County Records

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  visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information. All other record types not listed here are located in the town in which the event occured. Check NH's Cities & Towns and City & Town Clerks
• Probate Court has Probate Records from 1639
  10 Route 125, Brentwood, NH 03833; Phone : (603) 642-7117
  Mailing Address : P.O. Box 789, Kingston, NH 03848; Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
• Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1630
  10 Route 125 , Brentwood, New Hampshire 03833; Tel. (603) 642-5526
  Mailing address: P.O. Box 896, Kingston, New Hampshire 03848, Fax (603) 642-8548/642-5930
• New Hampshire Vital Records Office [Order Online] [Search the Social Security Death Index] has Births, Death and marriage records after 1883 see also Vital Records Page
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Genealogical Addresses

• New Hampshire Society of Genealogist, P.O. Box 2316 , Concord, NH 3302-2316 (603) 225-3381
• New Hampshire Historical Society , The Tuck Library, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301-6384
  Telephone: 603/228-6688 - Fax: 603/224-0463
• New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park Street , Concord, NH 03301; (603)271-2144 FAX: (603)271-6826

Military Resources

• Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, from NARA publication M804.

County History

Rockingham County was home to New Hampshire's first European settlements, Pannaway and Strawberry Banke (Portsmouth). In 1623, only three years after the landing of the pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts, David Thomson first settled New Hampshire at Odiorne Point in what is now known as the Town of Rye. By the mid 1600s, the county included three of the four original New Hampshire towns and was the center for business, trade and government for the entire state. The state capital was located in Portsmouth first, then later moved to Exeter and other towns. In 1808 the capital finally settled to it's current location in Concord.

Rockingham County was eventually organized in 1771 as one of the five original counties and named for Charles Weston Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham. Rockingham County was the provincial courthouse and therefore has copies of the original deeds in a collection at the courthouse and microfilm collection for deeds before 1771 located in the FHL.

Rockingham County is located in the southeastern portion of the state and contains all 18 miles of New Hampshire's coastline. The county is bordered by Maine to the northeast and Massachusetts to the south. The overall land mass is 699 square miles with a population of 267,359. The largest towns in Rockingham County are both in the western part of the county; Derry with a population of 34,021 and Salem with a population of 28,112. Businesses and industry most popular in the county include construction, electric, gas and sanitation services, retail trade, services and manufacturing.

It includes the following cities and towns: Atkinson, Auburn, Brentwood, Candia, Chester, Danville, Deerfield, Derry, East Kingston, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Greenland, Hampstead, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Kensington, Kingston, Londonderry, New Castle, Newfields, Newington, Newmarket, Newton, North Hampton, Northwood, Northwood Narrows, Nottingham, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Raymond, Rye, Salem, Sandown, Seabrook, South Hampton, Stratham, West Nottingham, Westfield, and Windham.

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