Sullivan County

Genealogy Research in Sullivan 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 Americans in a Rural New Hampshire Town 1860-1940

FamilySearch.org - African American Resources for New Hampshire • FamilySearch

National Archives - American Slavery, Civil Records

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Archives and Libraries

Abbott Library

Acworth Silsby Free Library

Dunbar Free Library

Fiske Free Public Library

George H. Stowell Free Library

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Libbie Cass Memorial Library

Library of Congress

Meriden Library

Miner Memorial Library - Facebook

Olive G. Pettis Library

Open Library - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Philip Read Memorial Library

Richards Free Library

Shedd Free Library

Silsby Free Public Library

Unity Free Library

Bible Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Family Bibles & Records Index

Biographies

Access Genealogy - Biography of George William Dunbar

Access Genealogy - Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Biographies

Biographies - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Biographies

Cemeteries

Census Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Census Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Census Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Census Records

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Federal Census Index

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Census Records

Church Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Church Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Church Histories & Records

Internet Archive - Trinity church Claremont, N.H

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Church Records

Court Records

Court Records - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Court Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Court Records

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Courthouse Records

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire City Directories

Disasters

GenDisasters.com - Charlestown, NH Railway Motor Car - Truck Accident, Jul 1918

GenDisasters.com - Claremont, NH Browns Block Fire, Mar 1887

GenDisasters.com - Claremont, NH Tremont House Fire, Mar 1879

GenDisasters.com - Cornish, NH Cabin Fire, May 1929

GenDisasters.com - Cornish, NH Jessie Wilson Thrown from Horse, Aug 1913

GenDisasters.com - Goshen, NH Private Plane Crash, Nov 1949

Estate Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Probate Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Wills/Probate Records

Register of Deeds - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Wills - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Immigrant Ships - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Immigration Records

Land Records

Deeds - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

BLM GLO Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Land Records

Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Maps/Atlases

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Maps and Gazetters

Histopolis - Sullivan County, NH Map

Historic Map Works - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Map Records

MapsofUS.org - State and County Maps of New Hampshire

United States Digital Map Library

Military Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Genealogy Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Church Military Index

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Military Records

Military Records - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

New Horizons Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Military Records

WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties - National Archives

Miscellaneous Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Miscellaneous Records

Sullivan County, New Hampshire External Links

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Resources

USGenWeb Archives - Sullivan County, New Hampshire County Annual Reports

Municipalities

Histopolis - Sullivan County, NH Cities

Histopolis - Sullivan County, NH Towns

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Records by Cities/Towns

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Towns & Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Cities & Towns

Sullivan County, New Hampshire Communities - Wikipedia

Native American Genealogy

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

Aquadoctan - Wikipedia

Indigenous Peoples of New Hampshire • FamilySearch

The Islands of Winnipesaukee & Squam Lakes

National Archives - American Indian Records

Native American Heritage - New Hampshire Folklife

New Hampshire Indian Tribes

Paths to New Hampshire's Native Past - New Hampshire Magazine

Smile of the Great Spirit: Lake Winnipesaukee's Native American Roots

Naturalization Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Naturalization Records

Newspapers

Digital Commonwealth - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Newspapers

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Index Newspaper Gleanings

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Newspaper Records

Newspaper Abstracts - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Obituaries & Death Notices

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Obituaries

Obituary Index - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Obituaries - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Photography

Digital Commonwealth - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Postcards/Cards

Digital Commonwealth - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Photographs

Family Old Photos - Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Old-Yearbooks.com - New Hampshire High School and College Yearbooks Online

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire School Records

Societies

Claremont Historical Society

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Societies

New Hampshire Historical Society

Newport, New Hampshire Historical Society

Sullivan County Humane Society

Sunapee Historical Society

Washington Historical Society

Tax Records

FamilySearch.org - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Sullivan County, New Hampshire Tax Records

Vital Records

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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