New Hampshire Census

Federal Censuses
The Family History Library has mircofilms of the New Hampshire federal censuses, from 1790 to 1920. The New Hampshire State Library has copies of the same censuses.

The 1800 census is missing for the towns of Alton, Barnstead, Brookfield, Effingham, Gilmantown, Middleton, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonborough, Wakefield, and Wolfeborough in Strafford County. Fortunately, the 1798 Direct Tax for many of these towns exists and serves as a census substitute. The 1800 census is also missing the towns of Atkinson, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Londonderry, Northampton, Pehlam, Plaistow, Salem, Seabrook, Stratham, and Windham in Rockingham County.

The 1820 census is missing for Grafton County and the Rockingham County towns of Gosport, Greenland, New Castle, Newington, Portmouth, and Rye, Most of the census for Strafford County is missing except for the towns of Centre Harbor, Gilford, Moultonborough, New Hampton, and Sanbornton.

Before the boundary dispute was settled in 1842, many residents of northern Coos County considered themselves within Canadian jurisdiction, so the Coos County census may be incomplete before 1850.

Indexes
Countywide indexes to federal censuses often contain the names of every person in the household and may also include heads of households that were overlooked or whose names were misspelled in statewide indexes. Countywide indexes are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under:

NEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY]-CENSUS-[YEAR]

Colonial Censuses
Enumerations of colonial residents were made in New Hampshire for various years prior to the federal census. Lists of early residents from 1732 to 1742 that can be used as substitutes for census records are found in the tax records of the towns.

New Hampshire census records can be found the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under:

NEW HAMPSHIRE-CENSUS

NEW HAMPSHIRE, [COUNTY[-CENSUS

NEW HAMPSHIRE-CENSUS-[YEAR]-INDEXES