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New Hampshire is a state-land state. Lands were generally acquired from proprietors during the British era or from other individuals. All New Hampshire deeds for the provincial period before 1771 were originally filed in Exeter, except for the Ipswich deeds and the Old Norfolk County deeds, which were recorded in Salem, Massachusetts. Microfilms of the first 100 volumes of those filed in Exeter, called Province Deeds, now reside, along with a card file index, at the New Hampshire Records and Archives. The original books are deposited there as well.

Transactions were originally segregated by town. However, counties were formed in 1769 and the county seat become the location for recording land transactions, a practice that was in force by 1771 in most counties. Indexes at county offices are in grantor and grantee volumes by time period, and they often include the name of the town where the land is located. Since there are numerous towns in each county, this detail in these later indexes can be helpful in searching land held by those with a common surname or by narrowing a precise town residence. When details of property description are given in the deed, they are usually either metes and bounds or lot identification.

Because of geographic and boundary considerations, some early deeds involving land transactions in the Cheshire County area might have been recorded in Massachusetts; consequently, Hampden County Courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts, should be consulted. Conversely, it is possible that land granted by New Hampshire in what is now Vermont may be mentioned in the Province Deeds.

Eastern States Office
Bureau of Land Management
7450 Boston Blvd.
Springfield, VA 22153
Tel: (703) 440-1600
FAX: (703) 440-1599

New Hampshire Historical Society
30 Park Street
Concord, NH 03301

Belknap County
Belknap County Clerk
P.O. Box 578
Laconia, NH 03247-0578
Telephone: (603) 524-3570

Carroll County
Carroll Probate Court
Administration Building
Ossipee, NH 03864
Telephone: (603) 539-4123

Cheshire County
Cheshire County Clerk
12 Court Street
Keene, NH 03431-3402
Telephone: (603) 352-6902

Coos County
Coos County Clerk
Main Street
Lancaster, NH 03584
Telephone: (603) 788-4900

Grafton County
Grafton County Court House
RR1, Box 65F
North Haverhill, NH 03774-9708
Telephone: (603) 787-6944

Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County Clerk
19 Temple Street
Nashua, NH 03060-3444
Telephone: (603) 882-9471

Merrimack County
Merrimack County Clerk
163 N. Main St.
Concord, NH 03301-5068
Telephone: (603) 225-5501

Rockingham County
Rockingham County Register of Deeds
Rte 125
Brentwood, NH 03830
Telephone: (603) 642-5526

Stratford County
Stratford County Clerk
P.O. Box 799
Dover, NH 03821-0799
Telephone: (603) 742-3065

Sullivan County
Sullivan County Clerk
22 Main St.
Newport, NH 03773-0045
Telephone: (603) 863-3450