This is a list of free New Hampshire Genealogy Records at FamilySearch.

These records include birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, former slave records, freedmen records, pension records, military records and more. Included as well are general United States collections if they include or could reasonably include New Hampshire residents.

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New Hampshire Birth Records

• New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904, index only
• New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900, index and images
• New Hampshire, Birth Certificates, 1901-1909, images/no index
• New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947, images/no index
• New Hampshire, Vital and Town Records Index, 1656-1938, index
• United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931, index
• United States Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index

New Hampshire Marriage Records

• New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947, index and images
• New Hampshire, Marriages, 1720-1920
• New Hampshire Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959— index and images
• New Hampshire, Marriage Certificates, 1948-1959, images/no index
• New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947, images/no index
• University of New Hampshire Library, Digital Collections Town Annual reports include vital records
• New Hampshire, Vital and Town Records Index, 1656-1938, index
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872, index & images
• United States Western States Marriage Index, index
• United States Marriages, 1733-1990, index

New Hampshire Death Records

• New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947 index and images
• New Hampshire, Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949 index
• New Hampshire, Death Certificates, 1938-1959
• New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947, images/no index
• University of New Hampshire Library, Digital Collections Town Annual reports include vital records
• New Hampshire, Vital and Town Records Index, 1656-1938, index
• United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961, index
• United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968, images
• United States Social Security Death Index, index
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images
• United States Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index
• United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
• United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index & images
• BillionGraves Index, index & links to images
• CurrentObituary Index, 2001-2014, index & links to images
• Find A Grave Index, index & links to images
• BillionGraves Index
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014— index and images
• New Hampshire, Naturalization and Probate Records, 1643-1948, images/no index
• New Hampshire, County Probate Records, 1660-1973, images/no index
• New Hampshire, County Probate Estate Files, 1769-1936, images/no index

New Hampshire Residence Records

Census

• United States, New England Seamen’s Identification Cards, 1918-1940, index & images
• United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, images
• United States Census 1790, index & images
• United States Census 1800, index & images
• United States Census 1810, index & images
• United States Census 1820, index & images
• United States Census 1830, index & images
• United States Census 1840, index & images
• United States Census 1850, index & images
• United States Census (Slave Schedule) 1850, index & images
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule) 1850, index & images
• United States Census 1860, index & images
• United States Census 1870, index & images
• United States Census 1880, index & images
• United States Census 1890, index & images
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
• United States Census 1900, index & images
• United States Census 1910, index & images
• United States Census 1920, index & images
• United States Census 1930, index & images
• United States Census of Merchant Seamen, 1930, index
• United States Census 1940, index & images
• United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800 – circa 1955, images
• United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940, images
• United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
• United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, images
• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
• United States Online Census, 1790-1940
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images

Citizenship

• New Hampshire, Naturalization and Probate Records, 1643-1948, images/no index
• New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records, 1771-2001, images only.
• United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906, Northeast Region (including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont), browse only
• United States, New England Petitions for Naturalization Index, 1791-1906
• New Hampshire, United States Naturalization Records, 1906-1993, images
• United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918, index

Land

Maps

Tax

• S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, images only

New Hampshire Daily Life Records

Compiled Genealogies

• Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969, images
• United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index

Court Records

• United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918, index & links to images
• United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874, images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images

Directories

Employment Records

• United States Panama Canal Zone, Employment Records and Sailing Lists, 1905-1937, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images

Ethnic Records

African American Records

• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records, 1865-1872, index & links to images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Claim Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, Indenture & Apprenticeship Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau Records of Persons and Articles Hired, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878 
• United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen’s Complaints, 1865-1872, index & images

Japanese American Records

• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946

Histories & Books

Libraries, Museums, & Archives

Immigration Records

Newspapers & Periodicals

Passenger & Crew Lists

• United States, New England Passenger & Crew Lists, 1911-1954, index & images
• United States, New England Seamen’s Identification Cards, 1918-1940, images

Shipping, Ports, & Merchant Marine

Prisons/Prisoners Records

• United States, War Relocation Authority Centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images

New Hampshire Military Records

War of 1812

• United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910, index & images
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, index & images

Mexican-American War

• United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
• US., Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index only

US Civil War

• United States Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index
• United States Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934,  index & links to images
• United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917,  index & links to images
• United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865, images
• United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, images
• United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
• United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998, index
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
• United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867, index & links to images
• United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index & links to images
• United States Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers, 1861-1865,  index & links to images
• United States Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878, images
• United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
• United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, images
• United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872, images
• United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872, images

Indian Wars

• United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images

Spanish-American War

• United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898, index & images

World War I

• United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919, index & images
• United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
• United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index
• United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, index & images

World War II

• United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 images
• United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945, index
• United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, index

Korean War

• United States, American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953, index
• United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
• United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957, index
• United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953, index
• United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954, index

Vietnam War

• United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998, index
• United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
• United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
• United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904, index & images
• United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003, index

Veterans, Enlistments, Pensions

• United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, index & images
• United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
• United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
• United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
• United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942, index & images
• United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866, images
• United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866, images
• United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, images
• United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
• United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index
• United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
• United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images

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