Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire Genealogy

Description
Wakefield, 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 Wakefield Town Office 2 High Street Sanbornville, NH 03872 Wakefield Town Office

Births

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1775-1821 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1775-1821 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * From 1785 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

 * 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
 * 1775-1821 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1947 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Divorce
For more resources see:

Town Reports
The town of Wakefield kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Wakefield 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

 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Carroll County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Wakefield Cemeteries List at FindAGrave

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 Wakefield, 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 Wakefield:

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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