Merrimack County,
New Hampshire
History <-> Genealogy
Merrimack County was established in 1823, from Rockingham and Hillsborough
counties.
Towns include:
Allenstown, Andover,
Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Canterbury, Chichester, Concord, Danbury, Dunbarton, Epsom, Franklin, Henniker, Hill, Hooksett, Hopkinton, Loudon, New London, Newbury, Northfield, Pembroke, Pittsfield, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, Webster, Wilmot. For the town of Merrimack, see Hillsborough
County.
- Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
(Merrimack County)
Kearsarge Mountain Road - Warner, NH
"...The Museum honors the Native American history of having
an oral rather than written culture..." includes: Online Tour
& Medicine
Woods "...a nature trail where plants are identified as to how they
were used for food, dye, and medicine..." - Merrimack County seat of
government
is based in Concord. At the County level of Government, you will find
Merrimack County Registry of Deeds, Probate Court, and Superior Court offices
and administration.
- Merrimack County Register Deeds:
Hours and Copy Fees and online Index
163 N. Main Street - Concord, NH Phone: (603)
228-0101.
- Merrimack County Register Probate:
163 N. Main Street - Concord, NH Phone:
(603) 224-9589. - Merrimack County Superior Court Clerk:
Court House - 163 N. Main Street - Concord, NH Phone:
(603) 225-5501. - Concord District Court
32 Clinton Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-6400 - Merrimack County Probate Court
163 North Main Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-9589 - Bureau of Vital Records
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6527
Phone: (603)271-4501 - Public Health Services Division
6 Hazen Drive
Concord N.H. 03301
Phone: (603) 271-4651
Vital Records -- (603) 271-4650 - City of Concord, NH withCity
Government contacts, Concord History, and a MAP of Merrimack County.
- Concord,
NH Photos: Library of Congress American Memory Collection (ca. 1880-1910)
- Museum
of New Hampshire History, Concord, NH (abt 1713-1934)
- The
Concord Coaches (first made in 1827)
- The Political
Graveyard of Merrimack County
- NARA: National
Archives and Records Administration
- USGS
- Geographic Names Information
System - use the query
form to locate geographic features, such as lakes, cemeteries, towns,
and more. Please note that the map town listed with a feature may be
used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the town where the feature
is actually located...Select a map to see the location of the actual feature.
This database may not be complete, and, as with any database, there may be
errors.
- Stephen Harriman
Long (b. 1784 in Hopkintown, NH) - Explorer - Long's Peak in the Colorado
Rockies is named for him.
- Architecture
and Interior Design for the 20th Century: a search for New Hampshire
provides several photos including:
- Welcome
to Merrimack County, NH - NHGenWeb hosted by Elaine Merrell.
Includes an Historical Overview of Merrimack County. -
USGenWeb
Merrimack County, New Hampshire Archives
- New Hampshire State
Library: Directory of
New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town.
- Visit New Hampshire - The Merrimack Valley Region
Tourism information.
- Try Yahoo Get Local for Merrimack
County to locate addresses and more!
- New Hampshire
Division of Records Management and Archives Home Page.
Allenstown
Andover
- Andover, New Hampshire
Genealogy, by Clifford L. Coy.
- Andover Public Library
86 Main Street - Andover, NH 03216-3620
Phone: (603) 735-5333. - William Adams Bachelder Library
P.O. Box 128 - East Andover, NH 03231-0128
Phone: (603) 735-5333 - Andover Town Clerk
P.O. Box 61 - Andover, NH 03216
Boscawen
- Boscawen Public Library
P.O. Box 3099 - Boscawen, NH 03303-3099
Phone: (603) 796-2442 - Boscawen Town Clerk
17 High Street - Boscawen, NH 03303 Phone: (603)
796-2426.
Bow
Bradford
- Brown Memorial Library
P.O. Box 437 - Bradford, NH 03221-0437
Phone: (603) 938-5562 - Bradford Town Clerk
93 W Main Street - Bradford, NH 03221
Phone: (603) 938-2288 or (603) 927-4575.
Canterbury
Canterbury was formed in 1727. In
1773, Loudon was formed from the town of Canterbury, and Northfield was formed
from Canterbury in 1780.
- Elkins Public Library
P.O. Box 40 - Canterbury, NH 03224-0040
Phone: (603) 783-4386 - Canterbury Town Clerk
P.O. Box 500 - Hackleboro Road - Canterbury, NH 03224
- Shaker Village in Canterbury,
NH.
Chichester
- Chichester Town Clerk
54 Main Street - Chichester, NH 03234
Phone: (603) 798-5808. - Chichester Library
Pittsfield Road - Chichester, NH 03234
Phone: (603) 798-5613.
Concord
- Concord,
NH Photos: Library of Congress American Memory Collection (ca. 1880-1910).
- Gazetteer
entry (1817) for Concord, New Hampshire, from The Gazetteer of the
State of New Hampshire (in three parts), compiled from the best authorities,
by Eliphalet Merrill and the Late Phinehas Merrill, Esq., Printed by C.
Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, 1817, pg 101-104.
- Bird's-eye-view: Digital
1899 Map of Concord, Merrimack County, N.H. by Poole, A. F., [n.p.],
c1899.
- Museum
of New Hampshire History, Concord, NH (abt 1713-1934)
- The
Concord Coaches (first made in 1827)
- New Hampshire Historical Society's
Museum of New Hampshire History
Exit 14 off I-93, Eagle Square - Concord 03301
PH: (603) 226-3189. - The Pierce Manse - Concord
- family home from 1842 to 1848 of Franklin Pierce,
the 14th President
of the United States. - City
of Concord, NH with
- City
Governmentcontacts, Concord History,
a MAP of Merrimack County,
and more.
- Concord Chamber of
Commerce
- Concord Monitor -
news online
- Map
of location of Blossom Hill Cemetery, in Concord, New Hampshire
- Concord
City Clerk
41 Green Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-8500. - Concord
Public Library - Online
Catalog
45 Green Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 225-8670.
Danbury
- George Gamble Library
P.O. Box 209 - Danbury, NH 03230-0209 Phone:
(603) 768-3765
Hours: Wednesday 6-8 (summer) and Saturday 12-4 - Danbury
Town Clerk
High - Danbury, NH 03230 Phone:
(603) 768-5448
Dunbarton
- Town of Dunbarton, NH
- Dunbarton
Cemeteries: East Dunbarton Cemetery, Dunbarton Center Cemetery,
North Dunbarton Cemetery and Stark Cemetery.
- Dunbarton Town Clerk
1011 School Street - Dunbarton, NH 03045
Phone: (603) 774-3547
Epsom
Franklin
- Franklin Public Library
310 Central Street - Franklin, NH 03235
Phone: (603) 934-2911. - Franklin Town Hall
316 Central Street - Franklin, NH 03235
Phone: (603) 934-3109. - Bird's-eye-view: Digital
1899 Map of Franklin and Franklin Falls, N.H., Merrimack County, by
H. Wellge, Brockton, Mass. : Norris & Wellge, 1884.
Henniker
Hill
- Town of Hill
Old Shop Road - Hill, NH 03242
Hooksett
Hopkinton
- Hopkinton Town Clerk
44 Cedar Street - Contoocook, NH 03229
PH: (603) 746-3180 - Stephen Harriman Long (b. 1784
in Hopkintown, NH) - Explorer - Long's Peak in the Colorado Rockies
is named for him.
- NH Antiquarian Society -
300 Main Street - Hopkinton 03229 PH: (603) 746-3825
Loudon
In 1773, Loudon was formed from Canterbury.
New London
Tracy Memorial Library
P.O. Box 1919 - 155 Main Street - New London, NH
03257-1919
Phone: (603) 526-4656.
Newbury
Northfield
In 1780, Northfield was formed from Canterbury.
- Hall Memorial Library (Serves Northfield and Tilton)
18 Park Street - Northfield, NH 03276-1543
Phone: (603) 286-8971 Librarian E-mail: mary.ahlgren@mailcity.com
- Northfield Town
21 Summer - Tilton, NH 03276
Pembroke
Pittsfield
Salisbury
- Salisbury Town Offices
P.O. Box 214 - Salisbury, NH 03268
Phone: (603) 648-2473.
Sutton
- NHGenWeb
for Sutton, New Hampshire, by Don Davis, includes: Town History
- The Sutton Historical Society: P.O. Box 457 - Sutton,
NH 03273
- Sutton Free Library: RFD, Main Street - Sutton Mills,
NH 03221 Phone: (603) 927-4927.
- Sutton Town Clerk: Pillsbury Memorial Town Hall - Sutton
Mills, NH Phone: (603) 927-4575.
Warner
- Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum
(Merrimack County)
Kearsarge Mountain Road - Warner, NH
"...The Museum honors the Native American history of having
an oral rather than written culture..." includes: Online Tour
& Medicine
Woods "...a nature trail where plants are identified as to how they
were used for food, dye, and medicine..." - Town of Warner
- Early History of
Warner!!! - Edited from the original text written in 1885 by
Fred Myron Colby, in the 1885 "Red Book", (a book with history of all towns
in Belknap and Merrimack Counties) and "Warner, N.H. History 1880-1974."
- Warner Town Clerk
5 East Main Street - Warner, NH 03278
Phone: (603) 456-2298.
Webster
Webster was formed, in 1860, from Boscawen.
- Webster Town Office
RFD 5 - Long Street - Penacook, NH 03303
Wilmot
In 1807, Wilmot was formed from Mt. Kearsarge Gore.
- Wilmot Town Offices
Cross Hill Road - Wilmot, NH 03287
Additional Research Resources:
- New Hampshire Historical Society
and Library
- The State of New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire
State Library
20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603)
271-2144.
- New Hampshire
Division of Records Management and Archives Home Page!
71 South Fruit Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2236 Fax: (603) 271-2272. - U.S.A. Historical
and Genealogical pages at rootsweb
- GenWeb
New Hampshire Genealogy Archives
- Bureau of Vital Records - a resource for Birth, Death, Marriage,
and Divorce Records
6 Hazen Drive - Concord, NH 03301-6527
Phone: (603) 271-4654
(Note: Though Birth, Marriage and Death records may be available from
1640, Divorce Records, from the Bureau of Vital Records begin in 1880.)
Vital Records may also be obtained from the town clerk, in the town where
the event occurred. - Local Catholic Church History
& Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory+ for New
Hampshire
- NARA: National Archives and Records
Administration
- Library of
Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or
Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps,
and more!
- U.S. Census
Bureau Interactive County Maps for New Hampshire.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public
Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North
America. Search the Library's
online catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for
a location or topic.
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001-2003 by Ann Mensch. All Rights
Reserved.
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