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Sullivan County, New Hampshire
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Sullivan County was formed in 1827, from a portion of Cheshire County.
Sullivan County towns include:  Acworth, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Croyden, Georges Mills, Goshen, Grantham, Guild, Langdon, Lempster, Newport, Plainfield, Springfield, Sunapee, Unity, Washington, Wendell.

 


Sullivan County Statistics from HPI.
Sullivan County Courthouse
   14 Main Street - Newport, NH 03773
   County Clerk of Court: PH: (603) 863-3450
   County Clerk PH: (603) 863-2560
   Register of Deeds  PH: (603) 863-2110
   Register of Probate  PH: (603) 863-3150
Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town
Political Graveyard - Sullivan County
NHGenWeb Archives for Sullivan County  & ftp site

QUERIES

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TOWNS
(in alphabetical order)

ACWORTH


   Cold Pond Road - Acworth, NH  03601 PH: (603) 835-2150


CHARLESTOWN


CLAREMONT


   Tremont Square - Claremont, NH 03743


   108 Broad St, Claremont, NH 03743-2673  PH: (603) 542-7017

CORNISH


   P.O. Box 360 - School Street - Cornish Flat, NH 03746  PH: (603) 543-3644.


  Townhouse Road - P.O. Box 183 - Cornish Flat, NH 03746
   Phone:  (603) 675-5207  Fax: (603) 675-5605.

CROYDON


    RFD 1 - Box 307 - Newport, NH  03773

Georges Mills

GOSHEN


   P.O. Box 742 - Goshen 03752-0251  PH: (603) 863-6921


   P.O. Box 68 - Goshen, NH 03752  PH: (603) 863-5655

GRANTHAM


    P.O. Box 276 - Grantham, NH 03753  PH: (603) 863-6021


   P.O. Box 1580 - 401 Route 10 South - Grantham 03753-1580  PH: (603) 863-2172

Guild

LANGDON


  RR 1 - Box 158A - Langdon, NH 03602  PH: (603) 835-2389


LEMPSTER


   P.O. Box 131 - Route 10 - East Lempster 03605-0131 863-0051


   P.O. Box 33 - East Lempster, NH 03605  Phone: (603) 863-3213
   (Town Hall - Route 10 - East Lempster, NH  03605)

NEWPORT


   21 DeWalt Ave. Newport, NH 03773 PH: (603) 863-4498


     58 North Main Street - Newport, NH  03773-1597  PH: (603) 863-3430


    Town Offices - 15 Sunapee Street - Newport, NH  03773  PH: (603) 863-2224

PLAINFIELD


   Route 12A - Plainfield 03781 PH: (603) 675-6866


   P.O. Box 380 - Meriden, NH 03770  PH: (603) 469-3201


SPRINGFIELD


   P.O. Box 89 - Main Street - Springfield 03284  PH: (603) 763-4381

SUNAPEE


  P.O. Box 314 - 542 State Route 11 - Sunapee, NH 03782  PH: (603) 763-5513


    23 Edgemont Road - Sunapee, NH  PH: (603) 763-2449

Unity

WASHINGTON


    Route 31 - Washington, NH  PH: (603) 495-3592


     7 Halfmoon Pond Rd. - Washington, NH  03280   PH:  (603) 495-3667

Wendell

Directory of New Hampshire Libraries - by city and town


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.

·         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 Vital 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.

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o    The Genealogy Page.

o    About Census Records

o    1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o    1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o    The Soundex Indexing System

o    Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o    Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o    Indian Census Rolls

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    Native American Records

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

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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