Research Aids

If you are aware of government-sponsored, online genealogical resources, please notify us and we will add those sites to this page. 

The following sources pertaining to the early history of the state and the establishment of its towns and counties will be helpful:

Sanborn, F.B. New Hampshire, an epitome of popular government . Houghton, 1904.

NH Secretary of State. Manual for the General Court. Issued biennially.

NH Provincial and State Papers . 40 vol. The State, 1867 – 1940. Titles of volumes vary. 

Index to the Laws of New Hampshire, 1679 – 1883. John B. Clarke, 1886. Gives dates of grant or incorporation, and references from old names to present names of towns.

NH Historical Society. Family Names in New Hampshire Town Histories. (Historical New Hampshire, Dec., 1946)

Laird C. Towle's New Hampshire Genealogical Research Guide (Prince George's County Genealogical Society, 1973) is an excellent handbook on methods of genealogical research.

NH Records and Archives Center
71 South Fruit Street,Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2236

NH State Library
20 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2394

NH Historical Society, 30 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301 (603) 225-3381
(A user fee for non-members may be charged. Please call for information.)

NH Department of Health & Human Services Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics
6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301-6527
TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964
(603) 271-4650

American-Canadian Genealogical* Society
4 South Elm Street
622-1554

(A user fee for non-members may be charged. Please call for information.)

National Archives and Records Administration – Northeast Region
Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center
380 Trapelo Road
Waltham, MA 02452-6399
(781) 647-8104
center@waltham.nara.gov

Fax: (781) 647-8088