Welcome to the Belknap County New Hampshire webpage, a part of the NHGenWeb Project, in conjunction with the USGenWeb Project.Belknap County includes the following city and towns:
Alton
Barnstead
Belmont
Center Harbor
Gilford
Gilmanton Gilmanton Genweb
Laconia
Meredith
New Hampton
Sanbornton Sanbornton Genweb
Tilton
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The
mills in downtown Laconia. The Belknap
Mill, on the left was built in 1823. Why here? A canal off the river
powered the mill. In 1911 a generator was added which gave them lights
so they could run a night shift
Message Boards & Cemeteries
- Belknap County Message Board (Ancestry/RootsWeb Board)
- Belknap County Genealogy Queries from Cousin Connect
- Laconia Historical & Museum Society Obit index
- State Veterans Cemetery --- Once there click on The Nationwide Gravesite Locator to locate a veteran's grave.
Belknap Coounty Resources
- Belknap Co. Map
- 1895 Belknap Map
- Belknap Quick facts by the U.S. Census
- Belknap Co. Catholic Churches: Diocese of Manchester
- Belknap Co. Cemeteries
- Belknap Co. Look ups
- Belknap Co. Towns
- Belknap Co. Vital Records
- Belknap County Website
- The Citizen Newspaper
- Simoneau - Paquette Memorial Home - Current Obituaries
- Wilkinson-Beane Funeral Home Obituaries
(The locals call her Timetable Mabel, one of many statues in Tilton.)
In Gilford, Kimbals
Castle. Built 1897-1899. A replica of a castle on the Rhine in Germany. Benjamin Kimbal was a railroad tycoon. The castle was occupied by his family until 1960. It has been crumbling away ever since.
Belknap County Historical Societies:
- Alton Historical Society
Jessie Bakeman
PO Box 356
Alton, NH 03809- Center Harbor Historical Society
Nancy Kelley
RFD #1, Box 87
Center Harbor, NH 03226- Laconia Historical Society Web Site PO Box 1126
Laconia, NH 03246- Meredith Historical Society
Helen Schnoebelen
PO Box 920
Meredith, NH 03253- Sanbornton Historical Society PO Box 2
Sanbornton, NH 03269
New Hampshire Resources:
- New Hampshire Historical Society
- NH Historical Society - Library
- New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
- New Hampshire Genealogical Societies
- New Hampshire Government Site
- New Hampshire - Everything you wanted to know about New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire Episcopal Diocese
Last updated: March 14, 2015
David Hough County Coordinator
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