NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGY
New Hampshire became a state on June 21, 1788. It had been ninth of the original 13 colonies. Keene was settled after 1736. Keene has been a county seat since New Hampshire was divided into counties in 1769. The town was attacked and burned during the French & Indian War. It was originally known as Upper Ashuelot, was chartered in 1753 and became a city in 1874. It is named in honor of British diplomat Sir Benjamin Keene. Keene is in Cheshire County, 17 miles northeast of Brattleboro between Marlborough and Spofford along Highway 10.
Archives
New Hampshire Division of Records Management & Archives
Search the USGenWeb Archives
Biographies
º Capt. Jeremiah Stiles from A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H (in Keene) by Samuel Carroll Derby (1901, 1904)
º Col. Isaac Wyman from A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. (in Keene) by Samuel Carroll Derby (1901, 1904)
º Thomas M. Edwards 1795
º Francis Beattie Brewer 1820
º George E. Adams 1840
º Philip H. Faulkner 1883
Cemetery Records
º Keene City Cemeteries
º Find-A-Grave, Keene NH Famous People buried in Keene
º Coffin Plates, A Source for Birth & Death Information on GenHelp.org
Census Records
º 1880 Census Online
º 1732 Keene Proprietors List for Town Lots (a Census Subsitute)
º Census Records Online for Cheshire County
º New Hampshire USGenWeb Census Project
Citizenship Records
º Naturalization Records for New Hampshire
º Passport Applications all states
City Directories
º Keene, New Hampshire 1895-1896 City Directory
Court Records
Cheshire County Court House
P.O. Box 444
Keene, NH 03431-0444
Family Bibles
º KEYES family of Keene New Hampshire Scroll down to find the entry
Funeral Homes
º Coffin Plate of Jessie Gillman 1869~1891
GenTips
º Salt Lake City Library: Ready, Set, Go!
º Using PERSI (PERiodical Source Index)
º Cousin Relationships
º The Homestead Act of 1862
Historical Letters & Documents
º New Hampshire Store Ledger 1813-1815 (is your ancestor's name here?)
Land Records
º Cheshire County Registry of Deeds, 1980-2004 You must click on ACCEPT AGREEMENT before you can search the online index (free to search)
º Legal Land Descriptions in the USA
º USGS Land Mapping System
º Rootsweb Article - How to Find Land Records
Libraries
º Keene Public Library
º New Hampshire State Library
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Fiske Genealogical Library - New Hampshire Materials
Links
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Rootsweb.com New Hampshire Web Pages
º Cyndis List: New Hampshire
Lookups
º Telephone directory for Keene, NH. and vicinity - 1939
º Vital Statistics of Keene, NH, Births: 1742-1877, Marriages: 1753-1854, Deaths: 1742-1881
Mailing Lists
º Cheshire County Mailing Lists
Maps
º New Hampshire Digital Map Library
º New Hampshire Map
Military Records
º New Hampshire Union Regimental Index
º Sons of Union Veterans in the Civil War, S. G. Griffin Camp #10 Keene, NH Many searchable databases
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Military Resources all states
Miscellaneous
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Historic Sites Marked by The D.A.R. Ashuelot Chapter, Keene, New Hampshire Many memorials and lists of names
º Welcome to Keene
Newspapers
º The Keene Sentinel
Obituaries
º Obituary Index
Organizations
º Historical Society of Cheshire County
Vital Statistics
º Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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Births 1753-1858 for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
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Births 1888-1900 for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
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Marriages 1762-1855 for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
º Marriages 1888-1909 for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
º Deaths 1742-1881for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
º Deaths 1888-1909 for the Town of Keene, New Hampshire
For more Keene NH Vital Stats write to :
City Clerk's Office
3 Washington Street
Keene, NH 03431