With permanent European settlement that started in 1623, New
Hampshire has a long history. It is also
one of the thirteen original English colonies that revolted against King George
in the American Revolution. There are a
plethora of documents, records and archives to explore if your American
ancestry started in New Hampshire, or passed through here on their way to other
states. Here is a list of ways to access
those resources from your home.
Places you can search
online:
FamilySearch.org –
This website has NH births from 1714 – 1904, Deaths from 1654 – 1949, Marriages
from 1637 – 1959, several county probate files, and town clerk records. Many are complete with scanned images. There are 18,960 books that came up when I
searched for the words “New Hampshire”. All Federal Census records 1790 – 1940 (except
for 1890) are available here. Their research wiki for the state of New
Hampshire is: https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/New_Hampshire
Cyndi’s List of
New Hampshire resources - http://cyndislist.com/us/nh/
The Lane Library,
Hampton, NH- Hampton was founded in 1638 and has a wonderful collection of
online resources that include many of the original seacoast communities in
Rockingham County. See this page for
their genealogy page: http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/genealogy.htm
Linkpendium New Hampshire links: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NH/
New Hampshire Deeds Online http://www.nhdeeds.com/ dating from the 1620s to the present
NH Search Roots website http://www.nh.searchroots.com/
The Pelham Historical
Society Online Library – from Pelham, NH, this is a wonderful, little known
resource of local history records online http://www.pelhamnhhistory.org/library/onlinelibrary.html
Where to Write for New
Hampshire Vital Records http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/new_hampshire.htm
Good books:
Documents and Records
Relating to New Hampshire (known as the NH Provincial and State Papers) in
40 Volumes available online at http://www.library.unh.edu/diglib/bookshelf/NHPapers/volume.shtml
the links lead to Internet Archive, and
you can read online (searchable) or download several versions of files. These papers are the accumulated documents from the settlement of New Hampshire to the year 1800.
Genealogical
Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Charles T. Libbey, 1928 available online at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3166&cj=1&netid=cj&o_xid=0001231185&o_lid=0001231185&o_sch=Affiliate+External searchable and browsable with paid
subscription
Genealogists Handbook
for New England Research, 5th edition, edited by Michael
Leclerc, NEHGS, 2012
Index to Genealogies
in New Hampshire Town Histories, by William Copely, 1988
The New Hampshire
Genealogical Record, the journal produced by the New Hampshire Genealogical
Society from 1900 to the present.
Social Networking and Message Boards:
All Things History- Rockingham County, NH on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/200460270133276/
Descendants of the First Families of New Hampshire on
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/NHFirstFamilies/
New Hampshire Mayflower Society on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/NHMayflower/
New Hampshire Roots at Yahoo
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/newhampshireroots/info
NH Genealogy, Digging New Hampshire Roots on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiggingNHRoots/
New Hampshire Genealogy Network on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/205180789528062/
(don’t forget that many New Hampshire historical societies
have websites and Facebook groups, and some even have Twitter accounts)
Societies:
American Canadian Genealogical Society www.acgs.org
Association of Historical Societies in NH www.historicalsocietiesnh.org
Manchester, NH Historic Association www.manchesterhistoric.org
New England Historic Genealogical Society www.americanancestors.org
New Hampshire Historical Society www.nhhistory.org
New Hampshire Mayflower Society www.nhmayflower.org
New Hampshire Society of Genealogists http://nhsog.org
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire http://offnh.homestead.com/
Strafford County Genealogical Society www.straffgen.org
Places that can help
you by fee:
American Canadian Genealogical Society – located in
Manchester, NH, this is the largest resource facility for French-Canadian
research in the United States. See this
webpage for their research services http://acgs.org/research/services/
National Archives at Boston, located in Waltham,
Massachusetts. The staff will provide
reference assistance to you but also maintains a list of researchers for hire
at this link: http://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/
The New England
Historic Genealogical Society – Located in Boston, it is the oldest
genealogical society in the world. You
can reach their research Services department at this link: http://www.americanancestors.org/research-services/
The New Hampshire Historical
Society Library- located in Concord, NH, their research services can be
ordered online and by telephone or mail.
For details see the page http://www.nhhistory.org/research-services.html
or call the reference staff at 603-856-0641. Photocopies are 35 cents per page for non-members and 25 cents for
members, plus $7 for mailing or fax.
The Portsmouth
Atheneum – This private library dates from 1817, and is the repository of
hundreds of family papers, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera from New
Hampshire and New England. It is located
in Market Square in Portsmouth, NH, and the staff will do quick reference
requests as time allows, and in-depth research requests for $30/hour with a 1
hour minimum. See this link for more
information: http://www.portsmouthathenaeum.org/collections.html
And…
Don’t forget your local Family History Library. You can order microfilms from their website
to be delivered to your local Family History Library, and you can look at them
there for a small fee. If you need assistance, the volunteers will even help
you to search for the records online and help you place your order.
Very informative!
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