New Hampshire, United States Genealogy

United States New Hampshire

Guide to New Hampshire ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records

Welcome to New Hampshire, the Granite State State Motto: "Live Free or Die"

Counties
Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here. Extinct or Renamed Jurisdictions:  Albany· Dominion of New England· Massachusetts Bay Colony· Norfolk (old)· Washington

Major Repositories
New Hampshire State Archives· New Hampshire Historical Society· New Hampshire State Library· American-Canadian Genealogical Society· Allen County Public Library· New England Historic Genealogical Society· National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)

Migration Routes
Connecticut River · Merrimack River · Saco River · Kennebunk Road · King's Highway Most unique genealogical features:


 * Massachusetts has many NH records for the years 1641-1679 when the two areas were under the same jurisdiction.
 * In NH the main record keeper is the town clerk. You will find vital records in the town records A knowledge of town records and townships is critical for NH research.
 * Many statewide NH birth, marriage, and death records are found in Record Search
 * Land records and probate records are found at the county level.
 * Town histories with good genealogies are abundant in New Hampshire
 * Many pre-Revolutionary War court records are now at the New Hampshire State Archives in Concord.
 * The New Hampshire State Historical Society has a large collection of published genealogy books. See their catalogwhere you can type in the surname of the family, or the name of a town, to see what they have. They have a booklet that is a surname guide to the genealogies. (See the Town Histories section below.)
 * New Hampshire Genealogy and Historywebsite is an extensive guide which provides a clickable map taking you to detailed resources for every county in New Hampshire as well as many of the towns. It also provides links to online resources, maps, gazetteers, message boards, surname lists, vital records, land records, cemetery records and much more.

Featured Content
The New Hampshire State Papers is a 40 volume set of resources with information for New Hampshire researchers. It includes information about the founding of towns, early families, Revolutionary War service rolls, probate record abstracts (1635-1771), court records (1640-1692), and a multitude of other information valuable to the genealogist. To begin your search in this valuable resource click here.

The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire, 1875 has been scanned and is available online. This has an abundance of information on the early history of the state. Starting on page 47, it has a short description of every town in the state as it was in 1875.

Did you know?

 * Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence from Mother England -- a full six months before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
 * The highest wind speed recorded at ground level is at Mt. Washington, on April 12, 1934. The winds were three times as fast as those in most hurricanes.
 * New Hampshire is the only state that ever played host at the formal conclusion of a foreign war. In 1905, Portsmouth was the scene of the treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War.
 * The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field in 1719.
 * In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was established in Peterborough.

Research Tools

 * The *New Hampshire GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
 * State of New Hampshire Archives and Records Management offers databases, transcribed records, and a social network for New Hampshire researchers.
 * www.newhampshire-genealogy.com/ is another great source for information.
 * www.nh.gov/nhsl/ New Hampshire state library.
 * David Rumsey Map Collection is a large online collection of rare, old, antique historical atlases, globes, maps, charts plus other cartographic treasures.
 * New Hampshire County Creation Dates and Parent Counties[[Image:New Hampshire flag.png|right|180px|New Hampshire flag.png]]

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:


 * New Hampshire Birth Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * New Hampshire Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * New Hampshire Statewide Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * New Hampshire Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * New Hampshire Marriage Records ( FamilySearch Historical Records)

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 * Call or chat with an experienced researcher
 * Join a Facebook Group
 * Consult a Professional Genealogist

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