Town Resource page

CLAREMONT RESOURCES
and LOOK UP PAGE

If you have any reference material on Claremont and would like to volunteer to do lookup's, please contact me so that it can be arranged, Wayne McElreavy

Reference Material utilized is the History of Claremont NH 1764-1894 A Comprehensive history of the people and times, spanning 130 years from its first settlements. With Marriages, Births and Deaths prior to 1797 and many Biographical Sketches. Index has over 3000 individuals listed.

You are looking at a new Claremont web site that we hope will be researcher friendly and offer opportunities to find and trace your ancestors. We will endeavor to help you. COMING HERE!

Cemetery Information: A map of the graves in the Mt. View Cemetery. We also need help with the St Mary Cemetery, and other cemetery records. Currently there is no really good information available. Public works might help as they can provide burial information if know the 'head' of the burial lot, and who is buried there, and what cemetery, they might get you definitive information..

Claremont Grave-Stones by Charles Spofford, 1896. Listing of Claremont, This is a source of information for burials, including the Old Cemetery and the West Part Yard Cemetery. At the historical society all of the vital records have appeared in the Claremont Town Reports ( 1877 vitals through 1945) that should provide some valuable information.)

Claremont Municipal Town Page http://www.claremontnh.com/

LOOK UP VOLUNTEERS OR RESEARCHERS
Contact Wayne McElreavy [mac@cyberportal.net] for lookups in the following books:
WHEN REQUESTING LOOK UP HELP (You must put "Claremont lookup" in the SUBJECT BOX of your email or risk of having it deleted as suspected spam.)

Catholic Marriage Records of Claremont's St. Mary's & St. Joseph's 1873-1980. Written by Friar Fernand Croteau in 1980. In addition to the marriage dates, the parents of the bride and groom are also mentioned, and in some cases where they were from. Also Fr. Croteau lists a page full of name changes - for example: Benoit to Benware; Courchesne to Cushion, Dubois to Woods etc.

Catholic Marriages of Sullivan County 1902-80. Similar to the above only it includes Catholic Marriages in Sullivan County (excluding Claremont.) Nonetheless, the book includes numerous Claremont residents who were married in nearby towns.

Claremont War History, April 1861 to April 1865, by Otis F. R. Waite. Includes a biographical notice on each Claremont soldier with sketches of New Hampshire regiments.

History of Claremont NH 1764-1894 by Otis F. R. Waite: A comprehensive history of the people and times, spanning 130 years from its first settlements. With Marriages, Births, and Deaths prior to 1797 and many Biographical sketches. Index of names has over 3000 individuals listed.

Local Lookups: Wayne is willing to do some genealogical look-up's for you and has access to many types of reference material relating to Marriages, Births, Deaths and Cemetery Inscriptions. Please be specific and limit your request to 1 or 2 surnames). Thanks

Eagle Times Newspaper: I put together an index of obits, births, marriages, etc. for the 1997 Eagle Times. I did it just to give an idea of what we could do. I have copies of Claremont deaths that appeared in a January edition of the local newspaper from 1946 through the late 1950s.

If you have Claremont resources and YOU would like to be a lookup volunteer,
please contact Wayne McElreavy [mac@cyberportal.net]

Claremont National Register of Historic Downtown Buildings National Register

Sullivan County USGenWeb Project New Hampshire

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