FAQ
1. While every county in the state is listed, links are only provided for titles that no longer fall under U.S. copyright laws. All (almost) links connect to free websites.
2. There are a few instances when a book has been digitized, but is only found on a paid site. In that case, no link is inserted, but a note as to the website where it has been found is given.
3. When a state history has also been found in digital format, it is listed in the STATE section that precedes the county list. I have limited STATE entries to those with county histories/biographical volumes in them.
4. There are a number of counties that DO have histories written, BUT they remain copyrighted material. Therefore, if a county has NONE after its name, it doesn’t mean there is no county history, just that none has been digitized. It’s also possible that the only digitized county history is included in one of the state volumes, so be sure to check those entries.
5. If the book is on FamilySearch, you will need a free account to access it. This list does NOT include town histories.
6. When all fifty states have been completed, I will post a PDF of them all.
7. One last note – it is very possible that a book is digitally available on more than one website. I’ve only included links to one site per book.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
STATE – Central New Hampshire and its leading business men : embracing Plymouth, Laconia, Lake Village, Franklin, Franklin Falls, Tilton, Bristol, Meredith, Ashland, Wolfboro and Wiers [Weirs], George Fox Bacon, Mercantile Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, c1890.
STATE – Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Volume 1, Ezra S. Stearns, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1908.
STATE – Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Volume 2, Ezra S. Stearns, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1908.
STATE – Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Volume 3, Ezra S. Stearns, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1908.
STATE – Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation. Volume 4, Ezra S. Stearns, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, Chicago, 1908.
STATE – History and Description of New England. New Hampshire, Austin Jacobs Coolidge & John Brainard Mansfield, Austin J. Coolidge, Boston, 1860.
STATE – History of New Hampshire, Volume 1, Everett S. Stackpole, American Historical Society, New York, c1916.
STATE – History of New Hampshire, Volume 2, Everett S. Stackpole, American Historical Society, New York, c1916.
STATE – History of New Hampshire, Volume 3, Everett S. Stackpole, American Historical Society, New York, c1916.
STATE – History of New Hampshire, Volume 4, Everett S. Stackpole, American Historical Society, New York, c1916
STATE – History of New Hampshire, from its first discovery to the year 1830 : with dissertations upon the rise of opinions and institutions, the growth of agriculture and manufactures, and the influence of leading families and distinguished men, to the year 1874, Edwin David Sanborn, John B. Clarke Company, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1875.
STATE – New Hampshire : resources, attractions, and its people : a history, Volume 1, Hobart Pillsbury, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, c1927.
STATE – New Hampshire : resources, attractions, and its people : a history, Volume 2, Hobart Pillsbury, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, c1927.
STATE – New Hampshire : resources, attractions, and its people : a history, Volume 3, Hobart Pillsbury, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, c1927.
STATE – New Hampshire : resources, attractions, and its people : a history, Volume 4, Hobart Pillsbury, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, c1927.
STATE – New Hampshire : resources, attractions, and its people : a history, Volume 5, Hobart Pillsbury, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, c1927.
STATE – New Hampshire and Vermont: an historical study, Henry Allen Hazen, Republican Press Association, Concord, New Hampshire, 1894.
STATE –New Hampshire As It Is in Three Parts. Part I. A historical sketch of New Hampshire. Part II. A gazetteer of New Hampshire. Part III. A general view of New Hampshire. Together with the constitution of the State, Edwin A. Charlton & George Ticknor, Tracy & Company, Claremont, New Hampshire, 1856.
BELKNAP – History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire, Duane Hamilton Hurd, editor, J.W. Lewis & Company, 1885.
BELKNAP – Biographical Review, Volume XXI, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Belknap and Strafford Counties New Hampshire, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, 1897.
CARROLL – History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, Georgia Drew Merrill, Editor, W.A. Ferguson & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1889.
CHESHIRE – History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire, Duane Hamilton Hurd, Editor, J.W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1886.
COOS – History of Coos County, New Hampshire, Georgia Drew Merrill, W.A. Ferguson & Company, Syracuse, 1888
GRAFTON – Historical sketches of the discovery, settlement, and progress of events in the Coos country and vicinity : principally included between the years 1754 and 1785, Grant Powers, Henry Merrill, Haverhill, New Hampshire, 1880.
HILLSBOROUGH – History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Duane Hamilton Hurd, Editor, J.W. Lewis & company, Philadelphia, 1885.
MERRIMACK – History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire, Duane Hamilton Hurd, editor, J.W. Lewis & Company, 1885.
ROCKINGHAM – History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and Representative Citizens, Part 1, Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1915.
ROCKINGHAM – History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and Representative Citizens, Part 2, Charles A. Hazlett, n.p., 1915
ROCKINGHAM – History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Duane Hamilton Hurd, J.W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1882.
STRAFFORD – Biographical Review, Volume XXI, Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Belknap and Strafford Counties New Hampshire, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, 1897.
STRAFFORD – History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens, John Scales, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1914.
STRAFFORD – History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Duane Hamilton Hurd, J.W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c1882.
SULLIVAN – History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire, Duane Hamilton Hurd, Editor, J.W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania