Carroll County, New Hampshire Genealogy

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County Courthouse
PO Box 152 County Administration Building Ossipee, NH 03864-0152

History



 * Named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832) was a delegate to the Continental Congress and later United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was the longest lived signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Continental Congress. He lived to age 95.

Parent County
Created 22 December 1840 from Strafford County.

Populated Places
Towns:

Township:


 * Hale's Location

Villages:

Neighboring Counties
Belknap | Coos | Grafton | Strafford | Maine counties: Oxford | York

Cemeteries

 * Carroll County Cemeteries, hosted by Findagrave, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Carroll County Cemetery List, hosted by epodunk, (accesssed 20 August 2011).

Gazetteers

 * Carroll County Town Descriptions from Merrill's Gazetteer of New Hampshire (1817),(accessed 20 August 2011).

Local Histories

 * History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, hosted by New Hampshire Genealogy Trails, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Wiley, Benjamin G., Incidents in White Mountain history, together with many interesting anecdotes illustrating life in the backwoods, (Boston: N.Noyes; Dover, N.H., E. J. Lane; 1856). IOnline book at Internet Archives.

Maps

 * Map of Carroll County, New Hampshire 1861, (accessed 20 August 2011).

Civil War

 * History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, by Georgia Drew Merrill - Chapter XVII - Military Affairs in Carroll County Prior to 1860 - Soldiers in the Rebellion 1861-1865. See pages 134-185.

World War II

 * Carroll County, New Hampshire World War II Casualties Army and Air Force, (accessed 20 August 2011).

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.
 * Wolfeborough, New Hampshire Marriages Nov. 1789 to July 1854, (accessed 20 August 2011). From: History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire  By: Benjamin Franklin Parker  Published by the town, 1901 Surnames Starting with A to K
 * Wolfeborough, New Hampshire Marriages Nov. 1789 to July 1854, (accessed 20 August 2011). From: History of Wolfeborough, New Hampshire  By: Benjamin Franklin Parker  Published by the town, 1901 Surnames Starting with L to Y

Deaths

 * are available online from FamilySearch.

Societies and Libraries

 * Carroll County Public Libraries, (accessed 20 August 2011).
 * Carroll County Historical Societies, (accessed 20 August 2011).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wolfeboro New Hampshire Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Family History Library catalog for Carroll County
 * The Carroll County NHGenWeb Project, an member of The NHGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Carroll County
 * Carroll County, New Hampshire Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Carroll County, New Hampshire, hosted by epodunk, (accessed 20 August 2011).