In New Hampshire, birth, death and marriage records since 1640 may be obtained EITHER from the City or Town Clerk in the city or town where the event occurred, OR from the NH Division of Vital Records Administration.

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Please note that the State of NH did not require town clerks to send records to the Bureau until the early 1800's. You probably want to first check with the town clerk for the Individual Town to see what records they do maintain.
LISTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN CLERKS:
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Bureau of Vital Records
Division of Vital Records Administration
New Location Now OPEN
71 South Fruit Street
Concord, NH 03301-2410
Telephone: (603) 271-4650
Fax: (603) 271-3447
Email: vitalrecords@sos.state.nh.us
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:00pm

Customers wishing to obtain a certified copy of a Birth, Marriage, Death or Divorce record will find them at our new facility on South Fruit Street (directly across from Memorial Field) in Concord, New Hampshire. This expanded facility also houses a well-appointed research room. The research room allows access to New Hampshire genealogical records dating back to 1640, as well as state archival records. Many local genealogists volunteer their time to assist you in locating your family histories. As always, a photo ID is required to obtain certified copies of vital records.

Under NH statutory requirements and applicable administrative rules, certain older records are open to the public while other, more recent records, are only available when the applicant has a “direct and tangible interest” in the record.

   In accordance with RSA 126:14 in order to have access to a record an applicant shall have "direct and tangible interest" in the requested record. "Immediate family" having direct and tangible interest shall include mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, great-grandmother, great-grandfather, great-grandchildren, guardian, step-parents, step-children, aunt, uncle, nephew and niece of the registrants or any spouse of a divorced or legally separated person or person whose former marriage has been annulled, in the case of divorce, legal separation or annulment records. It shall not include cousins. A person covered by any one of the above categories qualifies for access to the vital records. The natural parents of adopted children, adopted outside of the immediate family, when neither has custody, shall not be considered to have direct and tangible interest.

The records records in the genealogy research facility (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) are in the following categories:
Birth Records – Prior to 1901
Death Records – Prior to 1948
Marriage Records – Prior to 1948
Divorce Records – Prior to 1948

Each town or city clerk maintains the official record for all births and deaths occurring in the town, and of all marriage licenses issued. These records are not always indexed.

The NH Bureau of Vital Statistics arranges data by type of record, filed alphabetically by surname. The records for births, marriages and deaths date from 1640 and divorces from 1880. The Bureau has an index by the bride’s maiden name.

ALSO SEE Statewide Vital Resources - USGenWeb has free (but limited) listings of some birth, deaths and marriages in NH, sorted by surname or by location. Its certainly worth checking to see if your ancestor is here.

IMPORTANT - One of the most frequently overlooked sources of birth, marriage and death records in New Hampshire are TOWN and COUNTY REPORTS. Many of the towns, especially from the mid 1800s [and some earlier and later] published ANNUAL reports. Many of these towns included in those reports all births, marriages, and deaths, plus great detail on those events. The counties often did the same, specifically for residents at the county farms (where listings of prisoners and paupers would be itemized). [NOTE: Some links to these town reports are contained on this web site, located under the specific town entry]. You can also contact the library, historical society, or town clerk of the specific town involved, or the NH Archives. Each town and county appeared to have its own method of publishing them. For example, an 1895 report might show April 1893-October 1894, so check the report for both the year before and after the year's event. Many of these towns included vital records into the 1930s [possibly later].

American Marriage Records Before 1699 (partial list, searchable) - GoogleBooks

The Social Security Death Index is also a great resource showing your ancestor's date of death, their last place of residence, and you have the ability to send for a copy of the originating documents.  
Rootsweb SSDI Page (free)

BIBLE RECORDS: In addition to checking with your own relatives about old bible records, you should check with the historical societies in the area where your ancestors lived. Another great source of free bible records is BIBLE RECORDS ONLINE.

ADOPTION RECORDS:
The concept of adoption was not legally recognized in the United States until the 1850's, with the inception of the first adoption statutes. While transfers of children to substitute parents had occurred informally since American colonial times, adoption statutes legitimized the informal adoptive arrangements which previously existed. During the early years of American society, no formal procedures existed for recording births or name changes. [Typically the only place to find adoption records pre-1850 are in bible notes, in the 1850 US Census notes, in town histories or family journals, an in wills.]

Adoptees BORN in New Hampshire only, when the state received an adoption report, and sealed the original record, and created a new record. You must be the adoptee or their legal representative, or the adoptee's immediate family (adult spouse, adoptive parents, siblings and children, legal representative may be attorney, physician, funeral director or other authorized agent acting on behalf of the applicant or her family).

Adoption Registry Connect

Copies of divorce records may be obtained from the State office or from the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county where the divorce was granted. SEE LOCATION of EVERY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

Legal change of name will be found in the records of each county. These were published in the Session Laws through 1946. The NH Historical Society has a name index for the period 1796 – 1933. The National Archives has published a Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives which serves as one source of information on New Hampshire data available in Washington.

Early NH Executions -- A list of people who were executed in New Hampshire between 1739 and 1939

Newspapers have a wealth of information for you, and a search is certainly worthwhile. These newpapers may provide you with an obituary listing that will not only show your ancestor's date and cause of death, but also their parents, spouse, children, social organizations, occupation, and other details that will help you to create a unique profile.

Information available if you visit the Manchester City Library
- Manchester NH marriages: 1850 to 1947
- Manchester NH deaths: 1850 to 1947
- Manchester NH city directories 1840 to present (typically only shows the name of the head of household, spouse, occupation and residence)
- New Hampshire obituaries: 1863 to present
The marriages, deaths, city directories and church records are all upstairs in the library, in the "New Hampshire Room". The obituaries are on the first floor in the reading room (on microfiche, from the newspaper. NOTE: If you are researching in NH but NOT in Manchester, look at the "State" edition, rather than the "City" edition).

BOSTON PILOT Database - Missing Irish (Boston College) - FREE
From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a “Missing Friends” column with advertisements from people looking for “lost” friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of more than 31,438 records is available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot

Obituaries Online - USGenWeb Archives - actual obituaries of NH residents (limited, free)

New Hampshire Obituaries - a large page of obituaries in New Hampshire

Legacy.com - more recent obituaries from many areas of the United States (searchable, free)

Note: an annual membership to the NEHGS includes access to several online databases of early American newspapers dating back to the 1700s.

SEE the County List, for local newspapers in the area of your research.

The NH Records and Archives Center has the file of Probate Records from 1623–1771. These have been published in NH Provincial and State Papers vol. 31 – 39. There is a name index. The NH Historical Society has microfilm copies. Each county (see below) has Probate records with name indexes from 1772 to the present.

New Hampshire Probate abtracts from 1635-1771 - UNH, Online, free

Probate records can usually be found in the court records of the county where the deceased was last living. In some cases, early records have been moved to other depositories such as state archives, to allow for better security, temperature and humidity control, and more space for newer records. As storage space and available facilities change, so do the sites of probate records.

SEE LOCATION of every Probate Court in New Hampshire.

Hillsborough County Register of Probate
Robert Rivard
30 Spring Street Nashua, NH 03060
603-882-1231

Deed & Land Records

The County Registrar duties and responsibilities are mandated by state statute and include the recording, reproduction and indexing of legal documents pertaining to real estate, the reporting to the cities and towns (for tax purposes) of all transfers of property and the maintenance of records dating back to 1771.

If you do not know which county, the town you are researching is within, visit this web site.

LAND RECORDS/DEEDS are kept at the county level, by the Registrar of Deeds for the particular county where the land CURRENTLY is located.

Registrar of Deeds, ALL COUNTIES in NH

Belknap County | Cheshire County | Hillsborough County | Merrimack County
Rockingham County | Strafford County | Sullivan County

Hillsborough Country Register of Deeds
Judith MacDonald, CPO, Registrar
19 Temple Street
P.O. Box 370
Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-0370
Phone. (603) 882-6933 | Fax (603) 882-7527

Land Title Research - NH Archives & Record Management

Since New Hampshire was settled very early, there are many old family cemeteries scattered throughout the state, in addition to the larger, more recognizable ones.
If you know the town/city or county where the cemetery is located, you should also check the County List, and the individual County page, for additional TOWN or CITY cemetery listings. You should also contact a historical society in the area near the cemetery in question.

State of New Hampshire Revised Statues
TITLE XXVI CEMETERIES; BURIALS; DEAD BODIES
CHAPTER 289 CEMETERIES
Cemetery Trustees
Section 289:14
Right of Way to Private Burial Ground. - Any person wishing to have a temporary right of entry over private land in order to enter a private burial ground enclosure to which there is no public right of way may apply in writing to the selectmen of a town or the mayor of a city stating the reason for such request and the period of time for which such right is to be exercised. The applicant shall also notify in writing the owner or occupier of the land over which the right of way is desired. The selectmen or mayor, in the exercise of discretion and in consultation with the cemetery trustees, may issue a permit for such temporary right of entry designating the particular place where the land may be crossed. The owner or occupier of the land may recommend the place of crossing which, if reasonable, shall be the place designated by the selectmen or mayor. Source. 1994, 318:2, eff. Aug. 7, 1994.

• The NH Historical Society has a large collection of inscriptions copied from gravestones found in NH cemeteries.
• The NH Obit Index - obituaries of New Hampshire deaths from 1999 to present.
• NH Tombstone Inscription Project (by County)- USGenWeb
• A Grave Matter - a wonderful web site that includes many old New Hampshire and Massachusetts cemeteries.
• Cemeteries (list) NH - EPodunk - Select the county, then click on cemeteries
• Internment.Net - Some New Hampshire Tombstone inscriptions
• New Hampshire Cemeteries (list and location) - Cemetery Junction
• Politicians from or buried in NH - Political Graveyard - You may search by county, or by the individual's name
• Find-A-Grave (New Hampshire)
• Obituary Search Engine, New Hampshire (state-wide) - Obit Central
• Ancestors At Rest - Obituaries, Tombstone Transcriptions, Funeral Homes, Coffin Plates
• Some Central NH Cemetery Listings (towns of Alexandria, Bridgewater, Bristol, Danbury, Franklin, Hebron, Hill and New Hampton)
• Some NH Cemetery Records from AccessGenealogy
• US Dept of Veterans Affairs, searchable database of veteran's burials

ALSO SEE the COUNTY LIST for cemetery listings IN INDIVIDUAL TOWNS, and check with historical societies in the local and surrounding towns for their holdings.

As a reseacher of New Hampshire genealogy and history for over 25 years, I've listed the best places for you to visit here. You should also check the Historical Society list to see if there is a society in the town you are researching.

• Manchester NH City Library - New Hampshire Room
  Manchester City Library
  405 Pine Street
  Manchester, NH 03104-6199
  603-624-6550
  
  
• NH Department of Health & Human Services
  Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics
  6 Hazen Drive
  Concord, NH 03301-6527
  TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964
  (603) 271-4650
  SEE Researching in Manchester NH
  
  
• New Hampshire Historical Society
  The Tuck Library
  30 Park Street
  Concord, NH 03301-6394
  Telephone: 603/228-6688
  Fax: 603/224-0463
  Search the New Hampshire Historical Society Library
  
  
• New Hampshire State Records and Archives
  71 South Fruit Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  (603) 271-2236
  • The following information is available:
    • Genealogy & family histories
    • Probate Records (volumes & individual files)
    • Deeds (land transactions)
    • Petitions
    • Military Indexes
    • Provincial (card index)
    • Revolutionary War Index
    • Court Records
    • Provincial (card index)
    • Censuses (1732, 1765, 1776, 1800 + 1850-1880 on microfilm)
    • Town records
    • Miscellaneous Records (Secretary of State); Legislative lists (House and Senate Rosters); Index to Laws; Index to Executive Council Minutes
    • Name Change Index

• New Hampshire State Library
  20 Park Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  (603) 271-2394
  • NH State Library Genealogy & History
    NHSL - Genealogy Section
    20 Park Street
    Concord NH 03301
    Telephone: (603) 271-6823
    Fax: (603) 271-2205
    Email: zmoore@library.state.nh.us
    
    
• American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester NH
  
  
• New Hampshire History/Personal & Family Papers - University of NH Special Collections
  
  
• University of NH - book collection (searchable)
  
  
• New England Historic Genealogical Society (fee-based, visit or online)
  
  
• USGenWeb Project - online - all states (free)
  
  
• NARA - U.S. National Archives and Record Administration
  Northeast Region
  Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
  380 Trapelo Road
  Waltham, MA 02452-6399
  Phone: (781) 647-8104
  Fax: (781) 647-8088
  Email: center@waltham.nara.gov
  • Genealogy (searchable)
  • 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm (shows you which states were included in various census records)
  • Native American Records
    

• Find a Library in New Hampshire
  
  
• Family History Centers (Church of the Latterday Saints) in NH
  OR Select United States of America and type in the State

• Manchester Historic Association (for the city of Manchester NH).

IMMIGRATION:

If you live in the United States (and unless you are a Native American), your family immigrated at some point between the early 1600's and today. By the year 2002, 33.1 million immigrants (legal and illegal) were recorded as living in the United States (there were only 13.5 million immigrants in 1910).

In New Hampshire, in the year 2000, 4.4% of the population was foreign born (compared with 11.1% nationally). The original settlers of New Hampshire came mainly from England, Ireland and Scotland. These were followed by immigrants from Canada (many of French origin), Sweden, Germany, Poland, and other countries.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Canada Gen Web - USGenWeb site about Canadian Ancestors

www.OurRoots.ca/NosRacines.ca is a bilingual website that can assist you in researching your Canadian ancestors. Users have access to hundreds of works.

Irish Immigrant Database - "Information Wanted" - advertisements published in the Boston Pilot 1831 - 1921 (searchable) - Boston College

CastleGarden.org - free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892 (the year Ellis Island Opened). Over 73 million American can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.

Ellis Island, New York Search Passenger Arrival Records

Immigration & Naturalization Records - from NARA - US National Archives & Record Administration

Immigration - Ship Arrival Records - from NARA [records from 1538-1959]

Manifest of passengers arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 [microform] (Volume Reel 0089 - Manifest of passengers arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 - Jan. 19o9, NO. STRATFORD, NH-Jan. 1909, PORTAL, ND Vol. 53)

Greek Immigration in NH - a PDF file

American-French Genealogical Society Research Links

The Scottish Emigration Database currently contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960. - free

Hispanic Genealogy Blog

NATURALIZATION
Most naturalization records for the period before 1906 have been microfilmed by the LDS church and the films may be rented through the LDS Family History Centers. Many have also been indexed or transcribed for publication, and as such, are available at local and regional libraries. For naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives Northeast Region [see contact info above] or the nearest office of Immigration and Naturalization Service. If you don't know where your ancestor was naturalized, ask INS to check their Index to Naturalizations 1906-1956.

Note about census records: it is to your advantage to view the original census record, as the census indexer or compiler may not have correctly copied information important to researching your family tree.

REGARDING CENSUS RECORDS: Some census records (the original documents) are available through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com. These services are often times offered FOR FREE through your local library, and are also often accessible through your home computer. Please check with your local library for details! In the State of NH, HeritageQuest and these census databases are offered ONLINE if you have a valid NH Library card.

1792 Census of Population and Housing (for states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. Unfortunately not searchable.) - The six inquiries in 1790 called for the name of the head of the family and the number of persons in each household of the following descriptions: Free White males of 16 years and upward (to assess the country’s industrial and military potential), free White males under 16 years, free White females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves. - FREE Online (U.S. Census Bureau in PDF format)

The NH State Library has the original schedules for the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, decennial US censuses. It also has microfilm copies of the 1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 decennial censuses and printed copies of the first US census taken in 1790.

The New Hampshire Historical Society has a photostat of the 1800 census. The U.S. Census Bureau also maintains limited genealogical resources on its website.

The Church of the Latter Day Saints, along with several paid services provide access to the original census records.

SEE the USGenWeb Archives, under the COUNTY LIST to see if free census records are provided for your area of research.

A number of online histories and databases are available for those researching in New Hampshire including:

America's First Families - online free

Family Genealogies at the UNH Library (book name reference only)

Histories of New Hampshire Towns (list only) [SEE online histories and databases for individual TOWNS on this web site by looking at the COUNTY in which they exist]

Mayflower Passengers and Some Descendants

SEE COUNTY LIST for more histories and/or databases

SEE New Hampshire Family Trees and Biographies

For for your family here:search in Google Books

SEE Probate Court Section for wills, or Vital Statistics Section for Divorce Records

New Hampshire Court Resources by Jurisdiction

New Hampshire Provincial Court Records (1652-1688) - UNH Free online

Miscellaneous Court Records Involving NH citizens- TXT files - USGenWeb

• Forests & Clearings, by B.F. Hubbard - online FREE, people living in southern Quebec province in Canada--(many of these families were from New England and other parts of the United States).
• Canadian Archives (searchable)
• Searchable Online Data: Quebec Province, Canada
• Links to Canadian French Research Sites
• Quebec Canada
• World GenWeb Project - free
• Census of Canada, 1911
• Cyndi's List - genealogical research world-wide (very outdated but worth looking at)
• Ireland Genealogy Project
• Griffiths Valuation, 1848-1864 (free)

• UK & Ireland Genealogy - GENUKI
• England - UK National Archives
  
• Useful United Kingdom (England, Ireland, Scotland Wales) Genealogy Research Links
• American-Canadian Genealogy Association (French-Canadian genealogy)
• U.K. Family Records [archived]
• Article: Scottish Immigration to the United States
• Obtaining Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates in the British Isles [archived site]
• BMD Certificates - help finding vital records in Great Britain (I have not used this service, appears to be genuine, use at your own risk)
• American Immigration Center (current information)
• Resource: World Factbook – the CIA World Factbook contains maps and information on geography, people and economy for countries of the world.

Records of town or city actions, tax inventories and other town or city information are found in each city or town clerk’s office. Town Charters recorded by the Provincial Government or the Masonian Proprietors are in the NH Records and Archives Center and are published in NH Provincial and State Papers, Vol. 11, 12, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. Some towns have the original charter and a few are in the NH Historical Society and other libraries.

The NH State Library has a name index to the early town records. Not every town is included and the last date is frequently 1835. Search the NH Library to see if your town or area of research is included.

Town/City Records (1634-1734) - free UNH

Some towns have deposited their early records in the NH Historical Society or the NH State Library. Early town records were copied, by order of the legislature, and are in the NH State Library. There is a comprehensive name index. These are also available on microfilm.

Warnings Out are available in the NH Records and Archives Center. The NH Historical Society has a name index. This is a term used in the early days of town settlement for documents prepared by town officials to relieve the town of responsibility if the settler became a pauper, or sometimes if the town believed the individuals were "undesirable." In some cases they were deemed undesirable due to their religious affiliations and practices.

ALSO search for individual towns or cities here, search in Google Books

Original records are usually found at the church where the event occurred. When a church was discontinued the records were sometimes deposited with the state (religious) organization. Many churches have deposited their early records in the NH Historical Society. Other libraries may have a few records.

Listing of churches in New Hampshire - from Church Angel

The Diocese of Manchester: The Catholic Church in NH

Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire

JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy

The Native Ministry of New Hampshire - online FREE book (GoogleBooks) detailing New Hampshire ministers (printed in 1906)

SEE County List, and individual towns for specific church records

• Soldiers in King Phillip's War (1620-1677)- book online
• JOHN GOFFE'S MUSTER ROLL: A MUSTER ROLL OF MEN under the command of John Goffe, Captain, employed in Scouting and Guarding the Souhegan, Monson & Stark Garrison, Anno Domini, 1748 - ALHN
  
• The records of the French and Indian Wars have been printed in the Adjutant General’s Report Vol. ii, 1866, and the NH Provincial and State Papers, Vol. 5, 6, 14, 16 - NH Records and Archives Center
• State and Provincial Papers of New Hampshire - Revolutionary Rolls, Free from UNH
• Online Book: A battle fought on snow shoes : Rogers' Rock, Lake George, March 13, 1758 (1917), by Mary Cochrane Rogers.

Revolutionary War

• Finding A Patriot - an online FREE step by step guide to researching your ancestor of the American Revolution
• Regimental and Company Commanders of New Hampshire during the American Revolution (with short biographical sketches) including COLONELS: Samuel Ashley of Winchester, Nahum Baldwin of Amherst, Timothy Bedel of Bath (b Salem NH), Jonathan Brewster of Waltham MA, Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, Ephraim Doolittle, Enoch Hale of Rindge, Nathan Hale of Rindge, Thomas Heald of New Ipswich, Col. Hercules Mooney of Durham, Moses Nichols of Amherst, Enoch Poor of Exeter, James Reed of Fitzwilliam, George Reid of Londonderry, Paul Dudley Sargent of Amherst, Isaac Wyman of Keene; CAPTAINS: Joseph Abbott of Concord, Samuel Blodgett of Goffstown, Josiah Brown of New Ipswich, Benjamin Bullard of Sherborn MA, Isaac Davis of Chesterfield, Henry Dearborn of Hampton, Moody Dustin of Litchfield, Daniel Emerson Jr of Hollis, Roger Gilmore of Jaffrey, Elisha Mack of Lyme CT and Marlow / Gilsum NH, then Montague MA, Benjamin Mann of Woburn MA and Troy NY, John Mellen of Holliston MA and Fitzwilliam NH; Jacob Miller of Holliston MA, Joseph Parker of New Ipswich, Daniel Reynolds of Londonderry, Samuel Richards of Goffstown, Caleb Robison of Exeter, Abijah Smith of New Ipswich, Benjamin Spaulding of Jaffrey, Jeremiah Stiles of Keene, William Stilson of Hopkinton and Somersworth, Salmon Stone of Rindge, Othniel Thomas of Topsfield MA and Rindge NH, Samuel Twitchell of Dublin, Jason Wait of Alstead, and William Walker of Dunstable -- source: "A list of the Revolutionary Soldier of Dublin NH," by Samuel Carroll Derby, Columbus, Ohio, 1901 -- PDF File, 924 kb, this site [NOTE: If you are unable to open this file, place your cursor over the hypertext and choose FILE>Save to your own computer, then open it.
• Officers of New Hampshire Regiments during the American Revolution - Google Books
• Online Book: The Military History of New Hampshire from Its First Settlement in 1623 to the Year 1861 by C.E. Potter
• Rolls of the soldiers in the revolutionary war from the NH Provincial Papers (Volume 17) - Hammond, Isaac Weare - Internet Archive
• Roll of New Hampshire soldiers at the battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777 - Gilmore, George C. -- Internet Archive
• Online Books: Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war [microform] - American Revolutionary War Service Records; Soldiers--United States--Registers - New Hampshire
• Online Book: The New Hampshire brigade in the Sullivan compaign, delivered at the annual meeting of the N. H. society, Sons of the American revolution, July 12, 1910 - Griffis, William Elliot
• Online Book: New Hampshire in the battle of Bunker Hill. An address delivered before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of the American Revolution at Concord, N.H., June 14, 1902 - Baker, Henry Moore, Rumford Press, 1903
• DAR Lookup Message Board- free lookups by DAR volunteers to see if your ancestor(s) is listed in the DAR Patriot Index; remember that only revolutionary war patriots who have a descendant who applied to the DAR is listed in this index. Just because you do not find him in this index, this does not mean that he did not participate.
• Researching and ordering documents (early war records) from the National Archives in Washington , D.C.
• 1st NH Continental Line - roster, uniform, history and more
• New Hampshire Women in the Revolution - SeacoastNH.com
• Revolutionary War records have been published in NH Provincial and State Papers, Vol. 14 – 17,30 - NH Records and Archives Center
• Pension records for soldiers and sailors who fought in the Revolutionary War are in the National Archives at Washington.
• The NH Historical Society has a name index of 71 volumes for the NH men who received pensions.
• The Revolution's Black Soldiers

• Land and Sea Battles of the American Revolution

• Online Book: Tories of New Hampshire in the war of the revolution. Otis Grant Hammond, superintendent of the New Hampshire historical society - Hammond, Otis Grant, 1917
• Loyalist Genealogy (soldiers loyal to the British)

• The Loyalist Collection - microfilm of British, North American Colonial, and early Canadian primary sources from approximately 1740 - 1870, with the chief focus being the American Revolution, and the early years of Loyalist settlement in British North America.

• Loyalist Trails, is a publication of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, where many American Loyalists/Tories relocated during and following the American Revolution. Back iissues since October 2004 have been posted on the web at http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Trails/Loyalist-Trails-index.php. They welcome new subscribers be they members or friends. If you would like to subscribe to "Loyalist Trails", please send me a note. Douglas Warner Grant UELoyalist Trails Editor, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada www.uelac.org
  loyalist.trails@uelac.org Tel: (416) 921-7756 Fax: (416) 753-7202, 315 Carlton St., Toronto ON M5A 2L6 Canada

• ALSO SEE Individual COUNTIES for county specific service.
  

War of 1812

• 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services - free database - USGennet
• Researching and ordering documents (early war records) from the National Archives in Washington , D.C.
• War of 1812 Cemetery - List of the 205 soldiers who died in the United States Military Hospital at Williamsville, New York and are buried in the small cemetery, includes the 4th Regiment of lnfantry New Hampshire
• War of 1812 Pensioners - scroll down for list of New Hampshire men
• American Prisoners of War who died and were buried at Dartmoor Prison (some from New Hampshire) - English prison, at Princetown, Devonshire, built (1806-9) to house French captives during the Napoleonic Wars. During the War of 1812 many American prisoners were confined there, and their brutal mistreatment was investigated after the war by an Anglo-American commission that awarded compensation to the families of those who had died there. Between 1812 and 1816 about 1,500 American and French prisoners died in the prison and were buried in a field beyond the prison walls. Unoccupied for over 30 years, Dartmoor was reopened in 1850 as a civilian prison for convicts sentenced to long terms of imprisonment or to hard labor.

Civil War (War of the Rebellion)

• Researching and ordering documents (early war records) from the National Archives in Washington , D.C.
• Civil War Soldier and Sailor Search Engine - FREE National Park Service search engine lets you search for a name, state, unit and function.
• SEE the COUNTY LIST (this site) for INDIVIDUAL TOWNS - many have a list of the men who served during this war
• Civil War Research/Holdings - NEW HAMPSHIRE Archives and Record Management
• War of the Rebellion records, arranged alphabetically, have been published by the Adjutant General in Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1895 - NH Records and Archives Center
• Online Book: History of the New Hampshire surgeons in the war of rebellion - Conn, Granville P. (Granville Priest), 1906
• REVISED REGISTER OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861 - 1866 - book online - Ray's Place
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - graves of Civil War Veterans
  
• New Hampshire Regiments, Civil War with roster links - USGennet
• New Hampshire Heritage - Civil War
• 5th Regiment, NH Volunteers
• NH 5th Regiment Roster
• 7th NH Infantry
• 8th NH Regiment, Co. D Roster
• History of the Twelfth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers in the war of the rebellion (Volume pt.2) - Bartlett, Asa W., 1839-1. Enlistment of the different companies, controversy between Governor Berry and Colonel Whipple, Colonel Whipple's address, first man killed, Potter appointed colonel, state aid, allotment, etc., bounties, verdant volunteers, Camp Belknap -- 2. From Concord to Falmouth -- 3. Fredericksburg -- 4. Mud march and winter at Falmouth -- 5. Chancellorsville -- 6. Chancellorsville, concluded -- 7. The Gettysburg campaign -- 8...
• 13th NH Regiment, Co. G (incomplete)
• 16th NH, Co G (roster) | History of the Sixteenth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers (Google Ebooks)
• Union Regimental Index - NH
• a pamphlet: Record of the soldiers, sailors and marines, who served the United States of America in the War of the Rebellion, and previous wars: buried in the city of Portsmouth, N.H. and the neighboring towns of Greenland, New Castle, Newington, and Rye, May 30, 1893. Prepared by Joseph Foster ... Portsmouth, N.H., printed at the office of the Portsmouth journal, 1893 - Internet Archive
• NH Men Serving outside of New Hampshire
• NH Sons of the Union Veterans - Civil War
• The Civil War Home Page

Spanish-American War (April 25–August 12, 1898)
First New Hampshire Infantry-Official title, First New Hampshire Volunteers. Headquarters, Concord. Organized May 7, 1898. Mustered in for war with Spain, May 7-12, 1898. Strength in officers and men for war with Spain, 1,009. Commanded by Col. Robert H. Rolfe during war operations. Stationed during war at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga. Casualties during campaign: 32 deaths. The regiment was mustered out at Concord, Oct. 31, 1898. The First New Hampshire Infantry, embracing the full quota of the State, consisted of the Third Regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, with two companies of the First and Second Regiments added.

Additional History: NH and The War with Spain--The call of President McKinley for 125,000 men to serve two years was issued April 23, 1898. The quota of New Hampshire was one regiment of twelve companies, each of not less than eighty-one or more than eighty-four officers and men. Col. Robert H. Rolfe, the senior colonel, was selected to command the regiment of volunteers. To the eight companies of the third regiment were joined two companies from the first regiment and two from the second; each company was recruited to the required stanards. This regument, comprising 1009 officers and men, was designated the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and left the State, May 17, 1898. On this second call of the President for 75,000 men the quota of this State was 318. The number was enlisted and ordered into service as recruits to the New Hampshire Regiment. Returning, the regiment arrived in Concord, Sept. 8, 1898, and Oct 18 was mustered out of service of the United States. [from History of Plymouth NH, by Ezra Stearns, page 490.

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT: WEST, WALTER SCOTT. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 13 March 1872, Bradford, N.H. Accredited to: New Hampshire. G.O. No.: 521, 7 July 1899. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Marblehead during the operation of cutting the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, 11 May 1898. Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, West displayed extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action. He is buried in Bradford, Merrimack Co. NH.

• Online Book: Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Hampshire, Volume 5, Part 2 ;New Hampshire. Adjutant-General's Office; George E. Jenks, State Printer, 1906;(Google eBook). [Note: please scroll up and down in this book, it is a great listing of those who served in the First New Hampshire Volunteers during the Spanish American War.
• Family Search - Spanish American War Records | Search Engine
• Online Books: Multiple free books about the Spanish-American War
• Cyndi's List: Guide to Researching Spanish American War
• Spanish American War Veterans Buried in NH
• Spanish-American War Memorials, in and near New Hampshire

World War I (August 1914 to November 11, 1918)

• Researching and Ordering Documents for participants in later wars - National Archives, Washington D.C.

World War II (December 8, 1941 to August 14, 1945)

• Cyndi's List - Researching Genealogy World War II

Korean and Vietnam Conflicts
---Korean War (June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953)
---Vietnam War (1959 to April 30, 1975)

• Korean War resources at the National Archives
• Korean War Project
• The Wall on the Web (Vietnam War - killed)
• Names of NH military on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
• New Hampshire military personnel killed in Vietnam Conflict

War and Conflicts in the Middle East
---Gulf War (August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991)
The 1991 Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of approximately 30 nations. The Gulf War led by the United States and mandated by the United Nations in order to liberate Kuwait.U.S. Casualties: 378 deaths, less than 1000 wounded in action
---Iraq War (March 20, 2003 to December 15, 2011)
An on-going conflict in the Middle Eastern country of Iraq, which began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition overthrew Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and occupied Iraq in an attempt to establish a new governmental regime. U.S. Casualties: 4,404 deaths; 31,827 wounded in action
--- Afghanistan War (October 7, 2001 to present)
The wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, marking the beginning of its War on Terrorism campaign, seeking to oust the Taliban and find al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The officially-stated purpose of the invasion was to destroy al-Qaeda and deny them sanctuary and freedom of movement within Afghanistan.

• Cyndi's List - Researching the Military (all conflicts and wars)
  

Other Military Service

• Hometown Heroes of the Granite State
• New Hampshire MEDAL OF HONOR recipients
• Congressional Medal of Honor recipients (ALL)
• OTHER Online Military Records (militaryindexes.com)

• Native American Indians - Genealogy Links
• Cyndi's List - Researching Native American Genealogy
• Contact Information for Tribes of the United State and Canada | 2nd contact list for tribes
• Abenaki History
• Penacook History
• Pocumtuc History
• Wampanoag Indian History & Genealogy
• Tribes and Villages in New Hampshire
• Native Languages of the Americas
• Native American Culture
• MAPS:
  • Native American People
• Indian Reservations in the Continental United States
• GIS of Native Lands
• Woodland Algonquin Tribes before 1500
• European Settlements and Indian Tribes, 1750 [East Coast]

• AfriGenesis - African Americans in New Hampshire

• Cyndi's List - Researching African American Genealogy
• Black History of the Seacoast
• "Colored Patriots of the American Revolution" - entire book online
• New Hampshire's "Colored" Patriots of the American Revolution (NH-related only)
• History of African Americans in the Civil War

NEW!!! - Oct 24, 1831 New Hampshire Newspaper
SEE actual photographs of public notices, death notices, advertising, probate court
notices and more from throughout NH in the New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette on that date.

ArchiveGrid - a free search engine that looks for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held in archives around the world. Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.

Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire - multiple volumes

Commercial Directory, by J.C. Kayser, Published in 1823 [Information relating to New Hampshire only linked here, but entire book available] - Google Books [If your ancestor had a business in New Hampshire prior to 1823 you might look here]

Don't have a clue where your New England ancestors came from? Try looking in this free book! Biblio Genealogical Americana: An Alphabetical Index to American Genealogy, by Daniel Steele Durrie, published 1886 (searchable)

One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches, by Frances H.H. Metcalf; Rumsford Printing; 1919 (searchable)

New England Gazetteer - brief descriptions of towns and cities in NH (in 1839)

Acworth Historical Society
PO Box 37
South Acworth, NH 03607-0037
Contact: Doug Robinson, President
603-835-6825

Alstead Historical Society
PO Box 16
Alstead NH 03602
603-835-6751
Fax: 603-835-6279
Email: AHS@beaverwood.com
[contact the town]

American Independence Museum
1 Governor's Lane
Exeter NH 03833-2420
Contact: Debbie Kane, Director of Development
603-772-2622
Fax: 603-772-0861
Email: info@independencemuseum.org

Bath Historical Society
PO Box 44
Bath NH 03740
603-747-2454

Boscawen Historical Society
226 King Street
P.O. Box 3067
Boscawen, NH 03303
Contact: Susan Smith, President
603-796-2001
Fax: 603-796-2300

Cheshire County Historical Society and Archives
246 Main Street
P.O. Box 803
Keene, NH 03431
(603) 352-1895
Email: hscc@hsccnh.org

Concord (NH Historical Society)

Fitzwilliam Historical Society
[link dead 11/25/05]
PO Box 87
Fitzwilliam NH 03447
Phone: 603-585-7742

Friends of Pisgah, Inc.
PO Box 134
Chesterfield NH 03443
603-336-5462
Email: mdrwer@sover.net

Hanover Historical Society
PO Box 142
Hanover NH 03755-0142
Phone: 603-646-3371 (seasonal)

Mason Historical Society
16 Darling Hill Road
Mason NH 03048-9600
Contact: Selectman's Office
603-878-2070
Fax: 603-878-6146

Park Hill Meeting House Society
PO Box 255
Westmoreland NH 03467
603-399-4482
Email: wcarroll@earthlink.net

Piscataqua Pioneers
PO Box 1511
Portsmouth NH 03802

Remick Foundation
PO Box 250
Tamworth NH 03886
Phone: 603-323-7591
Email: info@remickmuseum.org

Rindge NH Historical Society
Tim Derr, President
Address:24 School Street
Rindge, NH 03461
Telephone 603-899-2341
Staff will be at the museum on Wednesday from
10:00 a.m. - 12noon and the First Saturday
of the month 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., or by
appointment, for those who would like to
visit or are doing research.
Contact people:
Amy Raymond 603-899-5097
Robert Cleland 603-899-5762
Karla MacLeod 603-899-2208
Tim Derr :603-899-5044

Rye Historical Society
P.O. Box 583
Rye, NH 03870
603-964-7730
Email: alexherlihey@aol.com

SCOUTING [Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Scouting Library]
PO Box 1211
Manchester NH 03105
Contact: Ron Covey, P.R.
603-669-8919
Fax: 603-641-6436
Email: administrator@scoutingmuseum.org

Historical Society of Seabrook
P.O. Box 500
Seabrook, NH 03874
603-474-5066

Stoddard Historical Society
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 213
Stoddard, NH 03464-0213
603-446-7500
Email: coldstream@monad.net

Twin Mountain-Bretton Woods Historical Society
PO Box 64
Twin Mountain NH 03595
[NOTE: The link above may be dead. Here is a link to the ARCHIVED version.]

Unity NH Historical Society
13 Center Road, Box 6
Unity, NH 03603

Windham Historical Society
P.O. Box 441
Windham, NH 03087
Contact: Jean Manthorne, 603-848-7433
Email: jmanthorne@aol.com

Windham Town Museum
Chairman, Museum Trustees
1 Heritage Hill Road
Windham, NH 03087-0120

BOOKS / MAGAZINES / NEWSPAPERS

• "Making of America" / Cornell University - online digital library, searchable, publications are viewable in PDF format (FREE)
• Books available at the University of New Hampshire Library

FEE-BASED SERVICES (ONLINE RESEARCH)


- New England Historic Genealogical Society** - online databases, NEGHS Register, access to HeritageQuest and more (primarily focusing on the New England States)

- American-Canadian Genealogical Society [for those of French-Canadian origin]

- Connecticut Society of Genealogists**

- New York Historical & Biographical Society**
**these society membership's include an on-line subscription to HeritageQuest(tm) that allows you to view census records, town histories and family genealogies, an excellent buy!

BASIC GUIDES TO GENEALOGY RESEARCH
- LDS New Hampshire Research

HELPFUL HINTS
1. Always start your genealogy with YOURSELF!! Gather all the records you can about yourself and your immediate family, then go backward in time to your parents, grandparents, etc. Interview your relatives, starting with the OLDEST ones (include aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.). ORGANIZE your records and notes.
2. When looking for newspaper articles or obituaries, check first with the local library and/or the historical society in the town where you are researching.
2. Some death and burial records may be found at Poor (Alms) Houses

OTHER LINKS
New Hampshire Archaeology Society
New Hampshire Society of Mayflower Descendants
New Hampshire Society of Genealogiests
Daughters of the American Revolution