Grafton County

Genealogy Research in Grafton County, New Hampshire

Research in New Hampshire can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 400 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

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African American Genealogy

African American Resources for New Hampshire - FamilySearch

American Abolitionists and Antislavery Activists

Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire

National Archives - American Slavery, Civil Records

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Noyes Academy - Wikipedia

Slavery in New Hampshire - UNH Scholars' Repository

Valley News - Beacons of Freedom

Archives and Libraries

Abbie Greenleaf Library

Bethlehem Public Library

Byron G. Merrill Library

Canaan Town Library

Dartmouth College - Libraries

Enfield Town Library

Etna Library - Town of Hanover NH

FamilySearch Catalog

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Grafton County

Grafton Public Library

HathiTrust Digital Library

Haverhill Library Association

Holderness Free Library

Howe Library Hanover, NH

Library of Congress

Lincoln Library - New Hampshire

Moosilauke Public Library

NH-SOS - Archival Holdings

New Hampshire State Library

New Hampshire, United States Genealogy - FamilySearch

Open Library - Grafton County, New Hampshire

Orford Free Library

Orford Social Library

Patten North Haverhill Library

Pease Public Library

Piermont Public Library

Richardson Memorial Library

Rumney Library Blog

Thornton Public Library

USGenWeb Archives - Grafton County, New Hampshire

Webster Memorial Library

Biographies

Biographies - Grafton County New Hampshire

Genealogy Trails - Grafton County, NH Biographies

People from Grafton County, New Hampshire

USGenWeb Archives - Grafton County, New Hampshire Biographies

Cemeteries

Census Records

Church Records

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Church

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Church Records

A History of All Saints Church, Littleton, New Hampshire : 1875-1950

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Church Records

Court Records

Court Records - Grafton County New Hampshire

Digital Commonwealth - Grafton County, NH Documents

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Court

Grafton County, New Hampshire Courthouse Records

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Court Records

Library of Congress - Grafton County, NH Legislation

USGenWeb Archives - Guardian Bond: Minors Samuel & Gilbert Bayley, Piermont, Grafton Co, NH

USGenWeb Archives - Guardian Bond: Minors Solomon & Anna Bayley, Piermont, Grafton Co, NH

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County City Directories

1871 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory

1874 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory

1881 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory

1884 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory

Disasters

Bethlehem, NH Hotel Fire, Sep 1923

Bristol, NH Earthquake, Mar 1930

Canaan, NH Barn Fires 1851

Canaan, NH Fell into Pail of Boiling Water, Apr 1880

Canaan, NH Fire, Jun 1923

Canaan, NH Train Wreck, Sept 1907

Hanover, NH Deadly Fumes At Dartmouth, Feb 1934

Hanover, NH Hotel Dartmouth Burned, Jan 1887

Hanover, NH South Hall Fire, July 1888

Hanover, NH FLood, Apr 1895

Hanover, NH Moose Mountain Plane Crash, Oct 1968

Haverhill Station, NH Train Wreck, Mar 1908

Haverhill, NH Crushed by Elevator, May 1917

Lebanon, NH Train Crushes Carriage, July 1901

Lebanon, NH Fire, May 1887

Plymouth, NH Public Building Fire, Jan 1943

Plymouth, NH Train Collision, Aug 1895

Plymouth, NH Fire, Oct 1870

Wentworth, NH Town Fire, Sep 1921

Estate Records

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Probate

Index to Probate Records 1769-1800 : Grafton County, New Hampshire

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Probate Records

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County Probate

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Wills/Probate Records

USGenWeb Archives - Will: Samuel Andrew, 1868 : Orange, Grafton Co, New Hampshire

USGenWeb Archives - Will: Simeon Avery, 1790 : Orford, Grafton Co, New Hampshire

USGenWeb Archives - Will of Solomon Baily, 1794 :Piermont, Grafton County, New Hampshire

USGenWeb Archives - Will: William Bell, 1783 : Lyme, Grafton Co, New Hampshire

Wills - Grafton County New Hampshire

History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Grafton County, New Hampshire Naturalization Petitions (1907-1911)

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Naturalizations

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Immigration Records

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

Deeds - Grafton County New Hampshire

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Land

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Land Records

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County Deeds

USGenWeb Archives - Deeds/Land: Original Grantees, 1764: Warren, Grafton Co, New Hampshire

Maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - Grafton County, New Hampshire

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Maps

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Maps and Gazetteers

Histopolis - Grafton County, New Hampshire Map

Historic Map Works - Grafton County, New Hampshire

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Map Records

Library of Congress - Grafton County, NH Maps

New Hampshire from 1764

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County Maps

Military Records

Miscellaneous Records

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Miscellaneous Records

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County General

Queries - Grafton County New Hampshire

William Thissel Account Book, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Municipalities

An Abbreviated History of Holderness, New Hampshire, 1761-1961

Bethlehem, NH

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Town Records

Franconia, New Hampshire

Haverhill’s Historic Highlights

Histopolis - Grafton County, New Hampshire Cities

Histopolis - Grafton County, New Hampshire Towns

History of the Town of Haverhill, New Hampshire

History of the Town of Wentworth, New Hampshire

The History of Warren; A Mountain Hamlet, Located Among the White Hills of New Hampshire

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Records by City/Town

Living Places - Haverhill, New Hampshire

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County Towns Table

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Cities & Towns

Wikipedia - Grafton County, New Hampshire Communities

Native American Genealogy

Coosuc Tribe - Access Genealogy

History of New Hampshire Indians

Indigenous Peoples of New Hampshire - FamilySearch

National Archives - American Indian Records

New Hampshire Indian Tribes

New Hampshire's Native Americans: Hiding in Plain Sight

Newspapers

The Bridge Weekly Sho-Case

The Dartmouth

Digital Commonwealth - Grafton County, NH Newspapers

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Newspapers

Genealogy Trails - Grafton County, NH Newspaper Gleanings

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Newspapers and Obituaries

Library of Congress - Grafton County, NH Newspapers

Library of Congress - Grafton County, NH Periodicals

Newspaper Abstracts - Grafton County, New Hampshire

Newspaper Articles - Grafton County Massachuset

Rowing News

Trendy Times

Valley News

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails - Grafton County, NH Obituaries and Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Newspapers and Obituaries

Obits Index - Grafton County, NH

Obituaries - Grafton County New Hampshire

USGenWeb Archives - Fogg, Alice Flanders October 31, 1935

Valley News - Obituaries

Photography

FamilyOldPhotos - Grafton Co NH

Library of Congress - Grafton County, NH Photo, Print, Drawing

Digital Commonwealth - Grafton County, NH Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Grafton County, NH Postcards/Cards

Penny Postcards from Grafton County, New Hampshire

School Records

The First Twenty-Five Years, Class of 1928, Dartmouth College

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County School Records

Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools. 1930

Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools. 1935

Twenty Five Years in the Wide, Wide World! Quarter Century Report of the Class of 1930 of Dartmouth College

Societies

Tax Records

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Taxation

USGenWeb Archives - Inventory of Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire, 1782

USGenWeb Archives - Tax lists: 1781: Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire

Vital Records

Birth Records - Grafton County New Hampshire

Death Records - Grafton County New Hampshire

FamilyHart - Grafton, New Hampshire

FamilySearch - Grafton County, New Hampshire Vital Records

GEDCOM Index - Grafton County, NH

Genealogy Trails - Grafton County, NH Birth Records

Genealogy Trails - Grafton County, NH Marriage Records

Grafton County, New Hampshire Vital Records

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Grafton County Marriage Records

Marriage Records - Grafton County New Hampshire

NHGenWeb Project - Grafton County Vital Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Birth Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Death Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Grafton County, NH Marriage Records

USGenWeb Archives - Births (year 1917) from the 1918 Annual Report of Enfield, Grafton County, NH

USGenWeb Archives - Deaths (year 1917) from the 1918 Annual Report of Enfield, Grafton County, NH

USGenWeb Archives - Drawer 78 of the New Hampshire State Archives. This list is only for those births in Grafton County

USGenWeb Archives - Marriages (year 1917) from the 1918 Annual Report of Enfield, Grafton Co., NH

USGenWeb Archives - Vital Records, Enfield, NH; Year ending 15 Feb 1894

vitalrec.com - Grafton County, New Hampshire

New Hampshire Counties

Many New Hampshire family records can be found online and at large state level archives and libraries in Concord. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in New Hampshire. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in New Hampshire. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in New Hampshire have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of New Hampshire's 10 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Formation Date

1840

1769

1803

1769

1823

1769

1827

County Seat

Laconia

Ossipee

Keene

Lancaster

North Haverhill

Manchester and Nashua

Concord

Brentwood

Dover

Newport

Parent County

Merrimack & Strafford

Strafford County

Original county

Grafton County

Original county

Hillsborough & Rockingham

Original county

Cheshire County

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