Portsmouth Genealogy (in Rockingham County, NH)
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Portsmouth Birth Records
1659-1900 New Hampshire Birth Index (selections) Ancestry 
1714-1904 New Hampshire Births and Christenings Index (selections) Ancestry
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742. WorldCat
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1706-1742. WorldCat
A record of births, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742 FamilySearch Library
New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1631-present New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration
North Church Baptism Records, 1693 - 1697 New Horizons Genealogical Services
Portsmouth Vitals 1702-42 US Gen Web Archives
Portsmouth birth and death records, 1775-1795 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, computer printout, births, 1699-1792;1795-1874 FamilySearch Library
Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth 1702-1718 US Gen Web
Records of births, marriages and deaths for 1700-1742, 1861-1919 FamilySearch Library
Vital records from the parish register of Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : during the rectorship of Rev. Arthur Browne, 1736-1773 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Cemetery Records
1654-1949 New Hampshire Death and Burial Records Index (incomplete) Ancestry
Albacore Memorial Garden Find a Grave
Beck-Tabor Graveyard Find a Grave
Calvary Cemetery Billion Graves
Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave
Christ Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave
Christ Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave
Elmwood/South Saint Cemetery Find a Grave
Family graveyards of Portsmouth, N.H. WorldCat
Gravestone inscriptions from six cemeteries in Portsmouth, New Hampshire FamilySearch Library
Hall Cemetery Find a Grave
Harmony Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Huntress-Shannon Graveyard Find a Grave
Inscriptions in Portsmouth Burying Ground US Gen Web Archives
Lang Graveyard Find a Grave
Langdon Cemetery Find a Grave
Langdon Cemetery Billion Graves
Marden Dorr Graveyard Find a Grave
Marden Graveyard Find a Grave
Marston Rand Graveyard Find a Grave
North Cemetery Find a Grave
North Cemetery Billion Graves
Perkins Graveyard Find a Grave
Pleasant Street Cemetery Find a Grave
Point of Grave Burial Ground Billion Graves
Point of Graves Find a Grave
Portsmouth Naval Cemetery Find a Grave
Portsmouth and New Castle, New Hampshire, cemetery inscriptions; abstracts from some two thousand of the oldest tombstones FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth and Newcastle, New Hampshire cemetery inscriptions : abstracts from some two thousand of the oldest tombstones LDS Genealogy
Portsmouth and Newcastle, New Hampshire cemetery inscriptions : abstracts from some two thousand of the oldest tombstones Internet Archive
Portsmouth cemeteries WorldCat
Portsmouth cemetery records FamilySearch Library
Proprietors Burying Ground Find a Grave
Rand Family Cemetery Billion Graves
Rand Graveyard Find a Grave
Saint John Cemetery Billion Graves
Saint Johns Churchyard Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
Sherburne Graveyard Find a Grave
South Street Cemetery Find a Grave
Temple Israel Cemetery Find a Grave
The soldiers' memorial, Portsmouth, N.H., 1893-1923 : with indexed record of The graves we decorate FamilySearch Library
Union Cemetery Find a Grave
Whidden Cemetery Billion Graves
Whidden Graveyard Find a Grave
Whiteside-Carey Family Plot Find a Grave
Portsmouth Census Records
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Portsmouth Church Records
1714-1904 New Hampshire Births and Christenings Index (selections) Ancestry
Abstracts from the records of the 3d or Independent English Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1758-1831 FamilySearch Library
An account of the several religious societies in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for their first establishment : and of the ministers of each, to the first of January, 1805 FamilySearch Library
Baptismal records, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 FamilySearch Library
Church records, 1795-1884 (St. John's Church (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)) FamilySearch Library
Death records of St. Johns Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 WorldCat
Death records, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 FamilySearch Library
Deaths - St. Johns Church, 1795 - 1799 New Horizons Genealogical Services
Marriage records of St. Johns Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1795-1884 WorldCat
Marriage records, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 FamilySearch Library
Marriages - St. Johns Church, 1795 - 1884 New Horizons Genealogical Services
Names of the members of the First or North Church of Christ in Portsmouth, Jan. 1828 LDS Genealogy
Names of the members of the First or North Church of Christ in Portsmouth, Jan. 1828 Internet Archive
North Church Admissions, 1693 - 1697 New Horizons Genealogical Services
North Church Baptism Records, 1693 - 1697 New Horizons Genealogical Services
North Church Membership, 1671 - 1697 New Horizons Genealogical Services
North Church Membership, 1699 New Horizons Genealogical Services
Old St. John's at Portsmouth, and her distinguished colonial flock LDS Genealogy
Old St. John's at Portsmouth, and her distinguished colonial flock Internet Archive
Portsmouth church records (Church of Christ (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)) FamilySearch Library
Vital records from the parish register of Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : during the rectorship of Rev. Arthur Browne, 1736-1773 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth City Directories (101)
Portsmouth Death Records
1650-1969 New Hampshire Death Records Ancestry
1654-1949 New Hampshire Death and Burial Records Index (incomplete) Ancestry
1754-1947 New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Records (incomplete) Ancestry
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742. WorldCat
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1706-1742. WorldCat
A record of births, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742 FamilySearch Library
Death records of St. Johns Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 WorldCat
Death records, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 FamilySearch Library
Deaths - St. Johns Church, 1795 - 1799 New Horizons Genealogical Services
New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-present New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration
Portsmouth New Hampshire Death Records, 1889 New Horizons Genealogical Services
Portsmouth Vitals 1702-42 US Gen Web Archives
Portsmouth birth and death records, 1775-1795 FamilySearch Library
Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth 1702-1718 US Gen Web
Records of births, marriages and deaths for 1700-1742, 1861-1919 FamilySearch Library
Records, 1900-1901, Oliver Ham Funeral Home (Portsmouth, N.H.). Archive Grid
Vital Records Contained in the New Hampshire Gazette from 1756 To 1800 FamilySearch Library
Vital records from the parish register of Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : during the rectorship of Rev. Arthur Browne, 1736-1773 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Histories and Genealogies
1645-1656, Portsmouth records, a transcript of the first thirty-five pages of the earliest town book, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : with notes FamilySearch Library
1645-1656, Portsmouth records, a transcript of the first thirty-five pages of the earliest town book, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : with notes Genealogy Gophers
1645-1656, Portsmouth records, a transcript of the first thirty-five pages of the earliest town book, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : with notes FamilySearch Books
Annals of Portsmouth, comprising a period of two hundred years from the first settlement of the town : with biographical sketches of a few of the most respectable inhabitants FamilySearch Library
Early Portsmouth History Ancestry
Early Portsmouth history FamilySearch Library
Early Portsmouth history LDS Genealogy
Early Portsmouth history Internet Archive
Genealogical abstracts from the New Hampshire Mercury, 1784 to 1788 FamilySearch Library
Genealogical abstracts from the New Hampshire Spy 1786-1793 FamilySearch Library
History of Fort Constitution and "Walbach Tower", Portsmouth harbor, N.H. LDS Genealogy
History of Fort Constitution and "Walbach Tower", Portsmouth harbor, N.H. Internet Archive
Portsmouth, Historic and Picturesque : A Volume of Information Ancestry
Rambles about Portsmouth : sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries, principally from tradition and unpublished documents FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Immigration Records
Declarations of intentions, 1906-1929; declarations index cards, 1922-1956 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization index cards, 1771-1906 FamilySearch Library
Naturalization papers, 1907-1939 FamilySearch Library
New Hampshire, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1832-1945 Ancestry
U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Portsmouth 1820,1822-1831 ) Ancestry
U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Portsmouth 1822, 1826 ) Ancestry
Portsmouth Land Records
Deeds, 1770-1852; indexes to deeds, 1643-1882 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Map Records
Bird's eye view map of Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire 1877. Library of Congress
Bird's eye view map of Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, 1877 Library of Congress
Bird's eye view map of Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, 1877 Library of Congress
Portsmouth, 1877 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 1904 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 1910 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 1920 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 1920-1949 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, January 1898 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, November 1892 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, October 1887 Library of Congress
Portsmouth Marriage Records
1637-1947 New Hampshire Marriage Records Index (incomplete) Ancestry
1700-1971 New Hampshire Marriage Records Ancestry
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742. WorldCat
A record of birth, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1706-1742. WorldCat
A record of births, marriages, and deaths in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and vicinity, 1699-1742 FamilySearch Library
Marriage records of St. Johns Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1795-1884 WorldCat
Marriage records, St. John's Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1795-1884 FamilySearch Library
Marriages - St. Johns Church, 1795 - 1884 New Horizons Genealogical Services
New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1652-present New Hampshire Division of Vital Records Administration
Portsmouth Vitals 1702-42 US Gen Web Archives
Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in Portsmouth 1702-1718 US Gen Web
Records of births, marriages and deaths for 1700-1742, 1861-1919 FamilySearch Library
Vital Records Contained in the New Hampshire Gazette from 1756 To 1800 FamilySearch Library
Vital records from the parish register of Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : during the rectorship of Rev. Arthur Browne, 1736-1773 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Military Records
A History of the Second Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, in the War of the Rebellion Ancestry
The Graves we decorate : Storer Post, No. 1, Department of New Hampshire, Grand Army of the Republic, Portsmouth, N.H. LDS Genealogy
The Graves we decorate : Storer Post, No. 1, Department of New Hampshire, Grand Army of the Republic, Portsmouth, N.H. Internet Archive
The soldiers' memorial, Portsmouth, N.H., 1893-1923 : with indexed record of The graves we decorate FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth Miscellaneous Records
Book of records kept by Joshua Peirce, Esquire, of Portsmouth, N.H., 1699-1814 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth records : a transcript of the first thirty-five pages of the earliest town book, Portsmouth, New Hampshire LDS Genealogy
Portsmouth records : a transcript of the first thirty-five pages of the earliest town book, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Internet Archive
Portsmouth Newspapers and Obituaries
Exeter News Letterﾠ(2006-2007) Newspaper Archive
Federal Observer 11/22/1798 to 05/29/1800 Genealogy Bank
Freeman's Journal 05/25/1776 to 06/09/1778 Genealogy Bank
Genealogical abstracts from the New Hampshire Spy, 1786-1793 WorldCat
Herald of Gospel Liberty 09/01/1808 to 03/08/1816 Genealogy Bank
Intelligencer 12/04/1806 to 05/15/1817 Genealogy Bank
New-Hampshire Gazette 10/07/1756 to 12/30/1851 Genealogy Bank
New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser 12/24/1784 to 03/12/1788 Genealogy Bank
New-Hampshire Spy 10/24/1786 to 03/02/1793 Genealogy Bank
Oracle Post 10/25/1803 to 06/18/1805 Genealogy Bank
Oracle of New-Hampshire 05/22/1817 to 09/11/1817 Genealogy Bank
Oracle of the Day 06/04/1793 to 12/28/1799 Genealogy Bank
People's Advocate 09/24/1816 to 05/17/1817 Genealogy Bank
Political Star 06/28/1804 to 11/08/1804 Genealogy Bank
Portsmouth Exeter News Letterﾠ(2005-2009) Newspaper Archive
Portsmouth Hampton Unionﾠ(2008-2009) Newspaper Archive
Portsmouth Herald 02/18/2015 to Current Genealogy Bank
Portsmouth Herald 1898-1977 Newspapers.com
Portsmouth Herald 1898-77 (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) Ancestry
Portsmouth Herald and Timesﾠ(1934-2004) Newspaper Archive
Portsmouth Heraldﾠ(1898-2009) Newspaper Archive
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics 07/07/1821 to 12/30/1876 Genealogy Bank
Portsmouth Oracle 10/22/1803 to 06/30/1821 Genealogy Bank
Portsmouth newspaper records 1761-1861 FamilySearch Library
Republican Ledger, and Portsmouth Price Current 09/19/1799 to 12/20/1803 Genealogy Bank
United States Oracle 01/04/1800 to 10/15/1803 Genealogy Bank
Vital Records Contained in the New Hampshire Gazette from 1756 To 1800 FamilySearch Library
War Journal 03/12/1813 to 12/10/1813 Genealogy Bank
War Journal 1813-1813 Newspapers.com
Wire 08/04/2004 to 08/29/2012 Genealogy Bank
Offline Newspapers for PortsmouthAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. American Ballot. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1854-1858 Christian Herald [Electronic Resource]. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1818-1835 Christian Herald [Microform]. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1818-1835 Christian Herald. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1818-1835 Chronicle & Phenix. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1856-1857 Commercial Advertiser. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1825-1829 Daily Evening Times. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1868-1890s Daily Morning Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1852-1853 Daily Morning Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1857-1868 Evening Courier. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1832-1830s Evening Visitant and Public Advertiser. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1823-1820s Federal Observer. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1798-1800 Fowle's New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser. ([Portsmouth, N.H.) 1784-1787 Frank W. Miller's New Hampshire Portsmouth Weekly. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1877-1881 Freeman's Journal, Or, New-Hampshire Gazette. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1776-1778 Herald of Gospel Liberty [Electronic Resource]. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1808-1930 Herald of Gospel Liberty [Microform]. ([Portsmouth, N.H.) 1808-1930 Herald of Gospel Liberty. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1808-1815 Industrial Department Life Buoy. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1918-1920 Intelligencer. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1806-1817 Literary Mirror [Electronic Resource]. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1808-1809 Literary Mirror. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1808-1809 Morning Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1853-1857 New Hampshire Gazette and Republican Union. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1847-1852 New Hampshire Gazette. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1793-1847 New Hampshire Gazette. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1756-1763 New Hampshire Gazette. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1852-1940 New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser. (Portsmouth [N.H.) 1781-1784 New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1787-1793 New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1763-1776 New-Hampshire Gazette, Or, State Journal and General Advertiser. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1778-1781 New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1784-1788 New-Hampshire Observer. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1827-1838 New-Hampshire Spy. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1786-1789 Oracle Post. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1803-1805 Oracle of New-Hampshire. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1817-1810s Oracle of the Day. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1793-1799 Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy. ([Portsmouth, N.H.) 1789-1793 Paraclete and Tickler. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1822-1823 Penny Post. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1884-1897 People's Advocate. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1816-1817 Portsmouth & Great-Falls Journal of Literature & Politics. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1836-1838 Portsmouth Daily Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1868-1921 Portsmouth Herald and Times. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1925-1939 Portsmouth Herald. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1898-1925 Portsmouth Herald. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1939-Current Portsmouth Journal and Rockingham Gazette. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1827-1833 Portsmouth Journal of Literature & Politics Rockingham Gazette & State Herald. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1833-1836 Portsmouth Journal of Literature & Politics. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1836-1903 Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1821-1827 Portsmouth Mercury, and Weekly Advertiser. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1765-1767 Portsmouth Mercury. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1843-1846 Portsmouth Oracle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1803-1821 Portsmouth Periscope. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1942-Current Portsmouth Press. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1987-Current Portsmouth Times. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1895-1925 Portsmouth Washingtonian. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1841-1843 Portsmouth Weekly Magazine [Microform]. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1824-1825 Portsmouth Weekly Magazine a Repository of Miscellaneous Literary Matters In Prose and Verse. [Electronic Resource] (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1824-1825 Portsmouth Weekly Magazine. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1824-1825 Republican Ledger. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1799-1801 Republican Union. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1846-1847 Rockingham Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1840s-1861 Rockingham Messenger. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1847-1855 Rockingham Weekly Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1857-1859 Seacoast Pilot. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1982-Current Signs of the Times. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1827-1828 State Herald, the Factory People's Advocate. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1830-1831 State Herald, the Manufacturer's & Mechanic's Advocate. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1831-1833 States and Union. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1863-1919 Viking. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1940s-1970s Washingtonian and Philanthropist. (Portsmouth [N.H.]) 1843-1844 Weekly Chronicle. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1853-1856 Women For Women. (Portsmouth, N.H.) 1977-1978 |
Portsmouth Probate Records
1643-1982 New Hampshire Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Abstracts of the probate records of Rockingham County, NH, 1771-1799 FamilySearch Library
Portsmouth School Records
Portsmouth Tax Records
Tax list, 1727, Portsmouth (N.H.). Archive Grid
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