.org and see if your family's vital records of births, marriages, and deaths are listed.

3. Check familysearch.org and see if your family is listed on the U. S. census records of 1850-1940. You can also see those censuses at the Family History Center using Heritage Quest, and ancestry.com.

4. If you know the county where your ancestor lived, take a look at the free internet site www.usgenweb.com. A volunteer helper gathers information about ancestors who lived in that county. You might find biographies, cemetery records, deeds, obituaries, queries, vital records, etc. You can leave a query.

5. If you know the town where they lived, look for a town history with a genealogical section. See the section below for how to find out if there is a town history.

6. Read the wiki articles on Carroll County, and on New Hampshire, for ideas of sources. Study the Records Selection Table in the New Hampshire article. This can help you think of new sources to try.

7. Enter your ancestor's information on new.familysearch.org., genforum.com, or ancestry.com. You can also share your quest with the local historical society, genealogical socieety, or town library and ask for help. Send them a family group form and a pedigree chart.

Genealogy - Town Histories often have Genealogical Sections
For Carroll County the Family History Library has genealogical books or manuscripts for the following towns:

Conway - There is an alphabetical genealogical collection on six microfilms.

Eaton - There is the Keith Henney Family Records Card File, 1760-1947 on one film.

Tamworth - A collection is available on one microfilm with forms sent out by the town clerk to be completed by families.

Tuftonboro - A history book was written by John William Hayley in 1923. It has over 1100 pages and very likely has genealogies. The Family History Library has the book. It is not on film.

Wakefield - There is a film with various records compiled about 1949 by members of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

NOTE: For most of the towns in Carroll County, the birth records to 1900, and marriage and death records to 1947, are on microfilms or in book form available through the Family History Library. These include Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonboroough, Ossipee, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.

Local Histories

 * History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, hosted by New Hampshire Genealogy Trails, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Wiley, Benjamin G., Incidents in White Mountain history, together with many interesting anecdotes illustrating life in the backwoods, (Boston: N.Noyes; Dover, N.H., E. J. Lane; 1856). IOnline book at Internet Archives.

Maps

 * Map of Carroll County, New Hampshire 1861, (accessed 20 August 2011).

Civil War

 * History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, by Georgia Drew Merrill - Chapter XVII - Military Affairs in Carroll County Prior to 1860 - Soldiers in the Rebellion 1861-1865. See pages 134-185.


 * Civil War service men from Carroll County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are many companies or regiments that were formed from men of Carroll County.


 * - 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company F.
 * - 3rd Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company G.
 * - 4th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company D.
 * - 5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company H.
 * - 6th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company D.
 * - 8th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company I.
 * - 11th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company C.
 * - 12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Companies G and K.
 * - 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry, Company A.

World War II

 * Carroll County, New Hampshire World War II Casualties Army and Air Force, (accessed 20 August 2011).

Vital Records
Certified copies of of birth, death, and marriage records are available from the State Division of Vital Records Administration or from the local city and town clerk where the event took place. Original records are kept by the city or town clerk and copies are sent to the state.

In 1905, when the state created the Bureau of Vital Records and Health, printed cards were distributed to the local clerks and earlier vital records were transcribed onto the cards and submitted to the state.

NOTE: For most of the towns in Carroll County, the birth records to 1900, and marriage and death records to 1947, are on microfilms or in book form available through the Family History Library. These include Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonboroough, Ossipee, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro.

Births

 * are available online from FamilySearch.

Courtesy of the Conway Public Library and constructed from the Annual Reports for the Town of Conway:


 * Births: Begins in 1880 - 2010

Marriages

 * are available online from FamilySearch.
 * Marriage: Begins in 1880 (Some marriage are prior to 1880) - 1991
 * Wolfeborough, New Hampshire Marriages Nov. 1789 to July 1854, (accessed 20 August 2011). From: History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire  By: Benjamin Franklin Parker  Published by the town, 1901 Surnames Starting with A to K
 * Wolfeborough, New Hampshire Marriages Nov. 1789 to July 1854, (accessed 20 August 2011). From: History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire  By: Benjamin Franklin Parker  Published by the town, 1901 Surnames Starting with L to Y

Deaths

 * are available online from FamilySearch.
 * Deaths: Begins in 1880 - 2010

Societies and Libraries

 * Carroll County Public Libraries, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Carroll County Historical Societies, (accessed 20 August 2011).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wolfeboro New Hampshire Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Family History Library catalog for Carroll County
 * The Carroll County NHGenWeb Project, an member of The NHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Carroll County
 * Carroll County, New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Carroll County, New Hampshire, hosted by epodunk, (accessed 20 August 2011).