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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 Deedshas 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
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Southern Claims Commission from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents In the 1870s, southerners claimed compensation from the U.S. government for items used by the Union Army, ranging from corn and horses, to trees and church buildings.
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.
New Hampshire Web Forum - View and post information about Rockingham County as well as other Counties in New Hampshire
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Genealogy Atlas -
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Census Maps -
Links to rotating animated maps showing all the County boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps for New Hampshire and other states so you can see the changes in County boundaries.
County Maps -
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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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