New Hampshire Cemeteries

United States New Hampshire  Cemeteries

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. In the search box you can type the name of the city or town plus the word cemetery. Some records have been microfilmed and are at the Family History Library. , 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, New Hampshire: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire, 1942). It is indexed in:


 * Hazelton, Mrs. Frances Herber. Colonial Gravestones, State of New Hampshire, Index. Typescript, 1991. (.)


 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The New England Mission. Cemetery Records of New Hampshire. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960). Names are alphabetically arranged within each cemetery listed. (Family History Library .)

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, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah). Index to United States Cemeteries. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988). (Family History Library films 1206468-94.).

An additional source for New Hampshire cemetery records is:

New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association Portsmouth Atheneum Library 9 Market Square Portsmouth, NH 03801 Telephone: 603-431-2538

Online
The following websites have some cemetery listings for Nevada State. Sites may be incomplete. They may not list all cemeteries in a county and may not include all burials in a cemetery.


 * Findagrave.com Search for names Enter at least a last name then click Search. Can narrow by first names or dates.


 * This site frequently has tombstone images
 * List of cemeteries statewide for cemeteries in their database
 * You may need to narrow by county
 * Go to Find A Grave Home page, click Search for a cemetery, select the state (Nevada), then select from the county list, and press Search.
 * Click on the number below Interments for a cemetery to access names. Click Records arrow to scroll through to the end.


 * Web: Nevada, Find A Grave Index, 1854-2012 at Ancestry.com ($) State.


 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records A growing collection of New Hampshire Cemetery Records organized by location.


 * Billion Graves has gravestone photos by name, surname, or cemetery, with GPS location. Can also filter or search by state, county, or even a specific cemetery if it has been photographed to any extent.


 * A Very Grave Matter has photographs and documentation of gravestones of local Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire cemeteries with history and genealogy of early ancestors who settled New England.


 * New Hampshire Cemetery Records (at New Hampshire Genealogy): Cemetery inscriptions organized by county and city.


 * Names in Stone allows you to search for graves alphabetically or by cemetery; see grave photos and surrounding burials together on a map; flag records of interest to receive e-mail update notices.


 * D'Addezio lists cemeteries alphabetically with links to other New Hampshire cemetery sites.


 * Interment.net is arranged by county, then by cemetery, with alphabetical grave transcripts. Often incomplete lists.


 * Tombstone Transcription Project (NHGenWeb) gives cemetery locations and grave transcripts arranged by county. May have several lists per county. Most names indexed in a county search engine on a separate page.


 * FamilySearch Historical Records. New Hampshire, Manchester, Hillsborough County, Cemetery Records has digitized books of several cemeteries in Manchester. Description of records.


 * WorldCat has a billion catalog records in 57,000 libraries worldwide on many subjects.


 * Family History Library Catalog describes items in the FHL collection. Most microfilms and microfiche can be ordered at thousands of Family History Centers worldwide.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

New Hampshire, Manchester, Hillsborough County, Cemetery Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)