Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Genealogy

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History



 * named for Wills Hill, the Viscount Hillsborough who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time.

Parent County

 * Created 19 March 1771 from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * Northern part of county set off to create Merrimack County in 1823.

Populated Places
Cities:

Towns:

Villages:

Neighboring Counties
Cheshire | Merrimack | Rockingham | Sullivan | Massachusetts counties: Essex | Middlesex | Worcester

Civil War

 * Amherst in the great civil conflict of 1861-65, compiled by Edward D. Boylston - Available on microfiche at the Family History Library.
 * History and Genealogy of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire - Military Record 1861-65
 * History of Bedford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire - Participants of the Civil War, see page 281.
 * History of Brookline, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire - Lists participants in the Civil War.
 * Manchester men soldiers and sailors in the Civil War, 1861-'66, by George C. Gilmore - Online Book - Also available on microfiche at the Family History Library.


 * Milford in the Great War: Memorial Book by Milford Memorial Book Committee (Milford, NH: Town of Milford, 1922) (digitized book). NOTE: although the cover reads Milford in the World War 1917-1918, the title page reads Milford in the Great War: Memorial Book.

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Portsmouth newspapers (1898-2007), The Lowell Sun (Massachusetts), and Fitchburg newspapers (Massachusetts) covering local news that included residents from Hillsborough County communities.

Web Sites

 * The Hillsborough County NHGenWeb Project, an member of The NHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Hillsborough County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Hillsborough County (backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Hillsborough County
 * Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)