Exeter New Hampshire FamilySearch Center

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Welcome to the Exeter New Hampshire FamilySearch Center!

Exeter New Hampshire FamilySearch Center

Our mission is to provide help and support for the family history community in Rockingham County, NH and nearby areas. The Center is open to everyone and basic services are free, with just a minimal fee for printing. We are a branch facility of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT and offer free access to many premium subscription websites through the FamilySearch Portal on all of our computers.


Announcements[edit | edit source]

Due to staff shortages we are OPEN by appointment only. Sign up below, include your email address. Special Appointment Times can be arranged by emailing our center.

You must sign up 2 days before you are coming so our staff can be available.

Recently email signups have gone to spam so please wait for a confirmation before you come in. If you don't hear back, email us again.

If you cannot keep an appointment PLEASE delete the appointment and email us: NH_Exeter@familyhistorymail.org

The FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City currently offers this free online service: Appointments for free virtual consultations

Center Information[edit | edit source]

Location Map: Location Map

Address: 55 Hampton Falls Rd, Exeter, NH 03833-4700 Please note that this is not a mailing address.

Enter at the rear of building through the door on the left.

Language: English

Phone: 1-603-778-2509 WE ARE NOT AT THE CENTER UNLESS THERE IS A PATRON. THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT US IS BY EMAIL.

2025 Closings: April 5, May 24, July 3 - 5, August 30, October 4, November 25 - 29, December 24 - January 1

Email: NH_Exeter@familyhistorymail.org

Hours of Operation[edit | edit source]

Open by Appointment Only

Please follow these steps to sign up for an appointment:

INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL WHEN PROMPTED. BE SURE YOU COMPLETE STEPS # 1 and #2 WHEN YOU SIGN UP BY CLICKING THE RED BUTTONS.

IF YOU ARE BRINGING MATERIALS TO DIGITIZE PLEASE SIGN UP UNDER DIGITIZE OR LET US KNOW IN THE COMMENT SECTION.

  1. Check the day and time(s) you are coming, scroll to the bottom (you must accept cookies) and click on Save & Continue (There is often a bar on the bottom with advertising, click on the side not the center of the bar to get the Save & Continue message)
  2. Include your name, email, phone and any comments and click Sign Up Now
  3. Go back to the calendar and see if your sign up is completed. If you don't see your name on the schedule you are not signed up and we will not be notified you are coming.

Wednesday 10:00 AM-2:00 PM and 6:30 PM-9:00 PM To schedule an appointment Click Here

Thursday 6:30 PM-9:00 PM To schedule an appointment Click Here

Saturday 9:00 AM-1:00 PM To schedule an appointment Click Here

  • Special Appointment Times can be arranged by emailing our center if you need an appointment on another day or time.
  • You are welcome to bring your own laptop
  • Bring a USB flash drive to download documents you view online.
  • If the outside door is locked, please ring the bell to alert the consultants that you are here.

Inclement Weather Closings: We are closed on SAU16 school snow days. If you have signed up please reschedule.

Center Resources[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Center Portal[edit | edit source]

Free subscription websites available at our center:

19th Century British Library Newspapers - Fully searchable - Forty-eight 19th century national and regional newspapers
Alexander Street - American Civil War - data on soldiers, letters and diaries, images, photographs, ephemera / Women and Social Movements in the United Sates
American Ancestors - Partial access to the resources of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
Ancestry Institution - Immigration, census, voter, vital records, stories, memories & histories, photos & images, newspapers & periodicals; Court records: land, wills, guardianship; Family trees
ArkivDigital - Largest private provider of Swedish church records and other historical records such as estate inventories, court records, tax & census records, historical books; 15 Tutorials
FamNet - New Zealand family history - user submitted trees, stories and other digital content so you can collaborate with others
Findmypast - primarily British records, some start in 1538; United Kingdom, Ireland, Australian, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, US as a British colony, many parish records, digitizing all PERSI articles
Fold3 - records from every major US war, complete pensions files for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, Civil War pensions are in progress, international records, newspapers, Native American collection
Geneanet - genealogy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany - books, magazines, newspapers, military, obituaries, photos, vital records, land, court, wills, immigration, member trees collections; Photos: Enhance, animate, colorize black & white or faded color photos
Irish Ancestors - Starting point for all Irish ancestral research
MyHeritage Library Edition - Used worldwide to research family history, build a family tree, add photos, records and more. Nineteen billion+ US & international records from 32 countries.
NewspaperArchive - largest online newspaper database, tens of millions of pages from 1607 to present. Fully searchable by keyword and date
Paper Trail - 19th-century westward American migration documents to the far West, a searchable index with names, places and a survey of the text, shows where the original documents can be found
Puzzilla - reveals new areas for research in descendants of ancestors in the FamilyTree database, shows possible duplicates

Software installed on our computers[edit | edit source]

Snagit – screen capture software
GIMP – Photo restoration / Image editing software
Paint.net - Photo restoration / Image editing software

Hardware and Digitizing Equipment[edit | edit source]

6 computers with dual screens
Lexmark multi-function printer / scanner - Scan larger documents, Scan pictures directly to FamilySearch or to a thumb drive or external drive, Prints legal size.
2 Wolverine Reels to Digital Movie Maker - Converts 8 mm and Super 8 movies to a digital format
Film to Digital Converter by Wolverine - Converts negative and slides for film sizes 126, 127 and 135 mm, Converts 110 negatives, Converts 110 slides, Stores Digital conversions to SD card, 20 megapixel  digital resolution
Photo Scanner - Epson FastFoto FF640 - Scans as fast as 1 photo per second, Adjusts to different photo sizes, Scans the image and handwritten notes on the back in a single scan, Restores faded photos, Organizing software
Large Format Flat Bed Scanner - Epson V800 - For negatives and photos, Adjusts to different sizes, Scans the image, Restores faded photos, Organizing software
VHS to DVD Converter by Honestech - Captures video from VHS, cameras and optical discs or audio from cassettes, micro cassettes or record players to the computer in digital form that can then be edited with software
Light Box - ZKEEZM 20" X 20" with 6 color backdrops and adjustable brightness and multiple shooting angles. Take pictures of your 3 dimensional family heirlooms.
Large Document Scanner - CZUR ET 18 - Captures large documents (16.6 in X 11.7 in), auto flatten for open books, convert to editable PDF / Word / Tif / Excel, etc. Larger documents can be scanned in sections and combined through editing.
Magix Movie Pro Software - Photos, documents, audio or video can be be edited or used to create movies or slideshows with transition, text, music or audio narration.
Vivitar Card Reader - Transfer photos or documents stored on: SD cards, Micro SD cards, XD cards, Memory sticks, Micro Memory Sticks. Compact Flash cards to your laptop, to your computer, an external drive or thumb drive
Microfilm/Micro Fiche scanner - images can be printed or scanned to a thumb drive
Microfilm reader

Collections[edit | edit source]

  • Patrons' Microfiche Collection -- a collection of fiche ordered by patrons, assorted titles. Contains family histories, vital records, and other types of information.
  • MicroFilm Collection -- a small collection of patron ordered films. Content is digitized but not accessible online and otherwise can only be viewed at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City.
  • Book Collection A  small collection of books containing research guidance materials, biographies, indexes and databases. Our books are listed on LibraryThing.

Helpful Websites and Links[edit | edit source]

Resources in the Local Area[edit | edit source]

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