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For many years prior to 1740, the boundary lines of the province of New Hampshire were in dispute.
Massachusetts claimed that the division boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was defined by a line drawn from a point on the Atlantic coast 3 miles north of the mouth of the Merrimack River, and running on the northerly and easterly side of the river, at a distance of 3 miles from it, to a point 3 miles beyond the parallel of the junction of the Winnipiseogee and the Pemigewasset; thence due west to the Connecticut. This included all the territory included in the present-day limits of Hillsborough County, with the exceptions of the town of Pelham and a portion of the town of Hudson which was more than 3 miles from the Merrimack River. It also included the whole of Cheshire County and the larger part of the present-day Merrimack and Sullivan Counties.
New Hampshire claimed for her southern boundary a line due west from the same point on the ocean. By this claim the towns of Pelham, Hudson, Litchfield, Nashua, Merrimack, Hollis, Amherst and other towns lying within about 14 miles of latitude were conceded to be within Massachusetts.
The ancient town of Dunstable , which contained more than two hundred square miles, and included all of the towns named above and portions of other towns within the present limits of New Hampshire, made a part of the county of Middlesex, in Massachusets, and had not, before 1740, been regarded by any party as in part the territory of the province of New Hampshire.
The boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was finally determined, in 1741, by the King himself who ended the controversy in favor of New Hampshire, and fixed the present boundary, granting a much larger territory to New Hampshire than had been claimed earlier. Upon the settlement of the question, the towns which had had a corporate existence under Massachusetts were rechartered by the province of New Hampshire, and new towns were formed from those portions of existing towns cut off from Massachusetts.
In 1771, New Hampshire was divided into five counties. Hillsborough County was formed at that time as one of the original counties.
By 1823, there were 42 townships within Hillsborough County (see 1823 map and profile ). Several of the northern townships were set off to the newly formed Merrimack County the same year. The townships which became part of Merrimack County were: Andover, Boscawen, Bradford, Dunbarton, Fishersfield, Henniker, Hooksett, Hopkinton, New London, Salisbury, Sutton, and Warner.
The county seat: Nashua & Manchester.
Communties in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire include the following:
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.
Click HERE
for General HILLSBOROUGH County information and links ,
OR
Select from the TOWNS Table below to view
information and links specific to the town/township of interest.
OR scroll down the page to find the town(s) of interest in alphabetical
order.
Notice: An earlier Hillsborough County, NHGenWeb Genealogy site, was created by Fred Kunchick, and it remains online, though no longer being updated. Though I do not know Fred personally, I believe that he was a dedicated County Coordinator for Hillsborough County for several years.
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed to be
correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify Ann Mensch, the County
Coordinator, should an error be found.
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NHGenWeb Hillsborough County Towns Table
Would you like to volunteer to assist with one of the Hillsborough County, NH Towns? Please visit the Town Coordinators' guidelines page, and contact: Ann Mensch
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Society Land, Hancock Factory Village |
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Formed from Mile Slip (aka Groton Gore), the western portion of Hollis and a northeastern section of Townsend. First incorporated with the name of Raby, in 1769. |
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Formed from area earlier known as Cumberland; then incorporated, as Deering, in 1774, from Society Land. In 1842, a small portion of Derring was annexed into Bennington. |
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Formed from portions of Society Land, Peterborough, Lyndeborough & Lyndeborough Gore. In 1792, and 1872, small portions of Greenfield were annexed to Francistown. |
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Township No. 7, granted to Col. John Hill by MA. |
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Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673; West Dunstable 1739. |
1728 |
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Old Dunstable, MA granted 1673; early name Nottingham West (1746); Hudson (1830). |
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Formed from sw portion of Chester, nw portion of Londonderry, and Harrytown. |
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General Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
+TOWNS +
+ MAILING
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and BIOGRAPHIES +VITAL RECORDS + CEMETERIES RESOURCES +
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RESOURCES (including 1940 Census information & maps) +
MAP RESOURCES
+ DEEDS RESOURCES + PROBATE RESOURCES
+ MILITARY RESOURCES
+ NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE RESOURCES
USGenWeb Archives for New Hampshire
GENERAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESOURCES
· Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
· Town of Hillsborough, New Hampshire Home Page
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· Hillsborough County Clerk
· 19 Temple Street - Nashua, NH 03060-3444 Phone: (603) 882-9471
· The Hillsborough Historical Society
P.O. Box 896, Hillsborough, NH 03244 Phone: (603) 478-3165
· President Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. President) biographical sketch: Franklin PIERCE was born, in 1804, to Benjamin PIERCE and Anna KENDRICK in Hillsboro, N.H..."
· Hillsborough County Cooperative Extension Homepage - includes a brief history, county profile, calendar of events and more.
· Hillsborough County Genealogy
· NHGen Web Archives & Contents for Hillsborough County
· USGenWeb Census Project for New Hampshire
·
Rootsweb
Genealogy Mailing Lists
· The Poorhouse Story , by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale - Visit the page for New Hampshire which contains a postcard of Hillsborough County Farm and New Hospital, in Grasmere (in Goffstown), N.H. read " Emma's Story " to see the touching story behind the site!!!
· Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce
· The Union Leader & New Hampshire Sunday News - Manchester
· The Nashua Telegraph - online news
· The Cabinet Press - Online Newspaper
· Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Kathy Leigh, includes transcriptions of various, early Hillsborough County resources including:
· 1817 Gazetteer of Hillsborough County - Transcribed and submitted by Cathy Parziale, from The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, compiled by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, 1817, (p. 79).
· The History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New Hampshire; including that of Amoskeag, or the Middle Merrimack Valley.. ., written by C. E. Potter, Manchester: C. E. Potter, 1856.
· History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 , by George Plummer Hadley, Concord, N. H. : The Rumford Press, 1922.
§ A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Vols. 1-4 , By James Savage.
§ American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The 1940
U. S. Census is to be
released 2 April 2012 and available online at http://1940census.archives.gov/
To
prepare: Gather the information about
the city/county/state locations and enumeration districts (E.D.) where your
ancestors resided.
The National
Archives has 1940 census maps available online, so that you may look for the
enumberation district (E.D.) where your family member resided. Go to the web page at http://www.archives.gov/research/search/
, then search by entering the words “1940 Census maps” and the name of
the county and state – for example 1940
Census maps Hillsborough New Hampshire or 1940
Census maps Worcester Massachusetts, etc.
·
Obtaining
EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P.
Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
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1900 U. S. Census Population
Schedules: for Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire: (Rolls 947
and 948)
·
familysearch.org
- 1880
Census Index
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1850 U. S. Census Population
Schedules: for Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire: (Rolls 432,
433 and 434)
· Census Enumerator Instructions for Each Census Year, 1850-2000
DEEDS RESOURCES
· Hillsborough Register Of Deeds
19 Temple Street - Nashua, NH 03060-3444 Phone: (603) 882-6933
· Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Deeds
30 Spring Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Phone: (603) 883-6461.
· Hillsborough County Register Of Probate
30 Spring Street - Nashua, NH 03060 Phone: (603) 882-1231.
· Rules of Practice and Procedure in the Probate Courts of the State of New Hampshire.
· New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources
20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301; Phone: (603) 271-2540.
§ New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
19
Pillsbury Street - Box 2043, Concord, NH 03301-2043
Phone: (603) 271-3483
E-mail: preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us
§ American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission.
§ New Hampshire State Data Center
20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 271-2144.
· Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town.
· State of New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management
71 South Fruit Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2236
Genealogy Resources among the collection (includes early probate, land, military and naturalization records)
Index to The Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/PDF/Index_NH_State_Papers.pdfNew Hampshire State
Papers at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/nhstatepapers.html
· Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town
· Merrimack Valley State Parks and Historic Sites .- (The area of Concord, Merrimack and Manchester)
· Cemetery Junction for New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
CEMETERIES RESOURCES
· Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries (no longer being updated)
· USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Hillsborough County, NH
· The Political Graveyard , for Hillsborough County , created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum , a web site about U.S. political history, politicians and cemeteries.
o Cemeteries and Memorial Sites in Hillsborough County
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
MAPS RESOURCES
o Hillsborough
Historical Society & Franklin Pierce Homestead P.O. Box 896
- Hillsborough, NH 03244
Phone: (603) 478-3165 - Email: c_chadwick@conknet.com
o 1823 Map, Statistics and Profile of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
o Map of Old Dunstable , from Charles J. Fox's: History of the Old Township of Dunstable including Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield and Merrimac, N. H.; Dunstable and Tyngsborough, Mass. Nashua: Charles T. Gill Publishers. 1846.
o 1895 Map of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Pam Rietsch
o Use the query form, at USGS, to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be errors.
o Interactive Census Bureau New Hampshire Profiles & Maps :
o Men and Women of New Hampshire who Served During the Civil War, by Fred Kunchick.
o New Hampshire Heritage, 1861-1865 and New Hampshire Civil War Genealogy, by Todd Grzywacz.
o Civil War: NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- Military
Records available from the National Archives
- Military
Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
- NARA:
National Archives and Records Administration
- Research by
Topic - Genealogy
- About
Census Records
- 1790-1890
Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
- 1930
Census Microfilm Locator
- The
Soundex Indexing System
- Clues in
Census Records, 1790-1840
- Clues
in Census Records, 1850-1930
- Indian
Census Rolls
- Nonpopulation
Census Records
- Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First
in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census,
by Kellee Blake.
- Native
American Records
- Immigration
Records and Naturalization
Records
- "Any
woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization,
ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer
1998)
- By
Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian
Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists)
(Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada
border.
- Military
Records available from the National Archives
- Military
Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
- Civil
War Records: An Introduction and Invitation, By Michael P.
Musick (Prologue, Summer 1995)
- Women
Soldiers of the Civil War, by DeAnne Blanton (Prologue,
Spring 1993)
- Sailors,
Soldiers, and Marines of the Spanish-American War: The
Legacy of USS Maine, By Rebecca Livingston (Prologue, Spring 1998).
- They
Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States
Army during World War I, 1917-1919 (Prologue,
Fall 1998). -- A guide to looking for information about World War I army
veterans - By Mitchell Yockelson.
- State-level
Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the Vietnam
Conflict , By Theodore J. Hull, (Prologue, Spring 2000).
- Indian
Bounty Land Applications, By Mary Frances Morrow
(Prologue,
- American
Indians A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications Snakes
& Scribes: The
Dawes Commission and the Enrollment of the Creeks, By Kent
Carter, in "Prologue" (Prologue, Spring 1997)
- Genealogical
Fallout from the War of 1812, By Ruth Priest Dixon
(Prologue, Spring 1992) - "...The impressment of American seamen by
the British was one of the causes of the War of 1812. The practice also
resulted in the creation of extensive records about merchant seamen that
are of great value to genealogists and historians..."
- Genealogical
Records of the War of 1812, By Stuart L. Butler (Prologue,
Winter 1991) - "...National Archives records created during and
after the War of 1812 offer the genealogist a diverse and fertile ground
in which to obtain invaluable family information..."
- Preserving
the Legacy of the United States Colored Troops, by Budge
Weidman (Prologue, Summer 1997)
- A
Guiding Light: Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National
Archives, By Debra Newman Ham (Prologue, Special Issue,
Summer 1997).
- From
Slave Women to Free Women: The National Archives and Black Women's
History in the Civil War Era, By Noralee Frankel
(Prologue, Summer 1997)
- Riding
the Rails Up Paper Mountain: Researching Railroad Records in the National
Archives, By David A. Pfeiffer (Spring 1997).
- Prologue Magazine
·
Obtaining
EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and
David R. Kehs, PhD
·
familysearch.org
- 1880
Census Index
·
Census Enumerator
Instructions for Each Census Year, 1850-2000
· Tina's Adoption Reform and Search Pages (all states).
· Order Forms for Military Service and Family History Records
· Related Mailing Lists hosted by rootsweb
Hillsborough
County, New Hampshire Families Online
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Hillsborough County, NH MAILING LIST
NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com is a mailing list for Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire Genealogy.
To subscribe to this mailing list, visit the web pages at
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maillist/us/index.html
Once you have subscribed, e-mails may then be sent to NHHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com
Also see available New Hampshire Mailing Lists at Genealogy Resources on the Internet.
AMHERST
o Amherst, NH History & Genealogy, by Derick S. Hartshorn
o Historical Society of Amherst, New Hampshire
P. O. Box 717 - Amherst, NH 03031
o Amherst Town Library
14 Main Street - Amherst, NH 03031
Phone: (603) 673-2288; Fax: 603-672-6063;
E-mail: library@amherst.lib.nh.us
o Amherst History - Amherst, NH was first chartered in 1728 as Narragansett No. 3 and later called Souhegan No. 3. In January, 1760 it was chartered as Amherst...
o Amherst Town Clerk 2 Main Street - Amherst, NH 03031 Phone: (603) 673-6041
o Cricket Corner Cemetery, Amherst, Hillsborough County, NH, contributed and transcribed by Jackie Marshall with assistance from Nathalie Marshall, for use in USGenWeb Archives for Hillsborough County
Amherst area Cemeteries include:
Saint Patricks Cemetery -
Located west off Hwy. 101, on the road to Milford;
Latitude: 425013N; Longitude: 0713723W
Town Cemetery -
Located in Amherst village;
Latitude: 425151N; Longitude: 0713726W
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
Thank you for your kind offer of assistance Jackie!!!!
Jackie Marshall, genealogy chair for the Historical Society of Amherst, has graciously volunteered to do look-ups in some of the databases she has been working on. The databases are listed below. Please respectfully LIMIT your request to one or two names at a time.
1. Amherst, NH Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1884-1903:
Description of database: Vital record information from the Amherst Town
Reports from 1884 to the present. So far, Jackie has already indexed the
births, marriages, & deaths from 1884 to 1903. If you are looking for
births, marriages or deaths after 1903, please specify a close, approximate
date when requesting a look-up. Contact: Jackie
Marshall
Please note: The information contained in these records varies through the
years as to what is included in the town report. It is a secondary source,
subject to error, but a good indication for family researchers that there will
be further information at the Town Hall or state vital records office.
2. Names of out-of-town residents buried in Amherst, 1884-1952:
Description of database: Jackie has indexed the existing names of people
who died out of town & were brought to Amherst for burial (when the Town
Reports have this listing, which isn't every year) from 1884 to 1952. The
information for the out-of-town deaths is highly variable, sometimes just a
name, sometimes the place where they died, and sometimes more.
Contact: Jackie Marshall
Please note: The information contained in these records varies through the
years as to what is included in the town report. It is a secondary source,
subject to error, but a good indication for family researchers that there will
be further information at the Town Hall or state vital records office.
3. Cemetery Inscriptions for Cricket Corner Cemetery, Chestnut Hill
Cemetery, Meadow View Cemetery and Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground.
Description of database: An on-going cemetery survey project is underway,
and plans are being made to post the completed index online. Jackie has
offered to look-up information in those completed by volunteers thus far.
She writes: "So far we've recorded 2,466 burials from the following
Amherst cemeteries: Cricket Corner, Chestnut Hill, and Meadow
View. The Boy Scouts Troop 22 finished the Chestnut Hill cemetery, my
daughter & I finished the Cricket Corner Cemetery, and Meadow View has a
ways to go but is certainly well over 3/4 complete. I haven't entered the Amherst
Town Hall Burying Ground in the data base yet, but have an index on hand.
This cemetery has been transcribed in the past and I'd like to double check the
stones. St. Patrick's cemetery still needs to be done."
Contact: Jackie Marshall
4. Jackie Marshall's Family Tree Maker File of Amherst Families
Jackie's description of database: "First I entered all the families
that Daniel F. Secomb recorded in the genealogy portion of his book, History
of the Town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire [1883]. I've
been adding to the
families using the cemetery information, the town reports, and the census. I've
also used some other local town histories. You can't imagine how many
differences there are between all these sources! Family Tree Maker lets me put
in the multiple birth dates (for example) with each source. It would be up to
the family researcher to locate the primary record and make the judgment about
which is correct. Usually the differences are slight: May or Mar, Jan or Jun,
the date off by a few days, or the year having one year difference. Sometimes
it's way out of
the ballpark too. Interesting because it shows us how vulnerable secondary
sources can actually be. Add that to the fact that I'm re-copying all this
& am also susceptible to making typos (9 instead of 0), there is always
room for error, but I think it can be a useful clue tool. Contact: Jackie Marshall
o Antrim Town Clerk
P.O. Box 517, 66 Main Street - Antrim, NH 03440; Phone: (603) 588-6785.
o James A Tuttle Library P.O. Box 235 - Antrim 03440-0235; Phone: (603) 588-6786
o Antrim, NH - brief overview
o Bird's-eye-view: Digital 1887 Map of Antrim, N.H. and Clinton Village , by Norris, George E., published Brockton, Mass., 1887.
Cemeteries include:
o Maplewood Cemetery, North Branch Cemetery, Meeting House Hill Cemetery and Over East Cemetery
o Antrim, New Hampshire Cemeteries:
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
o Vital Records of Bedford, NH To 1903, From the history of Bedford, NH From 1737, Published by the Town of Bedford, NH, 1903. Online at Rays-Place.com
o Bedford Public Library
3 Meetinghouse Road - Bedford, NH 03110
Phone: (603) 472-2300;
o Town of Bedford 24
North Amherst Road - Bedford, NH 03110
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and Tuesdays -
7:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
o Bedford Town Clerk 24 North Amherst Road - Bedford, NH 03110; Phone: (603) 472-3550.
o Neighborhood News : The Bedford Bulletin
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
o An Historical Overview of Bennington, NH
o Bennington Town Office 7 School Street, # 101 - Bennington, NH 03442; Phone: (603) 588-2189.
o Dodge Public Library Main Street - Bennington, NH 03442; Phone: (603) 588-6585.
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
o Brookline Town Clerk 1 Main Street - Brookline, NH 03033; Phone: (603) 673-8933.
o Brookline Public Library P.O. Box 157 - 16 Main Street - Brookline, NH 03033-0157; Phone: (603) 673-3330.
o Brookline Historical Society
P. O. Box 595, Brookline, NH 03033
o Brookline, New Hampshire, USA
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
DEERING
Deering, NH is located in north central Hillsboro County,
with the municipalities of Hillsborough, in Hillsborough County, and Henniker,
in Merrimack county, at it's northern border. Deering's neighbor to the
east is Antrim and Bennington, to the west is Weare, and to the south is
Francestown - all in Hillsborough County.
Deering Cemeteries include:
Bartlett Cemetery, Corliss Cemetery, Dow Cemetery,
and Goodale Cemetery.
o Deering Town Clerk (for vital records information) Deering Center Rd. - Hillsboro, NH 03244; Phone: (603) 464-3224.
o Town of Deering , NH includes:
o A Brief History of Deering, New Hampshire
o Timeline
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
o Francestown Clerk Route 136 & Poor Farm Rd. - Francestown, NH 03043; Phone: (603) 547-6251.
o George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library 52 Main Street - Francestown, NH 03043; Phone: (603) 547-2730.
·
Find
A Grave for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Cemeteries
71 South
Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
GOFFSTOWN - inc. 1761 -
communities include: Grasmere, Goffstown Village,
Pinardville
o Goffstown Town Clerk 16 Main Street - Goffstown, NH 03045; Phone: (603) 497-3613.
o Goffstown Public Library 2 High Street - Goffstown, NH 03045; Phone: (603) 497-2102.
o Yourneighborhoodnews.com - area news
o Town of Goffstown, New Hampshire
o Welcome to Goffstown, New Hampshire .
o Pinardville - a community in Goffstown
o The Poorhouse Story, by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale - Visit the page for New Hampshire which contains a postcard of Hillsborough County Farm and New Hospital, in Grasmere (in Goffstown), N.H. read " Emma's Story " to see the touching story behind the site!!!
o Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , by Kathy Leigh, includes transcriptions of various, early Hillsborough County resources including:
o History of the Town of Goffstown, 1733-1920 , by George Plummer Hadley, Concord, N. H. : The Rumford Press, 1922.
o Goffstown Genealogy, hosted by Kathy Leigh.
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
GREENFIELD
o Town of Greenfield, New Hampshire
o The Stephenson Memorial Library Forest Road - Greenfield, NH 03047 Phone: (603) 547-2790.
o Greenfield Town Clerk P. O. Box 256, 7 Sawmill Road - Greenfield, NH 03047 Phone: (603) 547-2782.
o Greenfield, NH Cemeteries Information and Trustees
Cemeteries:
1. Greenvale Cemetery – located on Forest Road/Route 31S
2. Meeting House Cemetery / aka Old Church Cemetery – located behind the Meeting House between Sawmill Road and Francestown Road.
3. Shea Cemetery / aka Knight Cemetery – located off Slip Road
4. Whittemore Cemetery—located
on New Boston Road
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GREENVILLE (See also MASON)
o Greenville Town Clerk 46 Main Street - Greenville, NH 03048; Phone: (603) 878-4155.
46 Main Street - Greenville, NH 03048; Phone: (603) 878-1105.
o Greenville (Mason) History - History of the Town of Mason, N.H. from the First Grant in 1749, to the Year 1858, by John B. Hill, Boston : Lucius A. Elliot & Co., 1858.
o Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1886 Map of Greenville, N.H. , by Burleigh Lith. Establishment, Troy, N.Y. : L. R. Burleigh, 1886.
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HANCOCK (inc. 1779)
o Hancock Historical
Society P.O. Box 138 - 7 Main Street - Hancock, NH 03449
Phone: (603) 525-9379; E-mail:
hancockhistsoc@mcttelecom.com
o Hancock
Town Library 25 Main Street - Hancock, NH 03449
Phone: (603) 525-4411; E-mail:
library@hancocknh.org
o Friends of the Hancock Town Library
o The Town of Hancock, NH - with government information, links and more.
o Hancock Community Profile (.pdf)
o Keensentinel: Regional Information: Town of Hancock, NH
o Hancock, New Hampshire with a Hancock, New Hampshire HISTORY, by John Grimes and John Hancock.
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HILLSBOROUGH
o The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921, Vol. 2: Biography and Genealogy, By George Waldo Browne, Hillsborough, N.H., Hillsborough (N.H. : Town), 1922. (online at google books)
29 School Street (P.O. Box 1699) - Hillsboro, NH 03244; Phone: (603) 464-5571; Town Offices E-mail: hillsboro@conknet.com
o Bird's-eye-view: Digital 1884 Map of Hillsborough-Bridge, Hillsborough County, N.H. , by H. W., del., Brockton, Mass. : Norris & Wellge, 1884.
o Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) Homestead.
o President Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. President) biographical sketch: Franklin PIERCE was born, in 1804, to Benjamin PIERCE and Anna KENDRICK in Hillsboro, N.H..."
o Architecture and Interior Design for the 20th Century : a search for New Hampshire provides several photos including:
o Pierce homestead, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Exterior II . by Gottscho, Samuel H. 1875-1971, (Samuel Herman), photographer, 1961 Sept. 13.
29 School Street - Hillsboro, NH 03244; Phone: (603) 464-3595
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o Hollis Town Clerk 7 Monument Square - Hollis, NH 03049; Phone: (603) 465-2064.
o Welcome to Hollis, New Hampshire - Community page
o Hollis Historical Society P.O. Box 754 - Hollis, NH 03049
o Joan Tinklepaugh's "A Brief History of Hollis"
o Ann's Welcome to Hollis, NH Genealogy and History
o 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, by Samuel Thomas Worcester, Boston: A. Williams & Co, 1879.
o Sue's Hollis, NH Site includes some early Hollis marriages (1743-1877)
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HUDSON - Old Dunstable,
MA granted 1673; early name Nottingham West (1746); Hudson (1830).
o 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, by Kimball Webster, edited by George Waldo Browne, Manchester, N.H.: Granite State Publishing Co., 1913.
o Hudson Town Clerk 12 School Street -Hudson, NH 03051; Phone: (603) 886-6003.
o Hudson, NH History from earliest settlement...
o Town of Hudson and Take a Tour of Hudson
o Hudson ~ Litchfield Online New
Hudson area cemeteries include:
Saint Patrick’s Cemetery
Latitude: 424633N; Longitude: 0712629W
Senter Cemetery
Located in northern Hudson, near the intersections of
Londonderry and Griffin Roads;
Latitude: 424851N; Longitude: 0712430W
Sunnyside Cemetery
Located in central Hudson, off Greeley Street and Hwy.
111;
Latitude: 424550N; Longitude: 0712541W
Westview Cemetery
Located in central Hudson, off Greeley Street and Hwy.
111;
Latitude: 424608N; Longitude: 0712457W
Hudson, New Hampshire Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War
Source: History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, compiled under the
supervision of D. Hamilton Hurd, "History of Hudson," by
Kimball Webster, Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885. (pp.
474-475).
"It is a matter of regret that a complete list of the
names of all the soldiers who served their country, from this town [Hudson], in
the War of the Revolution, cannot be given.
"No town documents to show who they were can be found,
and a few of their names only are incidentally mentioned in the town records.
"Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, Assistant Secretary of State,
has kindly furnished some valuable information, some has been gathered from the
Adjutant-General's Reports, and some names have been obtained from other
sources.
"Within the limited time given to compete this history
it has been impossible for me to make an exhaustive research for all the names
of those patriotic soldiers possible to be obtained.
"The following names are given as a partial list of
the men from Nottingham West who were soldiers in the War of the Revolution.
"NOTTINGHAM WEST SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTION.
--The following was copied from the original paper in the possession of the New
Hampshire Historical Society, by Hon. D. F. Secomb:
"A muster-roll of Capt. Samuel Greeley's Company, who
turned out as volunteers from Nottingham west, in New Hampshire, at the time of
Lexington battle, on the 19th day of April, 1775."
"Samuel Greeley, captain; John Kelley, lieutenant;
John Pollard, ensign; James Ford, clerk; William Merrill, sergeant; William
Burns, sergeant; Ebenezer Pollard, sergeant; Justus Dakin, corporal; Simeon
Barrett, corporal; Jonathan Bradley, corporal; John Pollard, corporal; Benjamin
Marshall, fifer; Samuel Currier, fifer; Samuel Marsh, Reuben Spalding, Peter
Cross, Ebenezer Cummings, Ebenezer Perry, Elijah Hills, Ezekiel Hills, Jeremiah
Hills, Samuel Hills, Richard Marshall, Daniel Hardy, Seth Hadley, Abijah Reed,
Richard Cutter, Nehemiah Winn, Benjamin Whittemore, Abiather Winn, Stephen
Chase, Jr., Joshua Chase, John Haseltine, David Glover, Oliver Hills, Page
Smith, Samuel Campbell, Samuel Smith, Moses Barrett, Richard Hardy, Jonathan
Blodgett, Joseph Greeley, Samuel Durant, Samuel Moore, Andrew Seavey, Stephen Chase,
James Pemberton, John Osgood, Nat. Hardy, Benjamin Marshall, Daniel Marshall,
John Walker, Joseph Gould, Jr., John Merrill, David Cummings, Thomas Wason,
Alexander Caldwell, Thomas Caldwell, Asa Davis, Samuel Wason, Ichabod Eastman,
Abraham Page, Nat. Davis."
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·Town Clerk 2 Liberty Way -Litchfield, NH 03052; Phone: (603) 424-4045.
· Hudson ~ Litchfield Online News
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P. O. Box 164, Citizens Hall Rd. - Lyndeborough, NH 03082; Phone: (603) 654-9653.
· J. A. Tarbell Library - 164 Forest Road
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Volunteer Lookups: Below are resources which volunteers have graciously offered to consult to aid Lyndeborough, New Hampshire researchers:
The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire,1735-1905 , by Rev.
D. Donovan
and Jacob A. Woodward. Pub. by the town. [Tufts College, Mass.] The Tufts
college press, H.W. Whittemore & co., 1906.
Lookup by: Richard
Putnam
Putnam's Store
Wilton, NH 03086
Phone: 603-654-6564
E-mail: Ptmclothes@aol.com
The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire : 1905-1955 , by Mrs.
E. George
Warren, [et al.] History Committee. Lyndeborough, NH : The Town, 1958.
Lookup by: Richard
Putnam
Putnam's Store
Wilton, NH 03086
Phone: 603-654-6564
E-mail: Ptmclothes@aol.com
·The City of Manchester Home Page
· Manchester Cemetery Dept 765 Brown Ave. - Manchester, NH 03103; Phone: (603) 624-6514.
· Manchester Historic Association 129 Amherst Street - Manchester 03101; Phone: (603) 622-7531.
· American Canadian Genealogical Society in Manchester, New Hampshire
·St. Raphael's Catholic Church Parish in Manchester, NH
· Manchester Genealogy & History alternate/temporary page
· GenWeb Archives: Every Name Index to Clarke's "History of Manchester" : Surnames A-F
· Manchester Cemetery Dept
765 Brown Ave. - Manchester, NH 03103; Phone: (603) 624-6514.
· Manchester Cemeteries - with histories of several of the city's cemeteries
Manchester Cemeteries include:
Amoskeag Cemetery (est. 1885)
Fieldcrest Road, Manchester, NH
Derryfield
Cemetery (aka Center City; aka Huse Cemetery)
Mammoth Road, Manchester, NH
Hall Cemetery (est. 1921)
Young & Sunnyside Street, Manchester, NH
Merrill Cemetery (est. 1894)
S. Willow Street & Huse Road, Manchester, NH
Moore Cemetery (aka Goffs Falls Cemetery) (est. 1921)
Brown Avenue, Manchester, NH
Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery (est. 1881)
474 Goffstown Road, Manchester, NH; Phone: (603) 622-3215
Pine Grove Cemetery (est. 1851)
765 Brown Avenue, Manchester, NH
Piscataquog Cemetery (est. 1915)
Bowman Street, Manchester, NH
Stowell Cemetery (est. 1921)
Bodwell Road, Manchester, NH
Valley Cemetery (est. 1841)
at Auburn, Pine, Valley and Willow streets , Manchester, NH
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· Welcome to the Town of Mason, NH
· Mason Public Library 16 Darling Hill Road - Mason, NH 03048-9600; Phone: (603) 878-3867; E-mail: masonlib@monad.net
Mason, NH Genealogy, by Rhett Owings.
Starch Mill Road Cemetery - Mason,
NH
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
·Merrimack, Hillsborough County, NH Genealogy , by Janice Brown .
·War Veterans of Merrimack, NH (1775-1919)
·Merrimack Town Clerk Baboosic Lake Rd. - Merrimack, NH 03054; Phone: (603) 424-3651.
· Merrimack Public Library 470 Daniel Webster Highway - Merrimack, NH 03054-3694; Phone: (603) 424-5021.
· Official Site of Merrimack, New Hampshire .
·Merrimack, NH Chamber of Commerce
Merrimack area cemeteries include:
Turkey Hill
Cemetery
Latitude: 425130N; Longitude: 0713116W
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· Town of Milford, NH official web site.
·Milford, New Hampshire History in Pictures , by Chris Thompson
·Milford Historical Society has an online Picture Tour of Downtown Milford .
6 Union Street - Milford, NH 03055; Phone: (603) 673-3385.
· History of Milford, 1738-1901, by George Ramsdell, online from the Milford Historical Society.
· UNH Dimond Library, Historic USGS Maps of New England: Milford, NH area maps
· Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire: Milford Civil War Soldiers , by
· Milford, New Hampshire Genealogy and History , by Fred Kunchick, Jr.
· Wadleigh Memorial Public Library 49 Nashua Street - Milford, NH 03055; Phone: (603) 673-2408.
· Town of Milford, NH Community Web
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· Mont Vernon Town Clerk 2 S Main Street - Mont Vernon, NH 03057; Phone: (603) 673-9126.
· Town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
· The Daland Memorial Library - P.O. Box 335 - Mont Vernon, NH 03057; Phone &
Fax: (603) 673 7888
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· City of Nashua, New Hampshire
· USGenWeb for Nashua, New Hampshire, by Linda Simpson
· Nashua City Clerk Nashua City Hall - 229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060; Phone: (603) 594-3305
· Nashua, NH Photos: Library of Congress American Memory Collection (ca. 1880-1910)
· Bird's-eye-view: Digital ca. 1883 Map of Nashua, New Hampshire , [n.p., 1883].
· Nashua, NH Genealogy, by Linda Simpson
· Nashua Public Library 2 Court Street - Nashua, NH 03060; Phone: (603) 594-3412.
· Nashua, NH - Information, history, links and more.
· Nashua Telegraph - News for southern New Hampshire.
· The Nashua Historical Society 5 Abbott Street - Nashua 03060-2119; Phone: (603) 883-0015.
Nashua Cemeteries include:
Edgewood Cemetery
107 Amherst Street - Nashua, NH
03060 Phone: (603) 594-3327;
Latitude: 424617N; Longitude: 0712842W
Old Dunstable Cemetery -
Located in southeastern Nashua;
Latitude: 424253N; Longitude: 0712644W
Woodlawn Cemetery
101 Kinsley Street - Nashua, NH
03060 Phone: 603-594-3354
E-mail: <frizzellh@ci.nashua.nh.us>;
Latitude: 424509N; Longitude: 0712838W
Saint Francois Xavier Cemetery -
Located on Pine Hill Road, south of Amherst Street,
east of Frederic Everett Turnpike.;
Latitude: 424621N; Longitude: 0712922W
Saint Stanislaus Cemetery -
Located west of Hwy. 3-Frederic Everett Turnpike, on
the north side of Pine Hill Road;
Latitude: 424629N; Longitude: 0712954W
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· New Boston Town Clerk 5 Meetinghouse Hill Rd. - New Boston, NH 03070 Phone: (603) 487-5571.
· Welcome to New Boston - webmaster site by Janet Chamberlain, with additions from Patti Armstrong, Giboney French, David Rising on by MV Communications , Inc.
· Town of New Boston - P.O. Box 250 - New Boston, NH 03070.
· New Boston Historical Society Central Square - New Boston, New Hampshire 03070
· Postcards from New Boston, Late 1800's to 1925 includes: -
· Postcards: The churches of New Boston .
·
Whipple Free Library Central
Square - New Boston, NH 03070; Phone: (603) 487-3391
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· New Ipswich Town Clerk 30 Tricnit Rd. - New Ipswich, NH 03071; Phone: (603) 878-3567.
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24 Village Green - Pelham, NH 03076
Phone: (603) 635-7581, Email: reference@pelhamweb.com ; www.pelhamweb.com/library
Scroll down near the bottom of the library's links page for links to Pelham history and the library's history!
5 Main Street - Pelham, NH 03076; Email: info@PelhamNHHistory.org ; http://www.pelhamnhhistory.org/
6 Main Street - Pelham, NH 03076-3723; Phone: (603) 635-2040.
· Pelham, New Hampshire Home Page.
A Brief History of the Town of Pelham .
Pelham History & Genealogy Exchange .
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1 Grove Street - Peterborough, NH 03458 Phone: (603) 924-8010.
o History of the Town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, by Albert Smith, Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 1876.
o "Peterborough's Past ," by Ellen Derby, Peterborough Historical Society
2 Concord Street - Peterborough, NH 03458 Phone: (603) 924-8040.
o Town
of Peterborough, NH: Peterborough Online.
· Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce Site.
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· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· Sharon Town Clerk Town Office, Route 123 - Peterborough, NH 03458 Phone: (603) 924-9250
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TEMPLE
"History of Temple", from D. Hamilton Hurd's, 1885, History of
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire1,
pp. 672-677, transcribed here by Ann Mensch.
CHAPTER I.
TEMPLE.
Geographical--Original Grants--Masonian Proprietors--Incorporation
of Town--First Town-Meeting--Petition for Incorporation--Secon Petition for
Incorporation--Documentary History--Various Petitions--Lottery--Inhabitants in
1784--Columbian Library.
The town of Temple
lies on the southwestern part of the county and is bounded as follows:
North, by Peterborough
, Greenfield and Lyndeborough ; east, by Lyndeborough and Wilton ; south, by Mason and New
Ipswich ; west, by Sharon
and Peterborough .
This township embraced several tracts of land granted to
individuals by the government of Massachusetts prior to 1740. The
territory was granted by the Masonian proprietors in November, 1750, with the
usual reservations. For some years it was called Peterborough Slip, and
included the present town of Sharon
.
The town was incorporated August 26, 1768, and included one
tier of lots on the west side of Wilton and the easterly portion of what was
formerly known as Peterborough Slip or Sliptown, and was named for Hon.
John Temple. Ephraim Heald was authorized to call the first town-meeting,
which duty he performed, and the meeting was held at the house of Zedekiah
Drury, October 10, 1768.
A dispute concerning a strip of land between this town and New Ipswich resulted in favor of Temple.
By an act passed January 12, 1781, a tract of land containing
about four hundred acres, lying north of this town, called Borland's farm, was
annexed to Temple.
January 29, 1789, some territory was severed from the southest
[sic] corner of Peterborough, and annexed to this town.
By an act approved June 11, 1796, a considerable tract of land
was severed from Lyndeborough and annexed to Temple.
Petition for Incorporation.--The following is a copy of the
petition for the incorporation of the town:
This petition was granted, and the town was incorporated, as mentioned above, August 26, 1768.
· Temple Town Clerk Route 45 - Temple, NH 03084 Phone: (603) 878-3873.
· Temple Town Information Main - Temple, NH 03084 Phone: (603) 878-1479.
· Weare Town Clerk P. O. Box 190 (15 Flanders Memorial Dr.) - Weare, NH 03281 Phone: (603) 529-7575
· Weare Virtual Town Tour: Take a virtual tour and read a brief history, from the Weare Economic Developement Committee.
· Weare Historical Society : P.O. Box 33 - Weare, NH 03281.
o Brief History of the Weare Library
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WILTON - Visit the new WILTON page
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· New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 – An Index
· Obtaining Vital Records Fact Sheet
· History of Windsor, New Hampshire, FROM: History of Hillsborough County New Hampshire, Edited by: George S. Conover, Compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd, Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & Co., 1885. Typed by Doreen Crocker. Online at Rays-Place.com
· Town of Windsor H.C. 68, Box 378 - Windsor, NH 03244 Phone: (603) 478-3292.
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Additional Research Resources:
· New Hampshire Historical Society and Library
o Library's Online Catalog Search
· The State of New Hampshire .
· Brief History of New Hampshire
· Chronological Historical Markers List
o American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission .
o New Hampshire State Data Center .
o New Hampshire: Records Management and Archives Guide
· Municipal Government in New Hampshire
· New Hampshire State Library 20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 271-2144.
· Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town.
· New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
· NPS: Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System:
· AJR NewsLink to New Hampshire Newspapers .
· NH.com - online directory and information, with History & Historic Maps
· Library of Congress: Maps of New Hampshire Locations
· New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
· USGenWeb for New Hampshire Genealogy
· New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA)
· Cemetery Junction for New Hampshire
· Cemetery Records Online - Cemeteries and Genealogy.
· Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + for New Hampshire
· NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
o 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
o 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
o Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
o Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
o Nonpopulation Census Records
o Immigration Records and Naturalization Records
o Military Records available from the National Archives
o Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
· USA Veterans' Administration
· U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for New Hampshire .
PROFESSIONAL
HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch,
Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching on-site, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North America. Search the Library's online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location or topic.
Return to:
New Hampshire GenWeb Project,
by Peggy & Birdie.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nhhillsb/NH-Hillsborough_Co.htm
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003-2012, by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.