New Hampshire Vital Records (NH Vitals)

Free New Hampshire Vital Records Resources Online

Conway, NH Vital Statistics

Located at the Conway Public Library in Carroll County, NH.  Features searchable databases of births, deaths and marriages.  Searchable by first name, last name, date of event, parents names, place of event and more.  Very good resource for genealogy research.

Hampton List of Deaths

Located at the Lane Memorial Library.  Features a list of deaths occurring in Hampton, NH.  Covers years 1767-1875. 

Also see: Hampton Probate Records which contains many early records of death 1649-1770.

Also see: Hampton Marriage Records Database.

Madison Vital Records

Located at the Madison Historical Society.  Features early death records, birth records, and marriage records for Madison, NH. 

Also see: Early Eaton Records

Temple Birth Records Part 1,   Part 2

Historical birth records extracted from the first Temple Town Book.  Covers years 1768-1796.

472,837 Marriage Records at RootsWeb

Free search of a vast repository of early marriages.

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Obtaining New Hampshire Vital Records

New Hampshire Department of State Division of Vital Records

The New Hampshire Division of Vital Records holds birth and death records from 1883 to present day.  Official statewide recording of births and deaths became mandatory in 1901 so records earlier than that date are sketchy. 

New Hampshire marriage records are also available in the NH Division of Vital Records from 1883 to present; as well as New Hampshire divorce records from 1808 to present.

Order Vital Records from VitalChek 

VitalChek is the approved, quick and easy way to order NH birth records and order New Hampshire death records online.

New Hampshire City or Town Clerks hold very early, original town records of birth, death and marriage as early as 1640 in the town or city where the event occurred.

See: List of NH Town Clerks

NH Divorce records may also be obtained from the Clerk of the Superior Court in the county were the divorce decree was granted.

See: List of NH Superior Courts by County

Genealogical Notes: New Hampshire Vital Records prior to 1901 are public record and easily obtainable for the purpose of genealogy research.

Statistics: NH Statistics Database - New Hampshire now has a searchable database of NH statistical information, not personal vital records but useful for finding statistical information derived from vital records.  Example: Cancer related deaths in NH.

Also see:

• New Hampshire Census at Census Finder
• New Hampshire Marriages at GenWed
• New Hampshire Newspaper Obituaries
• New Hampshire Obituary Indexes and Search Engines
• All Free Records Public Records Information
• Search The Social Security Death Index