This data set is made up
of the indexed page images from fourteen books originally published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company. Comprehensive in its coverage of early Maine and New Hampshire,
this unique collection of vital records, local histories, pension records, gravestone
inscriptions, probate records, and census records references approximately 331,000
individuals.
These resources are especially
valuable because many of them (such as a collection of gravestone inscriptions
from pre-1770 New Hampshire) were gathered from small, local sources and would
otherwise be difficult to track down. Among the indexed images, you'll find
vital records for nearly 200 years of Londonderry, New Hampshire as well as
a genealogical, historical, and biographical history of York, Maine. While this
data set includes extensive coverage of small towns, it also provides broad
coverage of entire states. The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire,
for example, offers biographical and genealogical information on every family
established in Maine and New Hampshire before 1699. Transcriptions of the 1790
census for Maine and New Hampshire also provide broad coverage. Among the other
resources collected here, you'll find indexed images of Maine Wills, 1640-1760
a volume often regarded as one of the greatest sources for colonial genealogy
every published.
While the information that
you'll learn from this data set varies, you can often learn:
- Dates and details of
vital events;
- Names and ages of family
members;
- Details of an individual's
estate;
- Personal characteristics;
- Information on military
service (place of service, rank, etc.);
- Details of an individual's
immigration.
