New Hampshire Descendancy Research

Step 1. Find descendants in every possible census record, 1850-1950, online.
Census records, widely indexed, are a fast way to identify members of families, their approximate year of birth, and the state where they were born. That information hints where to look for birth, marriage, and death records for more detailed information. One disadvantage is they are 10 years apart. Children born and dying within that 10-year span can be overlooked. - For more information on census records, see New Hampshire Census and United States Census.

Step 2: Find birth, marriage, and death records online.

 * Government records are known as civil registration or vital records. They provide full dates and places. They are sometimes indexed, and can be searched by child or parent names.
 * They were kept by the state of New Hampshire statewide beginning in 1901. Official records of births, marriages, and deaths occurring in each New Hampshire town or city have been kept by town clerks since the early 1600s.
 * They are especially useful because they name other family members, For example, marriage records name the parents of the bride and groom. Death records are especially helpful because they name parents, who lived years earlier, even before other records were kept.

Births
 * pre 1900: at FamilySearch; index & images
 * 1631-1920: New Hampshire Birth Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1654-1969: New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages at American Ancestors; index & images($)
 * 1659-1900: New Hampshire Birth Index at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1714-1904: at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($)
 * 1901-1909: at FamilySearch; index & images

Marriages
 * pre 1700: US New England Marriages at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1637-1947: at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($)
 * 1637-1964: US Marriages at Findmypast; index & images($)
 * 1654-1969: New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages at American Ancestors; index & images($)
 * 1659-1947: New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1700-1971: New Hampshire Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1720-1920: at FamilySearch; index only
 * 1770-1961: New Hampshire Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1948-1959: at FamilySearch; index & images

Deaths 
 * 1650-1969: New Hampshire Death Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1654-1947: at FamilySearch; index & images
 * 1654-1949: New Hampshire Death and Burial Records Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
 * 1654-1969: New Hampshire: Births, Deaths and Marriages at American Ancestors; index & images($)
 * 1754-1947: New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Records at Ancestry; index & images($)
 * 1784-1949: at FamilySearch; index & images
 * 1935-2014: US Social Security Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
 * 1936-2007: US Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; index only ($)
 * 1938-1959: at FamilySearch; index & images
 * 1962 forward: at FamilySearch; index only

For more information on birth, marriage, and death records in New Hampshire, see How to Find New Hampshire Birth Records, How to Find New Hampshire Marriage Records, and How to Find New Hampshire Death Records.

Step 3: '''Try to find additional details about descendants in obituaries and cemetery records online.
These records can be especially useful for details about births and deaths that took place before 1901. Frequently, family members are buried near each other. FindAGrave, often lists details, not even listed on the tombstone, but added to the website by family members or researchers. - Obituaries Cemeteries
 * 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Online New Hampshire Death Records & Indexes
 * Archives.com Obituaries for New Hampshire ($)
 * Genealogy Bank
 * United States Obituary Collection for New Hampshire at Ancestry ($)
 * New Hampshire Obituaries
 * Find-A-Grave
 * at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current at Ancestry
 * Billion Graves
 * at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * BillionGraves Index at Findmypast ($)
 * Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire at Ancestry ($)
 * at FamilySearch - How to Use This Collection
 * New Hampshire Cemeteries at Rootsweb Freepages
 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records at A Very Grave Matter — listed below Massachusetts and Maine.
 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records at AccessGenealogy
 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records at Interment
 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records at New Horizons Genealogy
 * Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections, 1650-2000 at American Ancestors ($)
 * New Hampshire Tombstone Transcription Project at USGenWeb Transcription Project
 * Online New Hampshire Obituary and Cemetery Indexes at DeathIndexes
 * Upper Valley Jewish Community Cemetery in Nevada at Find-A-Grave
 * Hebrew Cemeteries in New Hampshire at Find-A-Grave
 * New Hampshire Jewish Cemetery Project at International Jewish Cemetery Project

For more information, see New Hampshire Obituaries and New Hampshire Cemeteries.

Step 4: Explore Historical Images for additional online records about descendants.
Records collected and digitized by FamilySearch can all be found through their Historical Images feature.
 * New Hampshire, United States Historical Images, New Version
 * New Hampshire, United States Historical Images, Old Version

Step 5: Search any other online records listed in New Hampshire Online Genealogy Records.
The steps given here are intended to list record sources which can most efficiently identify descendants. Many other online records which might or might not mention descendants are listed in the New Hampshire Online Genealogy Records page, including immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, and probate records, and others. These can be records that cover a smaller group within the population, such as men who served in the military, etc.
 * New Hampshire Online Genealogy Records