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Rockingham County Information
& Links
- Interactive Census
Bureau Map
of Rockingham County
- 1895 Map of
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- Use the query form, at USGS,
to map features including cemeteries, churches, populated places, 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.
- Rockingham
County, New Hampshire
- Early Images of
the Seacoast Region (abt 1860-1920s)
- The
Political Graveyard - Rockingham County
- SeacoastNH.com
- History Theme Sites
- Black History
- Framers
of Freedom
- Smuttynose Murders
- Seacoast
Women
- Isle
of Shoals
- Old Ironsides
- John
Paul Jones
- Poems,
Ballads & Songs
- Early Images
- Brewster's
Rambles - Historic Sketches of Portsmouth
- America's
Stonehenge : Adventure
In Eco Archaeology, a 4000 year old megalithic (stone constructed) site
located on Mystery Hill in Salem NH.
- UNH:
The Capture of Fort William & Mary New Castle, New Hampshire, December
14-15, 1774, online
by The Milne Special Collections
and Archives department of the University of New Hampshire
Library.
- New
Hampshire Gazette -
One Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
03801
- Isle of Shoals History
- Directory
of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town
QUERIES
- Would you like to post a query related to Rockingham
County, New Hampshire? Visit the Rootsweb
message board for Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- The Greater
Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Kimball Public Library
3 Academy Avenue - Atkinson
03811-2299 Phone: (603) 362-5234.
- Atkinson Town Clerk
21 Academy Ave. - Atkinson, NH
03811 Phone: (603) 362-4920.
- Griffin Free Public Library
P.O. Box 308 - 22 Hooksett Road - Auburn,
NH 03032-0308 Phone: (603) 483-5374
- Auburn Town Clerk
47 Chester Road - Auburn, NH
03032 Phone: (603) 483-2281.
- Mary E. Bartlett Memorial Library
22 Dalton Road - Brentwood, NH
03833-6000 Phone: (603) 642-3355.
- Brentwood Town Office
1 Dalton Road - Brentwood, NH
03833 Phone: (603) 642-6400.
- Rockingham County Register-Deeds
10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH 03833
Phone: (603) 642-5526.
- Rockingham County Probate Court
10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH
03833 Phone: (603) 642-7117.
- Rockingham County Superior Court
10 Route 125 - Brentwood, NH
03833 Phone: (603) 642-5256.
- Smyth Public Library
194 High Street - P.O. Box 256 - Candia, NH
03034-0256 Phone: (603) 483-8245.
- Candia Town Clerk
74 High Street - Candia, NH 03034 Phone:
(603) 483-5573.
- Chester Public Library
P.O. Box 277 - 3 Chester Street - Chester,
NH 03036-0277 Phone: (603) 887-3404.
- Chester Town Clerk
1 Chester Street - Chester, NH
03036 Phone: (603) 887-3636.
- Colby Memorial Library
P.O. Box 10 - 7 Colby Road - Danville, NH
03819-5104 Phone: (603) 382-6733.
- Danville Town Clerk
210 Main Street - Danville, NH
03819 Phone: (603) 382-8253.
- Philbrick-James Library
4 Old Center Road, South Deerfield, NH
03037-1410 Phone: (603) 463-7187.
- Town of Deerfield
P.O. Box 159 - Deerfield, NH 03038.
64 East Broadway - Derry, NH
03038-2414 Phone: (603) 432-6140.
- Taylor Public Library
49 East Derry Road - P.O. Box 110 - East Derry,
NH 03041-0110
Derry Municipal Center, 14 Manning Street
- Derry, NH 03038 Phone: (603) 432-6105.
- East Kingston Public Library
P.O. Box 9 - 41 Depot Road - East Kingston, NH
03827-0009 Phone: (603) 642-8333.
- Town of East Kingston
7 Main Street - East Kingston, NH 03827.
Town Hall - RFD - Epping, NH 03042
Town Clerk's Phone: (603) 679-8288.
- Epping Historical Society
- 3 Water Street -
P.O. Box 348 - Epping, NH 03042 Phone: (603) 679-2944
P.O. Box 370 -152 Main Street - Epping, NH
03042 Phone: (603) 679-5944.
- Exeter, New
Hampshire,
on the American
Independence Museum site, contains a history of the town of
Exeter, New Hampshire: "...Exeter was settled in 1638 as one of the
first four townships of New Hampshire...[by] Reverend John
Wheelwright..."
- Exeter area
Chamber of Commerce
- Exeter
Public Library
1 Founder's Park - Exeter, NH 03833-1831
Phone: (603) 772-3101 & 772-6036.
- Exeter Historical Society
47 Front Street - Exeter, NH 03833 (603)
778-2335
- American
Independence Museum - Exeter, NH
- Fremont Public Library
190 Scribner Road - Fremont, NH
03044-3405 Phone: (603) 895-9543.
- Town of Fremont
168 Scribner - Fremont, NH 03044.
P.O. Box 430 - 36 Post Road - Greenland, NH
03840-0430 Phone: (603) 436-8548.
- Town of Greenland
575 Portsmouth - Greenland, NH 03840.
P.O. Box 190 - Mary E. Clark Drive - Hampstead,
NH 03841-0190
Phone: (603) 329-6411.
- The Greater
Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Town of Hampstead
P.O. Box 338 - Hampstead, NH 03841.
- Town of Hampton
P.O. Box 1 - Hampton, NH 03842.
- Hampton Area
Chamber of Commerce - with information, calendar of events, and vacation
guides...
- Eunice Goody
Cole (1590-1680), Hampton, NH
- Hampton, N.H.
History and Genealogy
- Stephen
Bachiler An Unforgiven Puritan by Victor C. Sanborn, Hampton, NH
- The Rev.
Stephen Bachiler: "Saint or Sinner" (first minister of
Hampton, NH)
- Lane Memorial
Library
2 Academy Avenue - Hampton, NH 03842
Phone: (603) 926-3368 E-mail:
library@hampton.lib.nh.us
Batchelder
Cemetery (1823-1900) - Landing Cemetery
(1715-1727) -
Shaw Cemetery
(ca. 1713-1858) - Elkins Cemetery
(1851-1893) -
Sanborn/Brown
Cemetery (1829-1907) - Bride Hill
Cemetery (1782-1890)
"Ye Old
Neighborhood" Cemetery (1800-1933) - Pine Grove
Cemetery (1680-1834) - Ring Swamp
Cemetery (1800-1934) and more!
- Hampton Falls Free Library
45 Exeter Road - Hampton Falls, NH
03844-2004 Phone: (603) 926-3682.
- Town of Hampton Falls
1 Drinkwater Road - Hampton Falls, NH 03844
- Town of Kensington
95 Amesbury Road - Kensington, NH 03833
- Kensington Social & Public Library
126 Amesbury Road - Kensington, NH 03833-5621
Phone: (603) 772-5022 - E-mail:
kensintn@nh.ultranet.com
- Town of Kingston
P.O. Box 657 - Kingston, NH 03848
- Town of
Kingston, NH
276 Mommoth Road - Londonderry, NH
03053-2097 Phone: (603) 432-1132.
50 Nashua Road - Londonderry, NH 03053 Phone: (603)
432-1100.
Town Clerk's Phone: (603) 432-1100 ext. 133.
301 Wentworth Road - New Castle, NH
03854 Phone: (603) 431-6773
Main Street - Box 367 - New Castle, NH
03854
49 Main Street - New Castle, NH
03854-0367
Phone: (603) 431-6710 Fax: (603) 433-6198.
- Paul Memorial Library
P.O. Box 200 - 76 Main Street - Newfields, NH
03856-0200 Phone: (603) 778-8169.
- Town of Newfields
P.O. Box 45 - Newfields, NH 03856
- Langdon Public Library
330 Nimble Hill Road - Newington, NH 03801
Phone: (603) 436-5154 - E-mail:
langdon@nh.ultranet.com
- Town of Newington
205 Nimble Hill Road - Newington, NH
03801
- Newmarket Public Library
1 Elm Street - Newmarket, NH
03857-1201 Phone: (603) 659-5311.
Town Hall - Main Street - Newmarket, NH
03857.
- Newton Town Clerk
Main - Newton, NH
03858 Phone: (603) 382-4096.
- A brief hiftory of
NEWTON, NH - This site may be helpful to Amesbury,
MA
and Salisbury, MA researchers, since present day Newton, NH, was
originally part of Salisbury, Massachusetts; later, part of Amesbury,
Massachusetts; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New
Town or South Hampton, MA. This Newton, NH Chronology by Jerry D. Ferrin 1999,
"...consists of excerpts from a "A Chronology of the Life and
Times of Jonathan Farren", which is an expanded version of a
chronology researched and compiled by James E. Shaw in 1993 for The Ferrin
Family Newsletter...including a number of original documents signed by
Jonathan Farren and many of the Newton and South Hampton town records
reproduced here..." George G.
Gleason, Researcher.
- Gale Library
16 South Main Street - Newton, NH
03858 Phone: (603) 382-4691.
- Welcome
to Newton, NH! - unofficial - by Scott
Finley
237 A Atlantic Avenue - North Hampton, NH
03862-2313 Phone: (603) 964-6326.
P.O. Box 141 - North Hampton, NH 03862.
Town Clerk: Phone: (603) 964-6029.
- Chesley Memorial Library
P.O. Box 157 - 8 Mountain Avenue - Northwood,
NH 03261-0157
Phone: (603) 942-5472
- Town of Northwood
Town Hall - Box 314 - Northwood, NH
03261.
- Blaisdell Memorial Library
P.O. Box 115 - 129 Stage Road - Nottingham, NH
03290-0115 Phone: (603) 679-8484.
- Town of Nottingham
Town Hall - P.O. Box 114 - Nottingham, NH
03290.
- Plaistow Public Library
85 Main Street - Plaistow, NH 03856
Phone: (603) 382-6011.
- Town of Plaistow
145 Main Street - Plaistow, NH 03865.
- Strawberry
Banke Museum in Portmouth, NH -
- How
Portsmouth Lost Old Ironsides
- Dedication
of the Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth to Kittery, ME (1923)
- Prince Whipple,
born in Amabou, Africa: emancipated during the American Revolution),
Portsmouth, NH
- Portsmouth Public
Library
175 Parrott Avenue - Portsmouth, NH 03801 Phone: (603) 427-1540.
- New
Hampshire Gazette - One Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
- Dispatch Center
"...inviting Portsmouth's 23 neighborhood groups, and all of its
historical organizations, to use this page to send us weekly
dispatches telling their residents and visitors, and the rest of the
world at large, what they're up to..."
- Dudley-Tucker Library
P.O. Box 909 - 6 Epping Street - Raymond, NH
03077-0909 Phone: (603) 895-2633.
- Raymond Town Office
4 Epping Street - Raymond, NH 03077
Phone: (603) 895-4735
- Town of Raymond,
NH
- Raymond Historical Society
Raymond Railroad Depot - 1 Depot Rd. - Raymond, NH
03077 Phone: (603) 895-4735
History
of the Town of Raymond, NH from the Book, A History of Raymond, by
Joseph Fullonton, 1875.
10 Central Road - Rye, NH 03870
581 Washington Road - Rye, NH 03870
Phone (603) 964- 8401 E-mail: ryepl@nh.ultranet.com
234 Main Street - Salem, NH 03079
Phone: (603) 898-7064 - E-mail:
kelleylb@salem.lib.nh.us
- Eagle-Tribune - Online News
- Salem's Internet
Community
- The Greater
Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Town of Salem
- Salem Town Clerk
33 Geremonty Dr. - Salem, NH
03079 Phone: (603) 890-2110.
- Sandown Public Library
305 Main Street - P.O. Box 580 - Sandown, NH
03873-0580 Phone: (603) 887-3428.
- Sandown Town Clerk
320 Main Street - Sandown, NH
03873 Phone: (603) 887-4870.
99 Lafayette Road - Seabrook, NH 03874
101 Centennial Street - Seabrook, NH 03874
Phone: (603) 474-2044 E-mail: ocean@sealib.org
- Town of South Hampton
RFD 2 - Main Avenue - South Hampton, NH
03827.
- South Hampton Public Library
3-1 Hilldale Avenue - South Hampton, NH
03827-9410 Phone: (603) 394-7319.
- A brief hiftory of
NEWTON, NH - This
site may be helpful to Amesbury, MA and Salisbury, MA researchers, since present day Newton, NH, was
originally part of Salisbury, Massachusetts; later, part of Amesbury,
Massachusetts; then part of the West Parish of Amesbury; then part of New
Town or South Hampton, MA. This Newton, NH Chronology by Jerry D. Ferrin 1999, "...consists
of excerpts from a "A Chronology of the Life and Times of Jonathan
Farren", which is an expanded version of a chronology researched and
compiled by James E. Shaw in 1993 for The Ferrin Family
Newsletter...including a number of original documents signed by Jonathan
Farren and many of the Newton and South Hampton town records reproduced
here..." George G. Gleason,
Researcher.
- Wiggin Memorial Library
10 Bunker Hill Avenue - Stratham, NH
03885-2403 Phone: (603) 772-4346.
- Town of Stratham
115 Portsmouth Avenue - Box 115 - Stratham,
NH 03885.
- Town of
Windham - includes:
- The Greater
Salem Chamber of Commerce - Serving Atkinson, Hampstead, Pelham, Salem & Windham.
- Nesmith
Library
8 Fellows Road - Windham, NH
03087 Phone: (603) 432-7154.
3 N Lowell Road - Windham, NH
03087 Phone: (603) 434-5075.
Additional
Research Resources:
20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301 Phone:
(603) 271-2540.
19 Pillsbury Street - Box 2043, Concord, NH
03301-2043
Phone: (603) 271-3483 E-mail:
preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us
20 Park Street - Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 271-2144.
- Directory of New Hampshire
Libraries - by city and town.
· State of New Hampshire Division of Archives and Records Management
·
71 South Fruit
Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-2236
· Genealogy Resources among the collection (includes early probate, land, military and naturalization records)
· Index to The Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/PDF/Index_NH_State_Papers.pdf·
New Hampshire State
Papers at http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/nhstatepapers.html
- New Hampshire State Division of
Vital Records
- a resource for Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records
·
71 South Fruit
Street - Concord, NH 03301
Obtaining
Vital Records Fact Sheet
(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.
- New Hampshire
Newspapers
- New Hampshire
Society of Genealogists
- USGenWeb
for New Hampshire
Genealogy
- New
Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA)
- Cemetery
Junction for New
Hampshire
- Local
Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide
Directory+ for New
Hampshire
· NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
o 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
o 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
o Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
o Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
o Nonpopulation Census Records
o Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.
o Immigration Records and Naturalization Records
o "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)
o By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.
o Military Records available from the National Archives
o Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
- Obtaining EDs for the
1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D.
Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD
- familysearch.org - 1880
Census Index
- 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!
- USA Veterans'
Administration
- 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, 2001-2008, by Ann Mensch. All Rights Reserved.
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