Belknap County, New Hampshire Genealogy

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County Courthouse
34 County Dr Laconia, NH 03246

History



 * Named for Dr. Jeremy Belknap, a renowned preacher, historian, and author of The History of New Hampshire.

Parent County
Created 22 December 1840 from Strafford County.

Populated Places
City:


 * Laconia

Towns:

Villages:

Neighboring Counties
Carroll | Grafton | Merrimack | Strafford

Archives and Libraries

 * Historical Records Survey (New Hampshire), Inventory of the county archives of New Hampshire, no. 1, Belknap County, (Manchester, New Hampshire : The Survey, 1938). Available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 1750733 Item 35.
 * Historical Records Survey (New Hampshire),Inventory of the county archives of New Hampshire, (Manchester, New Hampshire : The Survey, 1940). Database available online at ancestry.com$

Biography

 * Biographical Review Publishing Company, Biographical review containing life sketches of leading citizens of Belknap and Strafford Counties, New Hampshire, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969).  Available online at Internet Archive.  Also available at the Family History Library,  or FHL US/CAN Film 599185 Item 1.

Court

 * New Hampshire. Superior Court (Belknap County), Court judgements, 1841-1917; indexes to judgements, 1841-1921, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976, 1990).  Contains records of the Court of Common Pleas, 1841-1859; Supreme Judicial Court, 1855-1874; Circuit Court, 1874-1876; Supreme Court, 1876-1900; and Superior Court, 1901-1917.  In plaintiff indexes, volumes 1-5 are listed as volumes A-E.  Available at the Family History Library,

Directories

 * Laconia (New Hampshire) city directories, (Woodbridge, Connecticut : Research Publications, [199-?]).  Available at the Family History Library,
 * The town register Meredith, Tilton, Gilmanton, Sanbornton, Gilford, Belmont, New Hampton, 1908, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2008).   Available online at Internet Archive.  Also available at the Family History Library,

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Portsmouth,NH newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Belknap County communities.

Websites

 * The Belknap County NHGenWeb Project, an member of The NHGenWeb Project.
 * Linkpendium
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project backup site
 * Belmont, NH, Heritage Through the Years: Online resources for Belmont. Includes local histories, vital records, cemeteries, schools, war rosters and diaries. These are PDF images and require Adobe Acrobat.
 * Family History Library catalog for Belknap County
 * Belknap County, New Hampshire Genealogy and History