Belknap County,
New Hampshire
History
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Belknap
County, located in central New Hampshire, was formed in 1840 from Strafford
and Merrimack
counties.
Communities
in Belknap County include: ALTON, Alton
Bay, BARNSTEAD, BELMONT, Center Barnstead, CENTER
HARBOR, Gaza, GILFORD, GILMANTON, LACONIA, Lakeport, MEREDITH, Meredith Center, NEW HAMPTON,
SANBORNTON, Spring Haven, TILTON, The Weirs, West Alton, Winnisquam, and Winona.
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Belknap County is bordered by the New Hampshire counties of Grafton to the northwest, Carroll to the northeast, Strafford to the east, and Merrimack to the south and southwest.
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- 1895 Map of Belknap County, New
Hampshire, by
Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- Interactive Census Bureau New Hampshire Profiles
& Maps: Belknap
County Map.
- 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.
- Belknap County,
New Hampshire -
includes town profiles, maps, links and more...
- Lakes
Region Historical Societies
- The
Political Graveyard of Belknap County
- USGenWeb
for Belknap County hosted by David Colby Young.
- Local
Catholic Church and Family History for New Hampshire.
- Directory of New
Hampshire Libraries - by city and town
- Visit New Hampshire
- Tourism information.
- Belknap
County Registrar of Deeds
- 64 Court Street, Laconia, NH
03246; Phone: (603)
527-5420
- Belknap County
Clerk
P.O. Box 578 - Laconia, NH 03247-0578;
Phone: (603) 524-3570.
- Alton
Town Profile
- Alton Town Clerk -
Main Street - P.O. Box 659 - Alton, NH
03809 Phone: (603) 875-2101 E-mail: alton@worldpath.net
- Gilman Library
Main Street - P.O. Box 960 - Alton 03809-0960
Phone: (603) 875-2550.
- The Lake
Winnipesaukee Home Page has links to the community:
- Bird's-eye-view: Digital 1888
Map of Alton and Alton Bay, N.H. 1888. Drawn & published by Geo.
E. Norris. The Burleigh Lith. Est.
Alton Bay
Spring Haven - in Alton, near the Alton, Gilford boundary - see location
map.
West Alton
BARNSTEAD - Incorporated in 1727
- Barnstead
Town Profile
- Oscar Foss Memorial Library
P.O. Box 219 - Main Street - Center Barnstead
03225-0219 Phone: (603) 269-3900
- Barnstead Town Clerk -
Center Barnstead, NH 03225 Phone:
(603) 269-4631.
Bear
Island
- Belmont,
NH Town Profile - "Belmont was incorporated as part of Gilmanton in 1727, but was not colonized until 34
years later... In 1859 the community was incorporated as Upper Gilmanton,
and ca. 1869 the name was changed to Belmont"
- Belmont
Heritage,
by Diane Marden - includes history, vital records indexes and more!!!
- Belmont Town Clerk -
45 Main St. - Belmont, NH
03220-4414 Phone: (603) 267-8302
Belmont Junction
Winnisquam
Buckley
- Center
Harbor - Information
- Lake
Winnipesakee
- Communities Web
- Center Harbor Town Clerk -
Main St. - Center Harbor, NH 03226
Phone: (603) 253-4561.
- Gilford
Town Profile - Gilford was originally part of Gilmanton.
- Gilford Public Library
2 Belknap Mountain Road - Gilford 03246-6807
Phone: (603) 524-6042.
- Gilford Town Clerk -
47 Cherry Valley Road - Gilford, NH
03246-6829 Phone: (603) 524-3286.
- The Lake
Winnipesaukee Home Page has links to the community:
GILMANTON
The Town of Belmont
was formed from Gilmanton, having been first incorporated as part of Gilmanton
in 1727.
- Gilmanton,
NH Town Profile - The Town of Gilmanton originally included the areas
that later became Belmont, Gilford,
and a portion of Laconia.
- NH:
Gilmanton -
Basic Information page.
- Gilmanton
Families Gathering Place, by Anne Taylor-Czaplewski.
- Gilmanton Corner Public Library
RFD 1 - Box 850 - Route 107 - Province
Road - Gilmanton, NH 03237-9205
Phone: (603) 267-7349.
- Gilmanton Iron Works Library
P.O. Box 299 - Elm Street - Gilmanton
Iron Works - Gilmanton, NH 03237-0299
- Gilmanton Town Clerk -
Route 107 - Gilmanton, NH 03237
Phone: (603) 267-6726.
- Theresa's
New England Genealogy - includes resources for Alton, Sanbornton, and Laconia,
NH - Theresa's E-mail: theresar@webtv.net
- Bird's
eye view of Laconia, Belknap County, N.H. 1883.
- The City of
Laconia
- Laconia
City Profile
- Lake
Winnipesakee
- Communities Web.
- NH:
Laconia - Basic
Information Page.
- Laconia Historical & Museum Societies, Inc.
P.O. Box 1126 - Laconia, NH 03246
695 Main Street - Laconia, NH 03246-2741
Phone: (603) 524-4775.
45 Beacon St. E - Laconia, NH
03246-3442 Phone: (603) 527-1265
Lakeport
Lakeport
- See LACONIA
Lochmere
- Meredith Town Clerk -
41 Main Street - Meredith, NH
03253-5836 Phone: (603) 279-4538.
- Meredith Chamber
of Commerce site - includes "All About the Meredith Area"
- Meredith Historical Society,
P.O. Box 920 - Meredith, NH
03253 Phone:(603) 279-1190.
- Meredith Public Library
P.O. Box 808 - 91 Main Street - Meredith, NH
03253-0808 Phone: (603) 279-4303.
- The Lake
Winnipesaukee Home Page has links to the community:
- NH:
Meredith - Basic
Information Page.
Meredith Center
- NH:
New Hampton - Basic
Information Page.
- Gordon-Nash Library
P.O. Box 549 - Main Street - New Hampton
03256-0549 Phone: (603) 744-8061.
- New Hampton Board of Selectmen -
P.O. Box 428 - New Hampton, NH
03256 Phone: (603) 744-3727.
Winona - located in eastern New Hampton, near Winona Lake - see location map.
- Theresa's
New England Genealogy - includes resources for Alton, Sanbornton, and Laconia,
NH - Theresa's E-mail: theresar@webtv.net
- NHGenWeb
for Sanbornton, NH, by Rick Girtman.
- NH:
Sanbornton - Basic
Information Page.
- Sanbornton Public Library
P.O. Box 88 - 27 Meeting House Hill -
Sanbornton, NH 03269-0088
Phone: (603) 286-8288.
- Sanbornton Town Clerk -
P.O. Box 124 - Sanbornton, NH
03269-0124 Phone: (603) 286-4034.
Gaza - located in central Sanbornton
North Sanbornton
Spring
Haven
- Town of Tilton,
New Hampshire.
- NH:
Tilton - Basic
Information Page.
- Tilton Libraries
- Tilton Town Clerk -
257 Main Street - Tilton, NH
03276-5113 Phone: (603) 286-4425.
East Tilton
- The
Weirs Times Online
- The Weirs
- An
historic resort community located on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee.
- The Lake
Winnipesaukee Home Page has links to the community:
West
Alton - See ALTON
Winnisquam
- See BELMONT
Winona
Belknap County, New Hampshire Cemeteries:
Bayside Cemetery - Latitude: 433349N; Longitude: 0712704W
Crockett Cemetery - Latitude: 433033N; Longitude: 0713655W
Doe Cemetery - Latitude: 433626N; Longitude: 0712802W
Dow Cemetery - Latitude: 433658N; Longitude: 0712858W
Eastman Cemetery - Latitude: 433350N; Longitude: 0713356W
Hillside Cemetery - Latitude: 433239N; Longitude: 0712747W
McCoy Cemetery - Latitude: 433349N; Longitude: 0712520W
Mead Cemetery - Latitude: 433427N; Longitude: 0712936W
Oakland Cemetery - Latitude: 433708N; Longitude: 0713223W
Old Town Cemetery - Latitude: 433545N; Longitude: 0712951W
Park Cemetery - Latitude: 432621N; Longitude: 0713603W
Pine Grove Cemetery - Latitude: 432414N; Longitude: 0711821W
Pine Grove Cemetery - Latitude: 433230N; Longitude: 0712409W
Riverview Cemetery - Latitude: 432022N; Longitude: 0711656W
Robinson Cemetery - Latitude: 433654N; Longitude: 0713153W
Round Bay Cemetery - Latitude: 433353N; Longitude: 0712911W
Saint Johns Cemetery - Latitude: 432731N; Longitude: 0713356W
Saint Lamberts Cemetery - Latitude: 433104N; Longitude: 0712729W
Union Cemetery - Latitude: 433056N; Longitude: 0712748W
Union Cemetery - Latitude: 433233N; Longitude: 0713247W
· 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.
- Local Catholic Church
History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory+ for New
Hampshire
- Visit Historical 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
- 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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