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COUNTY information (below)	Year Created	Parent County	County Seat	For Individual Town Information/Site
Belknap	1840	Strafford, Merrimack	Laconia	Learn more about Belknap County
Carroll	1840	Strafford	Ossipee	Learn more about Carroll County
Cheshire	1771	Original County	Keene	Learn more about Cheshire Co
Coos	1803	Grafton	Lancaster	Learn more about Coos County
Grafton	1771	Original County	Woodsville	Learn more about Grafton County
Hillsborough	1771	Original County	Nashua & Manchester	Learn more about Hillsborough County
Merrimack	1823	Original County	Concord	Learn more about Merrimack County
Rockingham	1771	Original County	Brentwood (as of 1997)	Learn more about Rockingham County
Strafford	1771	Original County	Dover	Learn more about Strafford County
Sullivan	1827	Cheshire	Newport	Learn more about Sullivan County

General Research - NEW HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES

New Hampshire Almanac- from State of NH
Genealogy & NH History - NH State Library
Genealogy: Assorted databases, marriage, cemetery, yearbooks, and more in various counties in New Hampshire - (click on US, then scroll down to NH) Rootsweb.com

Gazeteer: The statistics and gazeteer of New-Hampshire:Containing descriptions of all the counties, towns and villages ... statistical tables ... with a list of state officers, etc (Google eBook); D.L. Guernsey, 1875 - 685 pages (searchable)

New Hampshire County Chronologies (when were they created)

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BELKNAP COUNTY

• SEE BELKNAP COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, GENEALOGY & HISTORY (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Belknap County include: Alton, Barnstead, Belmont, Center Harbor, Gilford, Gilmanton, Laconia, Meredith, New Hampton, Sanbornton, and Tilton.
• Genealogy Resources for Belknap County (not on this site):
  • Historical Societies in the Lakes Region - see individual towns under "Research"
• SEE ON THIS SITE:
  • RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (HOW-TO)
    

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  CARROLL COUNTY

• SEE CARROLL COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (this site)
• Communities in Carroll County include: Albany, Bartlett, Brookfield, Chatham, Conway, Eaton, Effingham, Freedom, Hart's Location, Jackson, Madison, Moultonborough, Ossipee, Sandwich, Tamworth, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, Wolfeboro
• History for Carroll County NH
  • Book: History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, Georgia Drew Merrill, ed., 1889 (free online); description of each town, interesting people; searchable
  • Book: Incidents in White Mountain history, by Rev. Benjamn G. Willey; 1856 (free online)
  • Book: Report of the Majority on the Committee on the Name "Kearsarge." by John M. Shirley, Esq. - Report of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1877
    
• Genealogy Resources for Carroll County (not on this site):
  • Genealogy & History Resources for Carroll County - Conway Public Library
  • North Conway Public Library: Genealogy Resources
    
  • CARROLL COUNTY - USGenWeb site
  • Political Graveyard - Carroll County - politicians and/or (in)famous people, cemetery listings
  • Carroll County Vital Statistics and Town Reports:
    • Annual Reports of the Town of Albany, New Hampshire (including Vital Statistics): 1883, 1901, 1926-27, 1929, 1932, 1934-35, 1937-38, 1940-43, 1945-46, 1950, 1952-53, 1954-1959, 1960-62, 1964-65, 1969, 1971, 1973-74, 1979, 1981, 1983-1984, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1999-2000, 2002-2003
    • Annual Reports of the Town of Ossipee, New Hampshire (including Vital Statistics): 1939, 1961, 1976-88, 1991-1993, 1995, 2005-2010
    • Annual Reports of the Town of Conway, New Hampshire (including Vital Statistics): 1925-26, 1929, 1936-1990, 1994-1998, 2000-2003
    • Annual report of the Town of Eaton, New Hampshire (with Vital Statistics): 1895, 1903, 1925-27 1929-33, 1935-38, 1939-54, 1955-59, 1964-66, 1969-77, 1978-2005
    • Annual Report of the Town of Madison, New Hampshire (including Vital Statistics): 1973-2003, 2006-2007, 2008-2011
    • Annual Report of the Town of Moultonborough, New Hampshire (including Vital Statistics): 1926-1927, 1934, 1936-1942, 1946-1947, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962-1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977-2003, 2005-2010
  • Carroll County Cemeteries:
    • Ossipee - burials documented in town hall, contact town clerk of that town.
    • Wolfeboro - the Wolfeboro Town Library has a list of burials in the cemeteries in that town and outlying areas
    • U.S. GenWeb Tombstone Project for Carroll County NH - USGenWeb Cemetery Project
    • Cemetery Inscriptions in Sandwich NH including: Beede Cemetery (West Sandwich), Bickford Family Plot (North Sandwich), Chicks Corner (West Sandwich), Stephen Fellows Cemetery (East Sandwich), George Cemetery (West Sandwich), Gilman/Hall Cemetery (Sandwich Notch), Nathaniel Fry Family Plot (East Sandwich), and Mason Cemetery (North Sandwich)
    • Cemetery Inscriptions in Effingham NH: Berry Family Cemetery
  • Family Trees:
    • Biographies of Some Conway New Hampshire People including: Albert Barnes, Elijah B. Carlton, Benjamin Franklin Clark, Henry B. Cotton, Frank Westcott Davis, Capt. Andrew Dinsmore, Clement Drew, Thomas Crosby Eaton, Jerome B. Fellows, H. Boardman Fifield, Samuel N. Greenlaw M.D., B. Frank Horne, M.D., Alpheus Crosby Kennett, Albert C. Lovejoy, John McMillan, Ormand W. Merrill, Joel Eastman Morrill, Herbert Stephen Mudgett, Lory Odell, Henry Harrison Randall, George Hosley Shedd, M.D., John Ziba Shedd, M.D.,Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith, M.D., Edwin Snow, William D. Tasker, Christopher Walker Wilder, Benjamin Glazier Willey.- PDF
    • Bio: Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire AMC Hut Manager and Co-founder of Mt. Washington Observatory, Joseph Brooks Dodge Sr. (1898-1973) - from Blog, Cow Hampshire
    • Remick Family of Tamworth NH - family tree from Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Town/City Specific:
    • ALBANY NH Cemetery records - online from Conway Public Library
    • Early History of CONWAY NH - Conway Public Library (pdf)
    • CONWAY NH Vital Statistics (Births, Marriages & Deaths) - Online, Conway Public Library [archived version]
    • CONWAY NH Cemetery records - online from Conway Public Library
    • CONWAY NH Obituaries 1999-2001 - Conway Public Library (contact them for other years)
    • CONWAY: Biographies/Info Conway People, GEDCOM of Conway Settlers, Eastman Family Index - online, Conway Public Library
    • CONWAY: Kennett High School Graduates (last name, first name, village and year graduated)- online from Conway Public Library
    • CONWAY NH Historical Society web site
    • List of Cemeteries in CONWAY NH - from Conway Public Library Online
    • EATON NH Cemetery records - online from Conway Public Library
    • MADISON and EATON NH Vital Records (Birth, Death, Bride & Groom Index) - Madison NH Historical Society
    • MADISON NH Historical Society web site
    • OSSIPEE NH Historical Society - some online records
    • Historic Resources of OSSIPEE NH (from Ossipee Master Plan, PDF format)
    • Scene in MOULTONBOROUGH
• Research: Ossipee Public Library
  74 Main Street, Center Ossipee NH -- 603-539-6390
  
• SEE ON THIS SITE:
  • RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (HOW-TO)
  • Carroll County HISTORY
  • Carroll County REFERENCE
  • Carroll County PHOTOGRAPHS

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    CHESHIRE COUNTY

• SEE CHESHIRE COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Cheshire County include: Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Jaffrey, Keene, Marlboro, Marlow, Nelson, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury, Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester
  
  • Historical Society of Cheshire County
    246 Main Street
    Keene, NH 03431
    Phone: (603) 352-1895
    [NOTE: The link above appears to be "dead." The link HERE is to an archived version.]
    
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Cheshire County HISTORY
  
• SEE Cheshire County REFERENCE
• SEE Cheshire County PHOTOGRAPHS

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  COOS COUNTY

• SEE COOS COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (this site)(for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Coos County include: Berlin, Cambridge, Carroll [Twin Mountain, and Bretton Woods are actually village districts within the town of Carroll], Clarksville, Colebrook, Columbia, Dalton, Dixville, Dummer, Errol, Gorham, Jefferson, Lancaster, Milan, Northumberland, Pittsburg, Randolph, Shelburne, Stark, Stewartstown, Stratford, Wentworth Location, and Whitefield.
• Coos County also has the following Unincorporated Areas: Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy Grant, Bean's Grant, Bean's Purchase, Cambridge, Chandler's Purchase, Crawford's Purchase, Cutt's Grant, Dix's Grant, Erving's Location, Green's Grant, Hadley's Purchase, Kilkenny, Low and Burbank's Grant, Martin's Location, Odell, Pinkham's Grant, Sargent's Purchase, Second College Grant, Success, Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, and Wentworth's Location.
  
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Coos County HISTORY
• SEE Coos County REFERENCE

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  GRAFTON COUNTY

• SEE FIRST -- GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Grafton County include: Alexandria, Ashland, Bath, Benton, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Bristol, Campton, Canaan, Dorchester, Easton, Ellsworth, Enfield, Franconia, Grafton, Groton, Hanover, Haverhill, Hebron, Holderness, Landaff, Lebanon, Lincoln, Lisbon, Littleton, Lyman, Lyme, Monroe, Orange, Orford, Piermont, Plymouth, Rumney, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Warren, Waterville, Wentworth, and Woodstock.
• Genealogy Resources for Grafton County (not on this site):
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Grafton County HISTORY
• SEE Grafton County REFERENCE
• SEE Grafton County PHOTOGRAPHS

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  HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

• SEE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Hillsborough County include: Amherst, Antrim, Bedford, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Pelham, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton and Windsor.
• Genealogy Resources for Hillsborough County (not on this site):
  • Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Hillsborough County NH
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Hillsborough County HISTORY
• SEE Hillsborough County REFERENCE
• SEE Hillsborough County PHOTOGRAPHS

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  MERRIMACK COUNTY

• SEE MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Merrimack County include:Allenstown, Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Canterbury, Chichester, Concord, Danbury, Dunbarton, Epson, Franklin, Henniker, Hill, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Loudon, New London, Newbury, Northfield, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, Webster, and Wilmot
• Genealogy Resources for Merrimack County - THIS site (also see my Merrimack County page)
  • WEBSTER, NH: Births, Marriages and Deaths for the years 1887, 1894 & 1895, compiled from the town reports
• WEST CONCORD, N.H. - photographs and tombstone transcriptions from some of the stones in HORSE HILL CEMETERY, on Horse Hill Road in West Concord NH
• BOSCAWEN, NH - Some tombstone inscriptions and photographs of tombstones
  in BOSCAWEN NH - Plains Cemetery and Maplewood Cemetery
• Genealogy Resources for Merrimack County (not on this site):
  • Concord New Hampshire Daredevil: Joseph Albert "Jean" Lussier (1891-1971) - from blog: "Cow Hampshire"
  • The Webster Family, Webster Historical Society Papers, from The New England magazine and Bay State monthly - Cornell University Library
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

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  ROCKINGHAM COUNTY

• SEE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE (this site)
• Communities in Rockingham County include: Atkinson, Auburn, Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Danville, Deerfield, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Londonderry, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Northwood, Northwood Narrows, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, West Nottingham, Westfield, and Windham.
• Genealogy Resources for Rockingham County (not on this site):
  • 1790 U.S. Census of Rockingham County by SURNAME - Rays Place
  • U.S. GenWeb Archives for Rockingham Co. NH
  • U.S. GenWeb Tombstone Project for Rockingham Co NH
  • Rockingham County Registry of Deeds (for land deed research)
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Rockingham County NH
  • Vital Records of Northwood NH, from town records,
  • Town/City Specific:

    • Hampton NH - original town records, death lists and more online - from Lane Memorial Library

    • Hampton NH: Database of Hampton Genealogy, Cemetery Records, and more - from the Lane Memorial Library
    • Genealogy & Graphics: Portsmouth NH - "Old Portsmouth Profiles, 1893 article that includes brief profiles of many early Portsmouth residents, in The Century; a popular quarterly - Cornell University Library
    • Hampton NH - search the database for your ancestor
    • MAP showing the first settlers of Hampton NH
    • Article: "The Sea Serpent That Invaded Portsmouth New Hampshire," - blog: Cow Hampshire
    • Old St. John's Parish in Portsmouth NH - includes photographs, sketches, likenesses, and some amazing early history of people and events in early Portsmouth NH; from an 1894 article in the "New England" magazine - Cornell University Library Online
    • 1790 U.S. Census of Portsmouth NH - Rays Place
    • Cemetery Inscriptions for Hampton NH, including those of: Landing Cemetery, Shaw Cemetery, Batchelder Cemetery, Elkins Cemetery, Sanborn Yard, Bride Hill Cemetery, "Ye Old Neighborhood" Cemetery, Pine Grove Cemetery, and Ring Swamp Cemetery
  • Family Trees
    • Amasa J. Parker [his wife was Miss Harriet Langdon Roberts, dau of Edmond of Portsmouth NH] from 1856 article in The United States Democratic review - Cornell University Library Online
    • Article: "Portsmouth New Hampshire Philanthropist: Roberta Brooke (Russell) Kuser Marshall ASTOR (1902-still living)" - from Cow Hampshire blog
      
    • Benjamin Franklin Butler [b. Deerfield NH] from 1884 article in the Bay State Monthly - Cornell University Library
    • Colonel Christopher Toppan [of Hampton and Portsmouth NH] from an 1886 article in the New England magazine and Bay State Monthly - Cornell University Library Online
    • Colonel Fletcher Webster [b. Portsmouth] from an 1884 article in the "Bay State Monthly" magazine - Cornell University Library Online
    • Genealogy and biography of the descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland : and of John Stewart, who came to America in 1718, and settled in Londonderry, N.H. - Severance, B. Frank
      
      
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Rockingham County HISTORY
• SEE Rockingham County REFERENCE
• SEE Rockingham County PHOTOGRAPHS

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  STRAFFORD COUNTY

• SEE STRAFFORD COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE (for individual towns, this site) = SEE FIRST
• Communities in Strafford County include: Barrington, Dover, Durham, Farmington, Lee, Madbury, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, Rochester, Rollingsford, Somersworth, and Strafford.
• Genealogy Resources for Strafford County (not on this site):
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Strafford County NH
  • Gazeteer of Strafford County NH - USGenWeb
  • NH Farm Museum - Milton NH
• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Strafford County HISTORY
• SEE Strafford County REFERENCE
• SEE Strafford County PHOTOGRAPHS

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  SULLIVAN COUNTY

• SEE SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW HAMPSHIRE (this site)
• Communities in Sullivan County include: Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Goshen, Grantham, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, and Washington.
• PLAINFIELD AND OTHER TOWNS FORMERLY IN CHESHIRE COUNTY...
  In the US Census from 1790 to 1820, Plainfield and several other towns (see list below) can be found under CHESHIRE COUNTY. Starting in 1830 look for these townships under SULLIVAN COUNTY.
  June 23, 1826, the NH Legislature created a new county, named Sullivan County, after General John Sullivan, one of New Hampshire's most distinguished Revolutionary partriots and soldiers. This new county was comprised of Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croydon, Grantham, Goshen, Lempster, Langdon, Newport, Plainfield, Sunapee, Springfield, Unity and Washington (in all 15 towns).
  Special NOTE: Prior to 1830, census records for SUNAPEE NH will be located as the town of WENDELL in CHESHIRE COUNTY. 1790 U.S. Census - (Ray's Place) ALL towns in Cheshire County
• Genealogy Resources for Sullivan County (not on this site):
  • SULLIVAN COUNTY - USGenWeb site
  • U.S. GenWeb Archives for Sullivan Co NH
  • U.S. GenWeb Tombstone Project for Sullivan Co NH
  • Sullivan County Registry of Deeds
  • National Register of Historic Places - for Sullivan County NH
  • Political Graveyard - for Sullivan Co NH
  • Cemeteries of Sullivan Co NH (may not be complete) - from Epodunk
  • Sullivan County NH - biographies of some settlers
  • Claremont Historical Society Museum
    
  • YOUNG Family Tree - of Wendell, Saville (Sunapee) NH - TXT file (this site)
  • Biography and Family Tree of Cornish, New Hampshire's Statesman & U.S. Chief Justice, Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) - Blog: Cow Hampshire
  • Sunacom Message Board: This is a new message board for the Sunapee region of New Hampshire where local residents, and other interested parties may register, and communicate with each other, in an easy-to-use message board. Think if it as a forum, like the old town store cracker barrel. Real people chatting about things that matter to us, from lake access to favorite hiking trails. "Intercom" is two-way communication.
  • History of Acworth NH Online (Google Books)

• SEE RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY TREE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
• SEE Sullivan County HISTORY
• SEE Sullivan County REFERENCE
• SEE Sullivan County PHOTOGRAPHS