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Accessing Records Of The Family History Library
Familysearch™
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Computer Networks And Bulletin Boards
Bible Records
Biography
     Major Biographical Collections
     Biographical Encyclopedias
Cemeteries
     Internet Tombstone Transcripts And Index
Census
     Federal Censuses
     Colonial Censuses
Church Records
     Baptist
     Congregational
     Episcopal
     Methodist
     Presbyterian
     Roman Catholic
     Society Of Friends (quakers)
Court Records
     Colonial Court Records
Directories
Divorce Records
Emigration And Immigration
     People
     Records
Gazetteers
Genealogy
     Nationwide Indexes
     Web Sites About Your Family
     Statewide And Regional Collections
History
     State Histories
     Local Histories
Land And Property
     Land Jurisdictional Periods
     Registration Of Deeds
Maps
Military Records
     Colonial Military Records (1600s–1775)
     Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
     War Of 1812 (1812–1815)
     Civil War (1861–1865)
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
     Inventory On The Internet
     Published Indexes
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
     Piscataqua Pioneers
Taxation
Town Records
     Warnings Out
     Town Historians
Vital Records
     Records Of Births And Deaths
     Marriage Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions




MAPS

Maps are used to locate places where your ancestors lived. They identify jurisdictional and county boundaries, names of places, geographical features, cemeteries, churches, and migration routes. Historical maps are especially useful for finding communities that no longer exist.

A County Map of New Hampshire. N.p.: Evans Printing, 1969. (FHL map 974.2 E7n; computer number 70407.) This map shows the names of counties and townships.

DeLorme Mapping Company. The New Hampshire Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping, 1987. (FHL book Q 974.2 E7d; computer number 460692.) In addition to the atlas, 67 colored maps are included.

New Hampshire, Vermont, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. (FHL book 974 E3n; computer number 634346.) This has maps showing when and where each county changed boundaries.

Maps of the Masonian Propriety:Vols.1–5 with Index. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. (FHL film 980930 items 2–7; computer number 102302.) These are microfilms of the originals in Concord, New Hampshire. Item two is the index to these maps. Items 3–7 contain the Masonian Propriety maps.

Town and City Atlas of the State of New Hampshire. Boston, Mass.: D.H. Hurd, 1892. (FHL folio 974.2 E3t; computer number 149753.) This map is compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations.

County atlases and maps may contain the names of the landowners. Land ownership maps were published for each county between 1857 and 1861. To find specific maps for each county, access the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under:

NEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY]- MAPSNEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- MAPS

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