New Hampshire Cemeteries

Online Resources

 * Online New Hampshire Death Records &amp; Indexes
 * Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire ($)
 * New Hampshire, Find A Grave Index, 1692-2011
 * Find A Grave for New Hampshire
 * Interment.net for New Hampshire
 * Billion Graves for New Hampshire
 * at FamilySearch — index
 * New Horizons Genealogy New Hampshire Cemetery Database
 * A Very Grave Matter, scroll down on the left past Massachusetts and Maine
 * Cemetery Junction New Hampshire at D'Addezio
 * New Hampshire Cemeteries, Central New Hampshire Gravestone Photos
 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records
 * — index and images
 * — index and images

The following have significant cemetery listings for New Hampshire State:


 * Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.
 * This site frequently has tombstone images.
 * List of cemeteries in their database.
 * 1) Select the state, 2) pick a county, and 3) click Search. (There are too many cemeteries for a statewide list.)
 * Tip: To switch to a different county, click Cemetery Lookup under Actions at the left.
 * When you have a list, click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.


 * Web: New Hampshire, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 Free at Ancestry.com ($) State.


 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records A growing collection of New Hampshire Cemetery Records organized by location.


 * BillionGraves Name Search. Replace the Smith surname in the pale orange form and click Search
 * Lists of cemeteries, "Filter by county" to see the list of cemeteries in their database.

A Very Grave Matterhas photographs and documentation of gravestones of local Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire cemeteries with history and genealogy of early ancestors who settled New England.


 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records (at LDS Genealogy): Cemetery inscriptions organized by county and city.


 * Names in Stone allows you to search for graves alphabetically or by cemetery; see grave photos and surrounding burials together on a map; flag records of interest to receive e-mail update notices.


 * D'Addezio lists cemeteries alphabetically with links to other New Hampshire cemetery sites.


 * Interment.net is arranged by county, then by cemetery, with alphabetical grave transcripts. Often incomplete lists.


 * Tombstone Transcription Project (NHGenWeb) gives cemetery locations and grave transcripts arranged by county. May have several lists per county. Most names indexed in a county search engine on a separate page.


 * FamilySearch Historical Records. New Hampshire, Manchester, Hillsborough County, Cemetery Records has digitized books of several cemeteries in Manchester. Description of records.


 * WorldCat has a billion catalog records in 57,000 libraries worldwide on many subjects.


 * FamilySearch Catalog describes items in the FHL collection. Most microfilms and microfiche can be ordered at thousands of Family History Centers worldwide.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

New Hampshire, Manchester, Hillsborough County, Cemetery Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Published Transcriptions
Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes have insignia or symbols that provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in a service or fraternal organization. Nearby markers may help identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents.

The New Hampshire Historical Society has an extensive collection of cemetery records. Use the historical society’s Internet site for a catalog listing of this collection. In the search box you can type the name of the city or town plus the word cemetery. Some records have been microfilmed and are at the Family History Library. , contain some of these cemetery records with various authors, publishers, and computer numbers. Other collections include:


 * Goss, Mrs. Charles C. Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire: Published by the Historic Activities Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, From Collections Made by Committees From 1913 to 1942. (Dover, New Hampshire: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, 1942). It is indexed in:


 * Hazelton, Mrs. Frances Herber. Colonial Gravestones, State of New Hampshire, Index. Typescript, 1991. (.)


 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The New England Mission. Cemetery Records of New Hampshire. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960). Names are alphabetically arranged within each cemetery listed. (Family History Library .)

A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts, and the book and film numbers to locate them at the Family History Library as of 1988, is:


 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah). Index to United States Cemeteries. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988). (Family History Library films 1206468-94.).

An additional source for New Hampshire cemetery records is:

New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association Portsmouth Atheneum Library 9 Market Square Portsmouth, NH 03801 Telephone: 603-431-2538

Portsmouth Public Library 175 Parrott Avenue Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 766-1723 libinfo@cityofportsmouth.com www.cityofportsmouth.com/library