Resources in the New Hampshire Room of the Lane Memorial Library

The Lane Memorial Library’s “New Hampshire Room” is home to the library’s collection of family genealogies, town histories, genealogical periodicals, and other reference books of genealogical and historical interest. As you enter the room, town histories are on shelves to your immediate right, and family genealogies are in the far right corner of the room. Directly across from you and to your left are town directories, town reports and genealogical periodicals. Other books on New Hampshire than can be checked out of the library are shelved with the regular non-fiction books in the main collection, usually under the numbers 917.42 or 974.2. The library has a budget of $1000 per year to spend on genealogy and local history titles. If you would like to donate money or books to help improve our collection, please contact the library at 603-926-3368 or send an email to bteschek(at)hampton.lib.nh.us. You can see a list of the newest titles added to our history and genealogy collections here.

Following is a list of the type of materials you may find here, some with links to further information:

• Alphabetical list of all titles held in the New Hampshire Room
• Family Genealogies
• Genealogical Reference Books
• New Hampshire town histories (and a few from other states)
• Vital Records
• Cemetery Records
• New Hampshire county and state histories
• Hampton Town Reports, 1867-present
• Genealogical and Historical Periodicals and Magazines
• Hampton area town directories, old phone books, and criss-cross directories
• Census indexes
• New Hampshire State Papers

There are additional historical resources located in other areas of the library as well:

• Old newspapers on microfilm (Reference Room)
• New Hampshire pamphlet file (Reference Room)
• Winnacunnet High School yearbooks (Kept in closed stacks, ask staff for assistance. Some available in microfilm.)
• Computer databases
• Old Maps (A framed 1841 map of Hampton is hanging on the wall in the NH Room)
• Circulating collection of New Hampshire resources (Ask at reference desk for assistance)
• The library’s website has a vast wealth of information on the history and genealogy of Hampton. Start your web search here.
• Hampton newspaper index
• Hampton old photo database