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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
Cemetery records often include birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes have insignia or symbols that provide clues about military service, religion, or membership in a service or fraternal organization. Nearby markers may help identify children who died young or women who were not recorded in family or government documents.
The New Hampshire Historical Society has an extensive collection of cemetery records. Use the historical society’s Internet site for a catalog listing of this collection (see “Societies” in this outline for the Internet address). Some records have been microfilmed and are at the Family History Library. Two FHL microfilms, 15566 and 165996, contain some of these cemetery records with various authors, publishers, and computer numbers. Other collections include:
Goss, Mrs. Charles C. Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire: Published by the Historic Activities Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, From Collections Made by Committees From 1913 to 1942. Dover, N.H.: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, 1942. (FHL book 974.2 V3g; film 823810 item 3; computer number 146829.) It is indexed in:
Hazelton, Mrs. Frances Herber. Colonial Gravestones, State of New Hampshire, Index. Typescript, 1991. (FHL book 974.2 V3g index; fiche 6110667; computer number 623183.)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, New England Mission. Cemetery Records of New Hampshire. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960. (FHL 974.2 V3c; film 908584 item 2; computer number 75924.) Names are alphabetically arranged within each cemetery listed.
A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts, and the book and film numbers to locate them at the Family History Library as of 1988, is:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah.) Index to United States Cemeteries. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FHL films 1206468-94; computer number 475648.) New Hampshire is on film 1206479.
An additional source for New Hampshire cemetery records is:
Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions. The USGenWeb Archives have records from cemeteries listed on their Internet site at:
“The New Hampshire Tombstone Transcription Project.” In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 24 October 1999 [cited 14 December 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/newhamp.html.
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CEMETERIES
New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
Portsmouth Atheneum Library
9 Market Square
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Telephone: 603-431-2538
Internet address: www.tiac.net/users/nhsog/nhoga/index.htm
Internet Tombstone Transcripts and Index
This is a county-by-county list of cemeteries. The highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in:
“Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library” In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 22 September 1997 [cited 14 December 1999]. Available at www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm. This Internet site indexes cemetery abstracts and other items. Select the state, type the name of the ancestor you are researching in the “Query” field, and click the Search button. For best results, use the “Search Tips” and examples at the bottom of the web page. The computer will list any matches it finds and give you the option of viewing the full transcript.
Cemetery records can be found by using the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under:
NEW HAMPSHIRE- CEMETERIESNEW HAMPSHIRE,[COUNTY]- CEMETERIESNEW HAMPSHIRE,[COUNTY],[TOWN]- CEMETERIES
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