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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1623

STATEHOOD
1788

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Tax lists, 1744 and 1761; list of men who pledged to defend the cause for independence, 1776; various other tax books and lists, 1727–1788, 1849–1874

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1790

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1866

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1866

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Division of Vital Records Administration
Archives Building
71 S. Fruit St.
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-4650