This page of our website provides links to New Hampshire genealogy databases and historical narratives about New Hampshire. These genealogical records may include, vital records (birth, marriage and divorce, death), ethnic records (Native American), court records (land, probate and wills, criminal and civil), church records (Bibles, baptisms, marriages, burials and histories), cemeteries, census records, military records directories and yearbooks.
New Hampshire Cemeteries
- New Hampshire Cemetery Records
- Belknap County
- Merrimack County
New Hampshire Census Records
New Hampshire Directories
- 1871 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1874 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1881 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1884 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- Concord
- 1850 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1853-54 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1860 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1860-61 Merrill and Son’s Concord City Directory
- 1864 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1892 The Concord Directory and Guide
- Dover
- Manchester
- Rochester
New Hampshire Genealogy
- The story of Mount Washington
- New Hampshire notables; brief biographical sketches of New Hampshire men and women, native or resident, prominent in public, professional, business, educational, fraternal or benevolent work
- New Hampshire Sesqui-centennial celebration. One hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of independent government
- Ninety years at the Isles of Shoals
- More New Hampshire folk tales
- Winnipesaukee; a potpourri
- The struggle for the Indian Stream Territory
- A synoptic history of the Granite state
New Hampshire County Genealogy and History
- Gleanings from English Records about New England Families
The classic work often cited by more contemporaneous authors on early New England families and the records of them found within the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, Strand, the Public Record Office, Fetter Lane, and the British Museum, Bloomsbury, while on a visit in London during the summer and fall of 1879. - Belknap County Genealogy
- The Belknap County Gazette Transcriptions for Saturday August 12, 1854
- The Belknap County Gazette Transcriptions for Saturday August 22, 1863
- Lake Village Times, Historical Notes, For 1868 and 1869
- Lakeport, Belknap County, New Hampshire Obituaries
- Casualties in Sanbornton New Hampshire
- Vol Belknap County: Inventory of the town archives of New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- Cheshire County Genealogy
- History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire
- Cheshire County New Hampshire Genealogy
Cheshire County, New Hampshire History and Biographies - Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Chesterfield, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Gilsum, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Hinsdale, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Marlboro, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917
- Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire History
- Cheshire County, New Hampshire : index to probate records 1769-1800
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County, New Hampshire Genealogy
- Rockingham County, New Hampshire Genealogy
- History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire
With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. - Vol Rockingham County: Inventory of the town archives of New Hamsphire : No. 8 Rockingham County
- History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire
- Strafford
- History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and representative citizens
- History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire
With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.
- Sullivan County Genealogy
- History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire
- History of Cornish New Hampshire
A partial transcription of the genealogies from the History of Cornish, New Hampshire. This is a work in progress, so check back monthly. - Croydon New Hampshire Genealogy
Croydon New Hampshire Genealogy contains the 1850 census of Croydon New Hampshire as well as the general, church, civil, industrial and military histories of the town, including 261 brief sketches of it's early residents. This is an eclectic collection of material, some of it is original, while others was extracted from a variety of sources. - Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Biographies
- Sullivan County recollections
New Hampshire Town Genealogies and Histories
- Acworth
- History of Acworth
With the proceedings of the centennial anniversary, genealogical records, and register of farms. - History of Acworth, New Hampshire
- History of Acworth
- Amherst
- History of the town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
First known as Narragansett township number three, and subsequently as Southegan West. History from the grant of the township by the Great and General court of the province of Massachusetts Bay, in June, 1728, to March, 1882, with genealogies of Amherst families and a sketch of the Narraganset fort fight, 19 December, 1675, by Daniel F. Secomb.
- History of the town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Andover
- Auburn
- History of Chester, New Hampshire, including Auburn
A supplement to the History of old Chester, published in 1869.
- History of Chester, New Hampshire, including Auburn
- Barnstead
- Bedford
- History of Bedford, New-Hampshire
Being statistics, compiled on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 19th, 1850.
- History of Bedford, New-Hampshire
- Benton
- Berlin
- Boscawen
- A chronological register of Boscawen, in the county of Merrimack, and state of New Hampshire
From the first settlement of the town to 1820. In three parts: descriptive, historical & miscellaneous. - The history of Boscawen and Webster [N.H.] from 1733 to 1878
- History Boscawen-Webster: fifty years 1883-1933
- A chronological register of Boscawen, in the county of Merrimack, and state of New Hampshire
- Bristol
- Brookline
- History of Brookline, formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
With tables of family records and genealogies.
- History of Brookline, formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Candia
- History of the town of Candia, Rockingham County, N.H.
From its first settlement to the present time.
- History of the town of Candia, Rockingham County, N.H.
- Canaan
- Canterbury
- Charlestown
- Chester
- History of old Chester [N. H.] from 1719 to 1869
- History of Chester, New Hampshire, including Auburn
A supplement to the History of old Chester, published in 1869.
- Claremont
- Concord
- History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; vol 1
- History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; vol 2
- The history of Concord
From its first grant in 1725, to the organization of the city government in 1853, with a history of the ancient Penacooks; the whole interspersed with numerous interesting incidents and anecdotes, down to the present period, 1855; embellished with maps; with portraits of distinguished citizens, and views of ancient and modern residences. - Rambles Around The Old Town Of Concord, N.H.
- The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire
- The church school in our time; a symposium held October 13-14, 1956 at Concord, New Hampshire in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of St. Paul’s School
- St. Paul’s school in the great war, 1914-1918
- 1850 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1853-54 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1860 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1860-61 Merrill and Son’s Concord City Directory
- 1864 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1892 The Concord Directory and Guide
- Cornish
- Coventry
- Derry
- Dover
- Dublin
- The history of Dublin, N.H.
Containing the address by Charles Mason, and the proceedings at the centennial celebration, June 17, 1852, with a register of families. - Dublin days, old and new ; New Hampshire fact and fancy.
- The history of Dublin, N.H.
- Dunbarton
- Durham
- History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire: (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes vol 1
- History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire: (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes vol 2
- University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts : register of alumni, trustees and officers of the University of New Hampshire Alumni Association
- Epsom
- Exeter
- History of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire
- 1872 Exeter, New Market, and South New Market directory and history
Containing the names of residents of each town, arranged alphabetically; business directories, town registers, &c., &c. Also containing sketches of business; origin and sketches of families; a register of deaths in Exeter since 1840; the towns in Rockingham County, with the population of each town. - Alumni directory, the Phillips Exeter Academy : a catalogue of all living graduate and non-graduate alumni, also the trustees, the faculty, and the Alumni Association
- Baptisms and marriages from the records of the Second Church, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1818-1870
- Exeter: tercentenary commemoration, 1638-1938
- Accounts of Exeter (1750-1800)
- Fitzwilliam
- Francestown
- History of Francestown, N. H.
From its earliest settlement April, 1758, to January 1, 1891: with a brief genealogical record of all the Francestown families.
- History of Francestown, N. H.
- Gilford
- The history of Gilmanton
Embracing the proprietary, civil, literary, ecclesiastical, biographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous history, from the first settlement to the present time: including what is now Gilford, to the time it was dis-annexed.
- The history of Gilmanton
- Gilmanton
- The history of Gilmanton
Embracing the proprietary, civil, literary, ecclesiastical, biographical, genealogical, and miscellaneous history, from the first settlement to the present time: including what is now Gilford, to the time it was dis-annexed.
- The history of Gilmanton
- Gilsum
- Greenfield
- Hampstead
- Hampton
- Hampton Falls
- History of the town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
From the time of the first settlement within its borders, 1640 until 1900. - History of Hampton Falls, N.H. vol 1
- History of Hampton Falls, N.H. vol 2
- History of the town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
- Hanover
- United States Naval Training school : Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 24, 1942, January 28, 1943
- The first twenty-five years, class of 1928, Dartmouth College
- Register of living alumni of Dartmouth college and the associated schools. 1930
- Twenty five years in the wide, wide world! Quarter century report of the Class of 1930 of Dartmouth college
- Register of living alumni of Dartmouth college and the associated schools. 1935
- Haverhill
- Henniker
- History of the town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
From the date of the Canada grant by the province of Massachusetts, in 1735, to 1880; with a genealogical register of the families of Henniker.
- History of the town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- Hillsborough
- Holderness
- Hollis
- History of the town of Hollis, New Hampshire
From its first settlement to the year 1879: with many biographical sketches of its early settlers, their descendants, and other residents: illustrated with maps and engravings.
- History of the town of Hollis, New Hampshire
- Hopkinton
- Hudson
- History of Hudson, N.H.
Formerly a part of Dunstable, Mass., 1673-1733, Nottingham, Mass., 1733-1741, District of Nottingham, 1741-1746, Nottingham West, N.H., 1746-1830, Hudson, N.H., 1830-1912.
- History of Hudson, N.H.
- Jaffrey
- History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
From the date of the Masonian charter to the present time, 1749-1880: with a genealogical register of the Jaffrey families, and an appendix containing the proceedings of the centennial celebration in 1873.
- History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire
- Keene
- Lancaster
- Lebanon
- Littleton
- Lyme
- Manchester
- Manchester
A brief record of its past and a picture of its present, including an account of its settlement and of its growth as a town and city; a history of its schools, churches, societies, banks. - Manchester, yesterday and today [described pictorially]
- 1846 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1879 Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H.
- 1884 Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H.
- 1889 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1906 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1915 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- Manchester
- Meriden
- Meredith
- Milford
- Mont Vernon
- Moultonborough
- Nashua
- New Durham
- New Ipswich
- The history of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914
With genealogical records of the principal families.
- The history of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914
- New London
- Newmarket
- Newport
- Newport, New Hampshire, 1761-1961 : bicentennial celebration, Aug. 14-20, 1961
- Tales from the history of Newport
- Newton
- Bicentennial celebration, Town of Newton, New Hampshire : historical booklet and program celebration July 30, 1949
- Northfield
- History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905
In two parts with many biographical sketches and portraits; also pictures of public buildings and private residences.
- History of Northfield, New Hampshire, 1780-1905
- Nottingham West
- History of Hudson, N.H.
Formerly a part of Dunstable, Mass., 1673-1733, Nottingham, Mass., 1733-1741, District of Nottingham, 1741-1746, Nottingham West, N.H., 1746-1830, Hudson, N.H., 1830-1912.
- History of Hudson, N.H.
- Peterborough
- Historical sketches of Peterborough, New Hampshire : portraying events and data contributing to the history of the town
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Rambles about Portsmouth vol 1
Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. - Rambles about Portsmouth vol 2
Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. - Names of the members of the First or North Church of Christ in Portsmouth, Jan. 1828
- Early Portsmouth history, by May, Ralph
- Old St. John’s at Portsmouth, and her distinguished colonial flock!
- Rambles about Portsmouth vol 1
- Raby
- History of Brookline, formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
With tables of family records and genealogies.
- History of Brookline, formerly Raby, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Richmond
- History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
From its first settlement, to 1882.
- History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
- Rindge
- History of the town of Rindge, New Hampshire
From the date of the Rowley Canada or Massachusetts charter, to the present time, 1736-1874, with a genealogical register of the Rindge families. - Cathedral of the Pines : a place of worship for all people
- History of the town of Rindge, New Hampshire
- Rochester
- Rye
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Sanbornton
- Sandwich
- Sketches of Sandwich, New Hampshire, past and present
- Sandwich, New Hampshire, 1763-1963 : bi-centennial observance
- Seabrook
- Stratham
- A journal for the years 1739-1803, by Samuel Lane
- History of the town of Stratford, New Hampshire, 1773-1925
Including genealogies of more than 30 of the old first families: Baldwin, Barlow, Barnes, Blake, Bond, Brown, Burnside, Chase, Connary, Curtis, Danforth, Daniels, Day, French, Fuller, Gamsby, Hatch, Hinman, Holbrook, Hutchins, Johnson, Kimball, Lamkin, Lyman, Mahurin, Marshall, Martin, Merriam, Ockington, Platt, Precott, Rolfe, Schoff, Smith, Stevens, Stone, Wait, Waters, Willard
- Sullivan
- Sunapee
- Surry
- History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
From date of severance from Gilsum and Westmoreland, 1769-1922, with a genealogical register and map of the town.
- History of the town of Surry, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
- Sutton
- The history of Sutton, New Hampshire
Consisting of the historical collections of Erastus Wadleigh, Esq., and A. H. Worthen vol 1. - The history of Sutton, New Hampshire
Consisting of the historical collections of Erastus Wadleigh, Esq., and A. H. Worthen vol 2.
- The history of Sutton, New Hampshire
- Swanzey
- Temple
- Troy
- An historical sketch of Troy [N.H.] and her inhabitants, from the first settlement of the town in 1764, to 1855
- Historical sketch of the town of Troy, New Hampshire, and her inhabitants
From the first settlement of the territory now within the limits of the town in 1764-1897.
- Walpole
- Walpole as it was and as it is
Containing the complete civil history of the town from 1749 to 1879, together with a history of all the church organizations; also, a history of one hundred and fifty families that settled in the town previous to 1820, with biographical sketches of a large number of its prominent citizens, and also, a census of the town taken April 1, 1878. - A history of Walpole, New Hampshire
- Volume 2
Genealogies of Walpole, NH
- Volume 2
- Walpole as it was and as it is
- Warner
- Warren
- Washington
- Webster
- Wentworth
- Wilton
- History of the town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
With a genealogical register by A.A. Livermore and S. Putnam.
- History of the town of Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Windham
- The history of Windham in New Hampshire, Rockingham country, 1719-1883
A Scotch settlement (commonly called Scotch-Irish), embracing nearly one third of the ancient settlement and historic township of Londonderry, N.H.
- The history of Windham in New Hampshire, Rockingham country, 1719-1883
- Wolfborough
United States Genealogy
USGenWeb Project
Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan
New Hampshire Military Records
- New Hampshire Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - Revolutionary War Records
- War of 1812 Military Records
- Civil War Records
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I. - Sanbornton NH Soldiers in the Civil War
- Return of the Sixteenth N.H. Regiment
- 12th N.H. Regiment
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
- World War I Records
- World War II Records
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
- Military recruiting photographs, 1944-1951
This collection consists of ten file folders of photographs of military recruiting efforts belonging to Francis Edward Abbey (1944-1951) as he performed his work in northern Vermont and New Hampshire during the period 1944 to 1951. The recruiting effort was aided by non-military organizations such as the Masons as evidenced by many group photographs in various settings such as club rooms and hotels. Many, but not most, of the locations and people in the photographs are identified. The photographs in this collection have not been scanned and cannot be viewed online.
New Hampshire Native American Records
- New Hampshire Indian Tribes
- Current Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State
- List of Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
- State Recognized Tribes