Cheshire
County, New Hampshire
Communities include:
Alstead, Chesterfield, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale,
Jaffrey, Keene, Marlborough, Marlow, Nelson, Richmond, Rindge, Roxbury,
Stoddard, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Troy, Walpole, Westmoreland, Winchester.
Registry of
Deeds
Cheshire County Administration Bldg. - 33
West Street - Keene, NH 03431
Registry
of Probate
Cheshire County Courthouse - 12 Court
Street - Keene, NH 03431.
- New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel Source - online news.
- About Keene
- About Towns in the Region -
background and information.
- Map of the Region.
- Welcome to Cheshire
County includes: Covered
Bridges of Swanzey.
- USGenWeb for Cheshire
County Genealogy - hosted by George
N. Kidder
- USGenWeb for Cheshire County
New Hampshire Archives, maintained by: Michelle McKenzie.
- A Cheshire County, NH Genealogy Mailing List:
<NHCheshi-L@rootsweb.com> is moderated by Cynthia. If you
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you have subscribed.
- Historic USGS
Maps of New England: Keene,
NH-VT Quadrangle - Towns covered in this map include: Chesterfield,
Gilsum, Hinsdale, Keene, Richmond, Surry, Swanzey, Westmoreland and
Winchester in New Hampshire (NH), and Putney and Vernon, in Vermont (VT).
ALSTEAD - inc. 1763
- Alstead Clerk
Pleasant - Alstead, NH 03602 Phone: (603)
835-2242.
CHESTERFIELD - inc. 1752
- Chesterfield Town Clerk
RR 63 - Chesterfield, NH 03443 Phone: (603)
363-8071.
DUBLIN
- inc. 1771
- Dublin Town Clerk
Main - Dublin, NH 03444 Phone: (603) 563-8859.
FITZWILLIAM - inc. 1773
- Fitzwilliam Town Clerk
Main Street - Fitzwilliam, NH 03447 Phone: (603)
585-7791.
GILSUM
- inc. 1763
- Gilsum Public Library
P.O. Box 57 - 650 Route 10 - Gilsum, NH 03448-0057
Phone: (603) 357-0320.
Hours: Monday and Tuesday 1:30-3:30 and 6-8; Wedneday
1:30-3:30; Saturday 10-12
HARRISVILLE
- Harrisville Town Clerk
Harrisville, NH 03450 Phone: (603)
827-5546.
HINSDALE - inc. 1753
- Hinsdale Public Library
P.O. Box 6 - Main & Depot Streets - Hinsdale, NH
03451-0006 Phone: (603) 336-5713.
JAFFREY
- inc. 1773
- Town of
Jaffrey
(newhampshire.com)
- Jaffrey Town Clerk
10 Goodnow Street - Jaffrey, NH 03452
Phone: (603) 532-7861.
KEENE
- inc. 1753
- City of Keene, NH
official
web site
- New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel Source - online news.
- About Keene
- About Towns in the Region - background and
information.
- Keene
Public Library
- Welcome to Keene, NH
-
online information, directory of churches, libraries, etc.
- Horatio Colony Museum
199 Main Street - Keene 03431 Phone: (603) 352-0460.
- Wyman Tavern Museum
339 Main Street - Keene 03431 Phone: (603) 352-1895.
MARLBOROUGH - inc. 1776
- Marlborough Town Clerk
236 E. Main Street - Marlborough, NH
03455 Phone: (603) 876-4529.
MARLOW
- inc. 1761
- Marlow Town Library
P.O. Box 417 - Church Street - Marlow, NH 03456-0417 PHone:
(603) 446-3466.
- New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel Source - online news.
- About Marlow -
background.
NELSON
- inc. 1774
HCR 33 Box 656 - Nelson, NH 03457
Phone: (603) 847-3214.
RICHMOND - inc. 1752
- Richmond Town Clerk
105 Old Homestead Hwy. - Richmond, NH 03470 Phone:
(603) 239-6202.
- Richmond Public Library
19 Winchester Road - Richmond, NH 03470 Phone: (603)
239-6164.
Hours: Tueday 2-8 and Saturday 9-1.
- The
Richmond Rooster - Online News!
- Richmond, NH -
basic information.
- Richmond, NH - 1996 unofficial
town map.
- New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel Source - online news.
- About Richmond - background.
- USGenWeb for Cheshire County
New Hampshire Archives, maintained by: Michelle McKenzie:
- Description
of Richmond from: "A Gazetteer of New Hampshire Containing
Descriptions of all the Counties, Towns and Districts in the
State", by John Hayward, John P. Jewett (publisher), Boston, 1849.
- Description
of Richmond from: "New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton
from Part II: A Gazetteer of New Hampshire", by George Ticknor,
Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N.H., 1855.
RINDGE
- inc. 1768
- Rindge Chamber of
Commerce
with Rindge
description and Rindge
area MAP
- Rindge Town Clerk
49 Payson Hill Road - Rindge, NH 03461 Phone: (603)
899-3354.
ROXBURY
- inc. 1812
- New Hampshire
Keene Sentinel Source - online news.
- About Roxbury -
background.
STODDARD - inc. 1774
- Davis Public Library
HCR 32 - Route 123 - Box 478 - Stoddard, NH 03464.
SULLIVAN - inc. 1787
- Sullivan Public Library
P.O. Box 92 - Centre Street - Sullivan, NH
03445-0092 Phone: (603) 847-3458.
SURRY
- inc. 1769
- Reed Free Library
8 Village Road - Surry, NH 03431-8314 Phone: (603)
352-1761.
Hour: Monday and Thursday 3-8.
SWANZEY
- inc. 1753
- Swanzey Historical Museum
P.O. Box 416 - West Swanzey 03469 Phone: (603)
352-6639.
TROY
- inc. 1815
- Kimball Public Library
P.O. Box 837 - 10 South Main Street - Troy, NH
03465-0837 Phone: (603) 242-7743.
WALPOLE
- inc. 1752
- The Town
of Walpole, New Hampshire
- Town Clerk
Elm Street - Walpole, NH 03608
Phone: (603) 756-3514.
- Sentinel
Source for Walpole, NH - presents brief background and information.
- Walpole Town
Library
P.O. Box 487 - Main Street - Walpole, NH 03608-0487
Phone: (603) 756-9806.
- North Walpole Public Library
70 Church Street - North Walpole, NH 03609 Phone:
(603) 445-5153.
- NHGenWeb
for Walpole, NH,
by Michelle McKenzie.
- Walpole Historical Society
P.O. Box 292 - Walpole, NH 03608 Phone: (603)
756-3449.
WESTMORELAND - inc. 1752
P.O. Box 55 - Westmoreland, NH 03467
33 South Village Road - Westmoreland, NH
03467-4514 Phone: (603) 399-7750.
WINCHESTER - inc. 1753
Main Street, P.O. Box 6 - Winchester, NH 03470
Phone: (603) 239-4331.
- Conant
Library's Historical Museum
- Welcome to
Winchester, New Hampshire [Inc. July 2, 1753]!
- Winchester Town Clerk
1 Richmond Road - P.O. Box 75 - Winchester, NH
03470 Phone: (603) 239-6233.
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
- New
Hampshire Old Graveyard Association (NHOGA)
- 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
- 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
- Request Deceased USA
Veterans' Records? Phone: 1-800-827-1000.
- 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, 2008, by Ann Mensch. All
Rights Reserved.
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