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=== Registration of Deeds === | === Registration of Deeds === | ||
When proprietors sold their land to others, the deeds and all subsequent transactions were recorded in provincial, county, and some town records. From 1623 to 1772, the Registry of Deeds was at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | When proprietors sold their land to others, the deeds and all subsequent transactions were recorded in provincial, county, and some town records. From 1623 to 1772, the Registry of Deeds was at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. All existing pre-1772 deeds are now at the New Hampshire Division of Records Management and Archives. The address may be found in [[New Hampshire Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]. | ||
County registrars of deeds began to keep deed records in 1769, when the first five New Hampshire counties were created (Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford). New Hampshire land records now may be found within town records. | [http://www.nhdeeds.com/ County registrars of deeds] began to keep deed records in 1769, when the first five New Hampshire counties were created (Cheshire, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, and Strafford). New Hampshire land records now may be found within town records. | ||
* ''New Hampshire Province Deeds and Probate Records from 1623–177''2. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975). [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=310825&disp=Province+%5BNew+Hampshire%5D+deeds+and+p++ On 118 Family History Library films beginning with 1001345]. These films are of the indexes to the volumes and are alphabetically arranged. | *''New Hampshire Province Deeds and Probate Records from 1623–177''2. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975). [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=310825&disp=Province+%5BNew+Hampshire%5D+deeds+and+p++ On 118 Family History Library films beginning with 1001345]. These films are of the indexes to the volumes and are alphabetically arranged. | ||
The address may be found in [[New Hampshire Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]. For records of deeds after 1772, refer to probate offices in the counties. | |||
Additional information on land and property records can be found in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Additional information on land and property records can be found in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||