New Hampshire Census

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Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of New Hampshire, click here

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of New Hampshire, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses
New Hampshire took early listing of individuals that will help locate family members. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.


 * Census of New Hampshire, for the years 1767-1775 FHL US/CAN Film 983687


 * 1776 State census of men over age 21 who declared their Revolutionary War position.

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing New Hampshire censuses, click here.

Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types