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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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Do you research school records? I’m not talking about yearbooks. Those can be found on the Yearbooks Page. I’m talking about actual school records, such as enrollment, attendance, and grade reports for example. These are interesting source documents because they might record the student’s age, birth date and location, and possibly their parents’ names. All great ways to find this information if you haven’t found them in other documents about your target ancestor. Besides, finding out your grandmother’s grades would be interesting!
The record collection links, listed below, feature school records from the state, and list collections of records that are available for free online.
If you wish to get educated with some basic information regarding what is available and how to navigate your research for school records, you can read these summaries:
- 5 Quick Tips to Get the Most Out of Education Records
- Top 10 Strategies for Finding School Records for Genealogy
- Getting Started With School Records for Genealogy Research
So, what types of records related to schools are maintained and often available?
- School Census
- School Catalogs
- Teacher’s Registers
- Attendance Records
- Report Cards
- Class Logs
- Teacher Rosters
- School Board Meetings/Reports
- Academic Team and Class Photos
- Local Newspaper Articles:
- Graduation Lists
- School Activities
- School Sports
- Student Newspapers
- Alumni Directories and Publications
- Yearbooks
- Yearbook Indexes
And, what types of information can you derive from these school records?
- Name (often includes a middle name which is useful).
- Age
- Physical Characteristics – color/race, disability.
- Birth Date
- Current Residence Address
- Name of Father
- Name of Mother
- Occupations of parents
- Grades
- Classes Taken
- Activities (from Photos)
- Date left school (can help with family residence relocation)
Below is a list of links to free online school record collections for the state;
Note: Some of the links go to sites with not much information and some go-to sites with an extensive set of records.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
New Hampshire School Records
- Allenstown Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Superintending School Committee
- Antrim, Annual Reports of the Town Officers
- Atkinson Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Highway Agents, Collector, Treasurer and School Board
- Bedford Annual Report of the Selectmen and Other Town Officers
- Bow, Annual Report of the Town
- Bristol Annual Report for the Town
- Candia Annual Reports of the School District
- Concord Annual Reports of the Schools
- Deerfield Annual Reports of the Town & School District
- Dunbarton Annual Reports of the Treasurer, Selectmen, and the School Committee
- Durham, Annual Report
- Exeter Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire: a Historical Sketch
- Fitzwilliam, Annual Reports of the Town Officers
- Gilsum Annual Reports of the Town Officers
- Goshen Annual Report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Road Agent, Trustee of Trust Funds and All Other Officer together with the Report of the School Board
- Groton Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer Town Clerk, School Board and Librarian
- Hampstead, Annual Report of the Auditors of Accounts, and Superintending School Committee
- Hampton Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Highway Agent, the School Board, and Library Committee
- Hampton, Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Highway Agent, the School Board, and Library Committee
- Hanover Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools. 1930
- Hanover Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools. 1930
- Hanover A History of Dartmouth College
- Hanover General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900: including a Historical Sketch of the College
- Hanover Register of Living Alumni of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools. 1915
- Hanover, Directory of the Offices and Students of Dartmouth College, 1915-16
- Hebron Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and Superintending School Committee
- Hillsborough County Miscellaneous School Records
- Hopkinton Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Town Farm and Superintending School Committee
- Londonderry Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and School Committee
- Lyman Annual Report for the Town
- Lyndeborough, Annual Reports of the Town Officers
- Milford, Report of the School Committee, and of the Trustees of the Free Library
- New Boston Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Superintending School Committee
- New Durham Annual Reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Clerk, School Board and Library
- New Upswich Annual Reports of the Selectmen and Other Town Officers with the Report of the School Board for the fiscal Year ending February 15, 1914
- North Hampton Annual Reports of the Town and the School District
- Plainfield Reports of the Selectmen and Other Town Officers including the Report of the Superintending School Committee.
- Sandown Annual Report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and School Board
- South Hampton Annual Reports: of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Highway Agent, Town Clerk, Trustees of the Trust Funds, All Other Town Officers and the School Board
- Warren Annual Reports of the Town and School Officials
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!