Columbia, Coös County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Columbia, New Hampshire at Wikipedia

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office Columbia Town Office PO Box 157 Colebrook, NH 03576 Columbia Town Office

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1797-1829 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1797-1829 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1797-1829 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Town Reports
The town of Columbia kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Columbia kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Columbia Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Coös County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in New Hampshire were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about New Hampshire denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Columbia, visit FamilySearch Places. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Columbia:

City Directories

 * 1928,1932 New Hampshire, U.S., City Directories, Columbia at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Columbia:
 * 1797-1829 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Local Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Military
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