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.

Books, Magazines & More

• 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, December, 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.

Online Resources

• NH Records and Archives Center
  71 S Fruit Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  Phone: 603-271-2236
• NH State Library
  20 Park Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  Phone: 603-271-2394
• NH Historical Society
  30 Park Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  Phone: 603-225-3381
  (A user fee for non-members may be charged. Please call for information.)
• NH Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics
  6 Hazen Drive
  Concord, NH 03301-6527
  TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964
  Phone: 603-271-4650
• American-Canadian Genealogical* Society
  4 S Elm Street
  Phone: 603-622-1554
  (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
  Email
  Phone: 781-647-8104
  Fax: 781-647-8088