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.

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.

Births

 * are available online from FamilySearch.

Marriages

 * are available online from FamilySearch.

Deaths

 * are available online from FamilySearch.

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