This is a list of free New Hampshire Genealogy Records online and onsite.
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
- Find A Grave for New Hampshire
- Internment.net for New Hampshire
- Billion Graves for New Hampshire
- BillionGraves Index
- New Horizons Genealogy New Hampshire Cemetery Database
- A Very Grave Matter
- Cemetery Junction New Hampshire, D’Addezio
- New Hampshire Cemeteries, Central New Hampshire Gravestone Photos
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014— index and images
- GenealogyBank–fee site, free trial
- NewsLink, New Hampshire Newspapers
- New Hampshire Obituaries
- Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Digital versions of volumes 31-39 (1635-1771) 31(1635-1717), vol. 32 (1718-1740), vol. 33 (1741-1749), vol. 34 (1750-1753),
vol. 35 (1754-1756), vol. 36 (1757-1760), vol. 37 (1760-1763), vol. 38 (1764-1767),
vol. 39 (1767-1771)
Volumes 31-34 (1635-1753) - 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 State Papers
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
- New Hampshire, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
- 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
- New Hampshire State Papers Name Index,(Actual records)
- New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 1629 to 1641 – Masonian Proprietary Period Land Patents, Vol. 27, 28, Vol. 29, e-books, all indexed
- Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, 1641 to 1679 – Massachusetts Era, Vol. 24, index
- New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers, Town charters granted by Massachusetts, 1641–1740, index
Maps
- Maps of New Hampshire. Includes boundary changes map
- Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
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
- GEDCOM Index New Hampshire
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
- University of New Hampshire Library, Digital Collections Town Annual reports include vital records
Directories
Rockingham County
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- Derry City Directory (1904-1980)
- Derry, Londonderry, Chester Directory (1942-1948)
- Scrapbook (1926)
Strafford County
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- City Directories (1830-1890)
- Directory (1929-1962)
- City Directory (1900-1928)
- Dover And Great Falls Directory (1867-1886)
- Dover City Directory (1888)
- Dover High School Yearbooks (1915-2019)
- Dover Directory (1865)
- Dover Great Falls And Rochester Directory (1871-1884)
- Dover Great Falls And Somersworth Directory (1869)
- Dover Great Falls And Strafford County Directory (1892)
- Dover Somersworth And Strafford County Directory (1895)
- Dover Somersworth Rochester And Strafford Co. Directory (1890, 1898)
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
Government & Legal
- Plaistow Town Reports (1859-1971), Plaistow Public Library
Histories & Books
- County and Town Histories New Hampshire, with biographies
- New Hampshire biography and autobiography, e-book
- New Hampshire notables: presenting biographical sketches of men and women who have helped shape the character of the Granite State, e-book
- Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation Vol. 1, e-books, 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4
- State builders; an illustrated historical and biographical record of the state of New Hampshire at the beginning of the twentieth century, e-book
- Men of progress: biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in and of the state of New Hampshire, e-book
- New Hampshire women: A collection of portraits and biographical sketches of daughters and residents of the Granite state, e-book
- One thousand New Hampshire notables; brief biographical sketches of New Hampshire men and women
Libraries, Museums, & Archives
Immigration Records
Newspapers & Periodicals
Statewide
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- New Hampshire Index, NH State Library, citations to articles from select newspapers
- Boston Sunday Globe NH Weekly 1989-June 2001
Business NH 1989-
Concord Monitor 1984-August 2005
Historical New Hampshire 1984-
Nashua Telegraph 1984-1995
New Hampshire Bar Journal June 2003-
New Hampshire Bar News 2003-
New Hampshire Premier 1990-1995
New Hampshire Profiles 1985-1991
Northern NH Magazine 1998-
Spectator 1990-1991
Union Leader 1984-2002
- Boston Sunday Globe NH Weekly 1989-June 2001
- The Olden Times, Old New Hampshire Genealogy, News & History
- Off The Brass, abstracts, New Hampshire
- Newspaper Abstracts, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
- A list of Sullivan County, New Hampshire newspaper titles & where to look for onsite holdings, Library of Congress Chronicling of America
- GenealogyBank–fee site
- New Hampshire Newspapers
- NewsLink, New Hampshire Newspapers
- New Hampshire Newspaper Project, microfilmed newspapers, microfilms available for purchase
- New Hampshire Index, NH State Library, citations to articles from select newspapers
Carroll County
Grafton County
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- White Mountain Echo (1878-1927)
Hillsborough County
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- Hillsboro Enterprise (1895-1899)
- Hillsboro Messenger (1898-1898)
- Hillsborough Messenger (1891-1961)
- Messenger (1976-2001)
- Messenger Outlook (1988-1989)
- News Messenger (1989-1992)
Google News Archive
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- Bedford, Brookline, Hollis, Merrimack – Bedford Journal, 2005-10-27 – 2008-02-28, weekly paper
- Hollis, Brookline – Hollis Brookline Journal, 2005-09-09 – 2008-02-29, weekly
- Manchester – L’Avenir National, 1882-06-30 – 1884-05-15, daily, FRENCH
- Manchester – Le Canado-Américain, 1910-07-06 – 1929-11-30, yearly, FRENCH
- Manchester – Echo des Canadiens, 1882-06-30 – 1884-05-15, weekly, FRENCH
- Manchester – L’Avenir National, 1935-06-29 – 1935-06-29, yearly, FRENCH
- Merrimack – Merrimack Journal, 1997-08-23 – 2008-02-29, weekly
- Milford – The Cabinet, 1992-05-27 – 2008-12-11, weekly
- Milford – The Milford Cabinet And Wilton Journal, 1985-06-27 – 1996-07-24, weekly
- Nashua – Nashua Daily Telegraph, 1847-11-04 – 1994-12-30, daily
- Nashua – The Telegraph, 1869-03-01 – 1904-04-30, daily
- Nashua – Daily Nashua Telegraph, 1889-07-01 – 1889-12-31, daily
- Peterborough – Peterborough Transcript, 1980-10-16 – 2006-09-14, weekly
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- Nashua Daily Telegraph (1901-1952)
- Nashua Telegraph (1869-1904)
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- Contoocook Transcript (1849-1854)
- Peterborough Messenger (1847-1848)
- Peterborough Transcript ((1854-1971)
- Monadnock Ledger Transcript (2018)
- Transcript (1965-1966)
- Jaffrey Recorder Transcript (1958-1960)
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- Cabinet (1999-2010)
- Farmers Cabinet (1802-1900)
- Farmers Cabinet and Milford Advance (1892, 1927-1999)
- Milford Cabinet (1925-1972)
- Milford Cabinet and Wilton Journal (1922, 1927-1999)
- Milford Daily Pointer (1894-1900)
- Wilton Journal (1926-1956)
Rockingham County
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- Derry Enterprise (1880-2018)
- Derry News (1880-2018)
- Derry News And Salem Enterprise (1961-1963)
- Derry Times (1898-1908)
- Manchester Advertiser (1901)
- Nutfield News (2005-2018)
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- Salem Observer (1968-1996)
- Observer (1983-1984)
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- Plaistow Town Reports (1859-1971)
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- Annual Reports (1968-2014)
- The Windham News (1969-1975)
- Windham Independent (1977-2016)
- Windham News (1975-1976)
- Windham Independent News (2017)
Strafford County
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- Farmington News
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- Newmarket Advertiser (1891-1932)
Sullivan County
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- National Eagle (1834-1871)
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- Argus Champion (1925-2016)
- New Hampshire Argus And Spectator (1866-1925)
- Republican Champion (1881-1925)
- Argus Champion And Newport Lake Sunapee Times (1955-1971)
- News Leader (1994-2000)
- Newport Guardian And Kearsarge Sunapee Sun (1948-1953)
- Lake Sunapee Echo (1891-1896)
- Newport Lake Sunapee Times (1953-1955)
- Tuesday Argus (1923-1925)
- Whip And Spur (1839-1860)
- Daily Champion (1882, 1884)
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- Newspaper Abstracts
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
- New Hampshire Civil War Soldiers Service Records
- 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
- World War II Casualties (Army and Air Force)
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
- U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for New Hampshire
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
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial – New Hampshire
- Vietnam Conflict Casualty Lists – New Hampshire
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
New Hampshire Modern Helps
Family Search Articles
New Hampshire Introduction
Step-by-Step New Hampshire Research, 1880-Present
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