Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Newton, New Hampshire at Wikipedia

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

Adjacent Towns

 * Rockingham County: East Kingston | Kingston | Plaistow | South Hampton
 * Massachusetts: Essex County: Amesbury | Haverhill | Merrimac

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office Newton Town Office PO Box 378 Newton, NH 03858 Newton Town Office

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1732-1897 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1800-1998 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1836-1893, 1904-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1850-1880 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1732-1897 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1800-1998 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1836-1893, 1904-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1850-1880 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1869-1889 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1889-1903 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1732-1897 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1800-1998 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1836-1893, 1904-1916 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1850-1880 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Town Reports
The town of Newton kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Newton 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
 * Newton 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 Newton, 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 Newton:

City Directories

 * 1901,1912 New Hampshire, U.S., City Directories, Newton 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

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Newton:
 * 1732-1897 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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

'''Early records.  Information about early residents of Newton''' 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
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Probate Records
New Hampshire Probate Records contains detailed information on New Hampshire probate records.