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Rockingham County Information & Links
- Interactive Census Bureau Map of Rockingham County
- 1895 Map of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- USGS: Maps of Rockingham County New Hampshire 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.
- Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- Early Images of the Seacoast Region (abt 1860-1920s)
- The Political Graveyard - Rockingham County
- SeacoastNH.com - History Theme Sites
- America's Stonehenge : Adventure In Eco Archaeology, a 4000 year old megalithic (stone constructed) site located on Mystery Hill in Salem NH.
- UNH: The Capture of Fort William & Mary New Castle, New Hampshire, December 14-15, 1774, online by The Milne Special Collections and Archives department of the University of New Hampshire Library.
- New Hampshire Gazette - One Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
- Isle of Shoals History
- Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town
QUERIES
- Would you like to post a query related to Rockingham County, New Hampshire? Visit the Rootsweb message board for Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
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- The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Kimball Public Library 3 Academy Avenue - Atkinson 03811-2299 Phone: (603) 362-5234.
- Atkinson Town Clerk 21 Academy Ave. - Atkinson, NH 03811 Phone: (603) 362-4920.
- Griffin Free Public Library P.O. Box 308 - 22 Hooksett Road - Auburn, NH 03032-0308 Phone: (603) 483-5374
- Auburn Town Clerk 47 Chester Road - Auburn, NH 03032 Phone: (603) 483-2281.
- Mary E. Bartlett Memorial Library 22 Dalton Road - Brentwood, NH 03833-6000 Phone: (603) 642-3355.
- Brentwood Town Office 1 Dalton Road - Brentwood, NH 03833 Phone: (603) 642-6400.
- Rockingham County Register-Deeds 10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH 03833 Phone: (603) 642-5526.
- Rockingham County Probate Court 10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH 03833 Phone: (603) 642-7117.
- Rockingham County Superior Court 10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH 03833 Phone: (603) 642-5256.
- Smyth Public Library 194 High Street - P.O. Box 256 - Candia, NH 03034-0256 Phone: (603) 483-8245.
- Candia Town
Clerk 74 High Street - Candia, NH 03034 Phone: (603) 483-5573.
- Chester Public Library P.O. Box 277 - 3 Chester Street - Chester, NH 03036-0277 Phone: (603) 887-3404.
- Chester Town Clerk 1 Chester Street - Chester, NH 03036 Phone: (603) 887-3636.
- Colby Memorial Library P.O. Box 10 - 7 Colby Road - Danville, NH 03819-5104 Phone: (603) 382-6733.
- Danville Town Clerk 210 Main Street - Danville, NH 03819 Phone: (603) 382-8253.
- Philbrick-James Library 4 Old Center Road, South Deerfield, NH 03037-1410 Phone: (603) 463-7187.
- Town of Deerfield P.O. Box 159 - Deerfield, NH 03038.
- Derry, New Hampshire
- Derry Public Library 64 East Broadway - Derry, NH 03038-2414 Phone: (603) 432-6140.
- Taylor Public Library 49 East Derry Road - P.O. Box 110 - East Derry, NH 03041-0110
- Cemetery Department
- Derry
Town Clerk
Derry Municipal Center, 14 Manning Street - Derry,
NH
03038 Phone: (603) 432-6105. - East Kingston Public Library P.O. Box 9 - 41 Depot Road - East Kingston, NH 03827-0009 Phone: (603) 642-8333.
- Town of East Kingston 7 Main Street - East Kingston, NH 03827.
- Town of Epping Town Hall - RFD - Epping, NH 03042
- Harvey-Mitchell Memorial Library P.O. Box 370 -152 Main Street - Epping, NH 03042 Phone: (603) 679-5944.
- Exeter, New Hampshire, on the American Independence Museum site, contains a history of the town of Exeter, New Hampshire: "...Exeter was settled in 1638 as one of the first four townships of New Hampshire...[by] Reverend John Wheelwright..."
- Exeter area Chamber of Commerce
- Exeter Public Library 1 Founder's Park - Exeter, NH 03833-1831
- Exeter
Historical
Society
47 Front Street - Exeter, NH 03833 (603) 778-2335 - American Independence Museum - Exeter, NH
- Town of Exeter
- Phillips Exeter Academy
- Town of Exeter - Wikipedia entry
- Fremont
Public Library
190 Scribner Road - Fremont, NH
03044-3405 Phone: (603) 895-9543. - Town of
Fremont
168 Scribner - Fremont, NH 03044. - Weeks Public Library P.O. Box 430 - 36 Post Road - Greenland, NH 03840-0430 Phone: (603) 436-8548.
- Town of Greenland 575 Portsmouth - Greenland, NH 03840.
- Hampstead Public Library P.O. Box 190 - Mary E. Clark Drive - Hampstead, NH 03841-0190
- The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Town of Hampstead P.O. Box 338 - Hampstead, NH 03841.
- Town of Hampton P.O. Box 1 - Hampton, NH 03842.
- Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce - with information, calendar of events, and vacation guides...
- Eunice Goody Cole (1590-1680), Hampton, NH
- Hampton, N.H. History and Genealogy
- Stephen Bachiler An Unforgiven Puritan by Victor C. Sanborn, Hampton, NH
- The Rev. Stephen Bachiler: "Saint or Sinner" (first minister of Hampton, NH)
- Lane Memorial Library 2 Academy Avenue - Hampton, NH 03842
- Hampton, NH Area Genealogy
- Introduction to Hampton, NH area Cemetery Records
- History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, From it's Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892, by Joseph Dow, 1893.
- About Hampton and the New Hampshire Seacoast.
- Hampton Falls Free Library
45 Exeter Road - Hampton Falls, NH 03844-2004
Phone:
(603) 926-3682. - Town of Hampton Falls 1 Drinkwater Road - Hampton Falls, NH 03844
- Town of Kensington 95 Amesbury Road - Kensington, NH 03833
- Kensington Social & Public Library 126 Amesbury Road - Kensington, NH 03833-5621
- Town of Kingston P.O. Box 657 - Kingston, NH 03848
- Town of Kingston, NH
- Leach Public Library 276 Mommoth Road - Londonderry, NH 03053-2097 Phone: (603) 432-1132.
- City of Londonderry
- Town of Londonderry (Municipal Services: All Departments) 50 Nashua Road - Londonderry, NH 03053 Phone: (603) 432-1100.
- New Castle Public Library 301 Wentworth Road - New Castle, NH 03854 Phone: (603) 431-6773
- Town of New Castle Main Street - Box 367 - New Castle, NH 03854
- Town Offices.
- New
Castle
Town Clerk
49 Main Street - New Castle, NH 03854-0367 - Paul Memorial Library P.O. Box 200 - 76 Main Street - Newfields, NH 03856-0200 Phone: (603) 778-8169.
- Town of
Newfields
P.O. Box 45 - Newfields, NH 03856 - Langdon Public Library 330 Nimble Hill Road - Newington, NH 03801
- Town of Newington
205 Nimble Hill Road - Newington, NH 03801 -
Newmarket Public Library
1 Elm Street - Newmarket, NH 03857-1201
Phone:
(603) 659-5311. - Town
of Newmarket
Town Hall - Main Street - Newmarket, NH 03857. - Newton
Town Clerk
Main - Newton, NH 03858
Phone:
(603) 382-4096. - A brief hiftory of NEWTON, NH - This site may be helpful to Amesbury, MA and Salisbury, MA researchers, since present day Newton, NH, was originally part of Salisbury, Massachusetts; later, part of Amesbury, Massachusetts; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New Town or South Hampton, MA. This Newton, NH Chronology by Jerry D. Ferrin 1999, "...consists of excerpts from a "A Chronology of the Life and Times of Jonathan Farren", which is an expanded version of a chronology researched and compiled by James E. Shaw in 1993 for The Ferrin Family Newsletter...including a number of original documents signed by Jonathan Farren and many of the Newton and South Hampton town records reproduced here..." George G. Gleason, Researcher.
- Gale Library 16 South Main Street - Newton, NH 03858 Phone: (603) 382-4691.
- Welcome to Newton, NH! - unofficial - by Scott Finley
- North Hampton Public Library 237 A Atlantic Avenue - North Hampton, NH 03862-2313 Phone: (603) 964-6326.
- Town of North Hampton P.O. Box 141 - North Hampton, NH 03862.
- Chesley Memorial Library P.O. Box 157 - 8 Mountain Avenue - Northwood, NH 03261-0157
- Town of Northwood Town Hall - Box 314 - Northwood, NH 03261.
- Blaisdell Memorial Library P.O. Box 115 - 129 Stage Road - Nottingham, NH 03290-0115 Phone: (603) 679-8484.
- Town of Nottingham Town Hall - P.O. Box 114 - Nottingham, NH 03290.
- Plaistow Public Library 85 Main Street - Plaistow, NH 03856 Phone: (603) 382-6011.
- Town of Plaistow 145 Main Street - Plaistow, NH 03865.
- Strawberry Banke Museum in Portmouth, NH -
- How Portsmouth Lost Old Ironsides
- Dedication of the Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth to Kittery, ME (1923)
- Prince Whipple, born in Amabou, Africa: emancipated during the American Revolution), Portsmouth, NH
- Portsmouth Public Library 8 Islington Street - Portsmouth, NH 03801-4261 Phone: (603) 427-1540.
- Portsmouth Libraries
- New Hampshire Gazette - One Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
- Dispatch Center "...inviting Portsmouth's 23 neighborhood groups, and all of its historical organizations, to use this page to send us weekly dispatches telling their residents and visitors, and the rest of the world at large, what they're up to..."
- Dudley-Tucker
Library
P.O. Box 909 - 6 Epping Street - Raymond, NH
03077-0909 Phone: (603) 895-2633. - Raymond Town
Office
4 Epping Street - Raymond, NH 03077 Phone:
(603)
895-4735 - Town of Raymond, NH
- Raymond Historical Society Raymond Railroad Depot - 1 Depot Rd. - Raymond, NH 03077 Phone: (603) 895-4735
- Town of Rye
10 Central Road - Rye, NH 03870 - Rye Library 581 Washington Road - Rye, NH 03870
- Kelley Library 234 Main Street - Salem, NH 03079
- Eagle-Tribune - Online News
- Salem's Internet Community
- The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Town of Salem
- Salem Town Clerk 33 Geremonty Dr. - Salem, NH 03079 Phone: (603) 890-2110.
- Sandown
Public Library
305 Main Street - P.O. Box 580 - Sandown, NH
03873-0580 Phone: (603) 887-3428. - Sandown Town Clerk
320 Main Street - Sandown, NH 03873
Phone:
(603) 887-4870. - Town of Seabrook 99 Lafayette Road - Seabrook, NH 03874
- Seabrook Library 101 Centennial Street - Seabrook, NH 03874
- Town of South Hampton RFD 2 - Main Avenue - South Hampton, NH 03827.
- South Hampton Public Library 3-1 Hilldale Avenue - South Hampton, NH 03827-9410 Phone: (603) 394-7319.
- A brief hiftory of NEWTON, NH - This site may be helpful to Amesbury, MA and Salisbury, MA researchers, since present day Newton, NH, was originally part of Salisbury, Massachusetts; later, part of Amesbury, Massachusetts; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New Town or South Hampton, MA. This Newton, NH Chronology by Jerry D. Ferrin 1999, "...consists of excerpts from a "A Chronology of the Life and Times of Jonathan Farren", which is an expanded version of a chronology researched and compiled by James E. Shaw in 1993 for The Ferrin Family Newsletter...including a number of original documents signed by Jonathan Farren and many of the Newton and South Hampton town records reproduced here..." George G. Gleason, Researcher.
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Wiggin
Memorial Library
10 Bunker Hill Avenue - Stratham, NH
03885-2403 Phone:
(603) 772-4346. - Town of Stratham 115 Portsmouth Avenue - Box 115 - Stratham, NH 03885.
- Town of Windham - includes:
- The Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Nesmith Library 8 Fellows Road - Windham, NH 03087 Phone: (603) 432-7154.
- Windham Town Clerk
3 N Lowell Road - Windham, NH
03087 Phone:
(603) 434-5075.
CHESTER
DANVILLE
DEERFIELD
DERRY
EAST KINGSTON
EPPING
Town Clerk's Phone: (603) 679-8288.
EXETER
Phone: (603) 772-3101 & 772-6036.
FREMONT
GREENLAND
HAMPSTEAD
Phone: (603) 329-6411.
HAMPTON
Phone: (603) 926-3368 E-mail: library@hampton.lib.nh.us
-
Batchelder
Cemetery (1823-1900) - Landing
Cemetery
(1715-1727) -
Shaw Cemetery (ca. 1713-1858) - Elkins Cemetery (1851-1893) -
Sanborn/Brown Cemetery (1829-1907) - Bride Hill Cemetery (1782-1890)
"Ye Old Neighborhood" Cemetery (1800-1933) - Pine Grove Cemetery (1680-1834) - Ring Swamp Cemetery (1800-1934) and more!
HAMPTON FALLS
KENSINGTON
KINGSTON
Phone: (603) 772-5022 - E-mail: kensintn@nh.ultranet.com
LONDONDERRY
Town Clerk's Phone: (603) 432-1100 ext. 133.
NEW CASTLE
Phone: (603) 431-6710 Fax: (603) 433-6198.
NEWFIELDS
NEWINGTON
Phone: (603) 436-5154 - E-mail: langdon@nh.ultranet.com
NEWMARKET
NEWTON
NORTH HAMPTON
Town Clerk: Phone: (603) 964-6029.
NORTHWOOD
Phone: (603) 942-5472
NOTTINGHAM
PLAISTOW
PORTSMOUTH
RAYMOND
-
History
of the
Town of Raymond, NH from the Book, A History of Raymond, by
Joseph
Fullonton, 1875.
RYE
Phone (603) 964- 8401 E-mail: ryepl@nh.ultranet.com
SALEM
Phone: (603) 898-7064 - E-mail: kelleylb@salem.lib.nh.us
SANDOWN
SEABROOK
Phone: (603) 474-2044 E-mail: ocean@sealib.org
SOUTH HAMPTON
STRATHAM
WINDHAM
-
Early
Windham History, from a book researched and written by Brad
Dinsmore, in 1992.
Additional Research Resources:
- New Hampshire Historical Society and Library
- 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
- American Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission.
- New Hampshire State Data Center.
- New Hampshire Courts
- 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 Division of Records Management and Archives Home Page! 71 South Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
- Bureau of Vital Records - a resource for Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records 6 Hazen Drive - Concord, NH 03301-6527 Phone: (603) 271-4654
- New Hampshire Newspapers
- New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
- USGenWeb for New Hampshire Genealogy
- New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA)
- Cemetery Junction for New Hampshire
- Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory+ for New Hampshire
- NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
- Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!
- USA Veterans' Administration
- U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for New Hampshire.
Phone: (603) 271-3483 E-mail: preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us
Phone: (603) 271-2236 Fax: (603) 271-2272.
(Note: Though Birth, Marriage and Death records may be available from 1640, Divorce Records, from the Bureau of Vital Records begin in 1880.)
Vital Records may also be obtained from the town clerk, in the town where the event occurred.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist Researching onsight, 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.
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