THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LIBRARY

Houses approximately 2400 titles of published family histories for New Hampshire and New England. This collection is enhanced by the unique name index to early town records on microfilm (sometimes referred to as the "Sargent" Name Index). The town records, ranging in years for each town but falling roughly between the years 1640 to 1830/40, can provide birth, death, and marriage dates, as well as listings of such items as tax inventories. Other major resources available include:

• town and county histories
• annual town reports
• federal census records for NH (1790-1920)
• local newspapers on microfilm
• the genealogical column of the "Boston Transcript"
• legislative biographies (1890 +)
• city and county directories
• military records

Please contact us by:
Telephone: (603) 271-6823 Fax: (603) 271-2205 Email: zmoore@finch.nhsl.lib.nh.us

VITAL RECORDS

Bureau Of Vital Records
29 Hazen Drive (Please check before you visit as they will be moving to 79 South Fruit Street by end of 2006
Concord, NH 03301-6527
(603)271-4654

Open records are births to 1901 and death, marriage, & divorces to 1/1/1948. Volunteer staffed genealogical room available to the public at no charge.

Division of Records Management and Archives
Archival Holdings

1. Probate Records (volumes & individual files)
2. Deeds (land transactions)
3. Petitions
4. Military Indexes
   
• Provincial (card index)
    
• Revolutionary War Index
   
• Merrimack County (on computer printout)
5. Court Records
• Provincial (card index)
• Rockingham County (index volumes in vault)
• Merrimack County (on computer printout)
6. Censuses (1732, 1765, 1776, 1800 + 1850-1880 on microfilm)
7. Town records
8. Miscellaneous Records (Secretary of State)
9. Legislative lists (House and Senate Rosters)
10. Index to Laws
11. Index to Executive Council Minutes
12. Name Change Index
13. Photographs

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS

Milne Special Collections and Archives
The University Library
18 Library Way
Durham, New Hampshire 03824-3592
(603)862-2714 (Special Collections)

Dover Public Library - Historical Room
http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/DoverHistory/cityof.htm

The Library's local history and genealogy collection is located on our top floor. The Historical Room houses over 6000 books, pamphlets, maps, and photographs covering not only Dover, but also the entire state of New Hampshire, southern Maine, and northern Massachusetts. These items provide a wealth of information about old Dover history and regional families beginning in 1623. Dover newspapers as far back as 1823 are available on microfilm. This collection is ranked as one of the top four historical inventories in New Hampshire.

Exeter Public Library
http://wwwwww.exeterpl.org

Exeter's Special Collections Room has a vast amount of information for the Genealogist & History Buff. Although it does not have an online catalog to reference yet it is a collection that cannot be missed. Included in their collection is the Provincial Papers, NE Historical & Genealogical Volumes and significant family histories that cover the state. Around the corner from the Library is the Exeter Historical Society and is open on Saturdays after the Library closes.

NH Farm Museum
Rte. 125, White Mountain Highway
Milton, NH

Admission $5/Adults, $1.50/Children (ages 3-12), members free. All events are rain or shine, 652-7840.

Fort at No. 4 Living History Museum
267 Springfield Rd., Rte. 11
Charlestown, NH

Call for admission fees. Rain or shine, 826-5700/888-367-8284. Email: fortat4@cyberportal.net

Strawbery Banke Museum
64 Marcy St.
Portsmouth, NH

Admission $12/Adults; $8/Children 7-17; under 7 free. Rain or shine, 433-1100. Website: http://www.strawberybanke.org

Museum of New Hampshire History,
The Hamel Center
6 Eagle Square
Concord, NH

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 12 noon to 5 p.m., Thursday evenings until 8:30 p.m. Also open Monday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 1 - October 15. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2.50 children 6-18, $15 family maximum, free for members Contact: Call 603/226-3189, ext. 200

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