A city directory normally will contain an alphabetical list of citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes a wife’s name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband’s. Other helpful information might include death dates for individuals who had been listed in the previous year’s directory, names of partners in firms, and forwarding addresses or post offices for people who had moved to another town.
Free Online New Hampshire Directories
Concord
- 1850 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1853-54 Directory containing the names, occupations and residence of the inhabitants of Concord Centre village
- 1860 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1860-61 Merrill and Son’s Concord City Directory
- 1864 Watson’s The Concord City Directory
- 1892 The Concord Directory and Guide
Dover
Exeter
Manchester
- 1846 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1879 Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H.
- 1884 Pocket business directory and industrial and social statistics of the city of Manchester, N.H.
- 1889 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1906 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
- 1915 Manchester, New Hampshire, City Directory
Rochester
Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directories
- 1871 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1874 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1881 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
- 1884 The New Hampshire Register, Farmer’s Almanac and Business Directory
Directories at Ancestry
This collection was created using a new OCR indexing method that improves searching and results. The records were not transcribed. This database is a collection of directories for New Hampshire cities and towns in various years. Unless specifically noted below all of the following town and city directories can be found at the one link below.
Alton
1924
Berlin
1903, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1956
Canaan
1914
Claremont
1905, 1907, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960
Concord
1850, 1853, 1856, 1860, 1864, 1867, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1881, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962
Conway
1905
Cornish City
1913, 1915
Danville
1927
Derry
1904, 1916, 1933
Dover
1833, 1843, 1848, 1859, 1865, 1867, 1869, 1871, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1905, 1909, 1912, 1917, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960
An additional database:
- Dover, New Hampshire City Directories, 1883-93 $
- Dover City Directory, 1882-1883. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1883.
- Dover City Directory, 1884-1885. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1885.
- Dover City Directory, 1886-1887. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1887.
- Dover City Directory, 1888-1889. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1889.
- Dover City Directory, 1890-1891. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1891.
- Dover City Directory, 1891-1892. Dover, NH: Directory Publishing Co., 1892.
- Dover City Directory, 1892-1893. Dover, NH: Dean Dudley and Co., 1893.
Epping
1927, 1930, 1937
Exeter
1872, 1897, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960
Fisherville
1850
Franklin
1888, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1919, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1955
Goffstown
1916
Hampton
1907
Hanover
1916, 1918
Hinsdale
1901
Hudson
1923, 1925
Keene
1871, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961
Laconia
1884, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964
Lancaster
1928, 1932
Lebanon
1873, 1907, 1915, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1949, 1952, 1954
Littleton
1903, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1932
Manchester
1844, 1846, 1848, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1860, 1864, 1866, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964
Milford
1911, 1917
Milton
1930
Nashua
1843, 1845, 1850, 1853, 1864, 1866, 1868, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959
Newmarket
1921, 1924, 1927
Newport
1867, 1870, 1909, 1917, 1923, 1927, 1931
Peterborough
1873, 1876, 1905
Pittsfield
1905, 1926
Portsmouth
1839, 1851, 1857, 1860, 1867, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961
Raymond
1933
Rochester
1962
New Hampshire Business Directories
- New Hampshire Business Directory, 1868
- New Hampshire Business Directory, 1870-71
- New Hampshire Business Directory, 1872
- New Hampshire Business Directory, 1874
- New Hampshire Business Directory, 1875