New Hampshire Research Guide Digital Download

You'll love this if…

• You're getting started tracing your ancestors in New Hampshire
• You want new ideas and resources to get past a New Hampshire brick wall
• Your genealogy search is focused mainly on New Hampshire

Trace your New Hampshire ancestors with the advice and resources in our State Research Guide! This four-page download includes:

• a how-to article detailing New Hampshire’s history and records, with helpful advice on tracking your family there
• the best websites, books and other resources for New Hampshire research, handpicked by our editors and experts
• listings of key libraries, archives and organizations that hold the records you need
• timeline of key events in the state's history

Here's a sampling of the helpful tips you'll get in the New Hampshire guide:

• As a colony, New Hampshire had several border disputes with neighboring New York and Massachusetts, as well as what would become Vermont. The Crown firmly established the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border in 1740.
• Towns, not counties, record vital statistics in the Granite State, and have done so from the colony's earliest days. They've sent copies of vital records to the state government since 1905.
• New Hampshire's first newspaper, the New Hampshire Gazette, began publishing in 1756. In 2022, the state became the 50th to join the National Digital Newspaper Program; as a result, Granite State titles are being added to the free Chronicling America website.

Plus, each guide contains active web links for one-click access to every recommended online resource. You can view this PDF on your computer and print pages for reference.