New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900

Name index and images of New Hampshire birth records. Records consist of index cards that give the town and date of the event and often much more information. With the town and date, the original records can usually be located. Normally there is only one index card per child, but occasionally there is a corrected card before or after the original card.

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New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains index & images of index cards of birth records from New Hampshire. The cards give the town and date of the event. With this information the original records can usually be located. Normally there is only one index card per child, but occasionally there is a corrected card before or after the original card. The collection also contains handwritten cards compiled in 1905 from original town records for the early years to 1915.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Child's name and gender
  • Date and place of birth
  • Living birth or stillborn
  • Number of children in family
  • Father's name, age and birth place
  • Father's race, occupation and residence
  • Maiden name of mother her place of birth
  • Mother's race and age
  • Name of physician or midwife attending birth
  • Place where birth was recorded

Collection Content

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Digital Folder Number List

This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900 Digital Folder Number List.