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The New Hampshire Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for New Hampshire. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

New Hampshire Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in New Hampshire:

Finding New Hampshire Birth, Marriage or Death Records

Finding New Hampshire Records

New Hampshire Statewide Databases

New Hampshire Research Process

New Hampshire Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in New Hampshire:
Birth and Death information:

  • Statewide birth registration: Statewide registration of births began in 1861 but was discontinued in 1863. Registration resumed in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1921.
  • Statewide death registration: Although some deaths were recorded as early as 1855, state registration of deaths officially began in 1881 and was generally complied with by 1913 (Although, some resources say 1890).
  • Access to records: See New Hampshire Vital Records for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in New Hampshire.


Substitute Records:

  • Secondary source: Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event.
  • Accuracy: Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help verify information.
  • List of substitute records: See New Hampshire Substitute Records for more information.


Finding Parents:

  • Death records: Starting in 1881, the state recorded deaths that required birth and parent information. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory.
  • Obituaries: Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See New Hampshire Newspapers and New Hampshire Obituaries for more information.
  • Church records: Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See New Hampshire Church Records for more information.


Census Records:

  • Check all census years: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See New Hampshire Census Records for more information.
  • Clues to other records: There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records.
  • Finding families: Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added.

Further New Hampshire Research

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