Looking for long-lost ancestors? The following list will help you to identify family history resources available at the Conway Public Library. Please note that there are some gaps in the sequence of some materials, and some materials are not indexed. This list is not all-inclusive, but should provide a starting point for most searches.
The library owns many town and county histories, the regimental histories, the Sullivan Papers, New Hampshire Provincial, Town, and State Papers. The cemetery records, Kennett High School graduates, and vital statistics can be found on-line, due completely to the help of our loyal volunteers. Please go our on-line catalog at http://www.youseemore.com/conway/
* Town Reports and Records for the Towns of Conway, Eaton, Albany, Madison, and Fryeburg, Maine. Town reports contain vital statistcs (births, death, and marriages).
* Cemetery Records are also on-line
Conway
Eaton
Albany
* Biographies of Historical Persons. Conway's historical people can be found on-line.
* Kennett High School Yearbooks. The library owns the many years, but please note that there are gaps, especially 1930's, 1040's, and 2000's. Library owns, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971,1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997.
* Town Registers from 1908 for various New Hampshire towns
MICROFILMED Newspapers and records:
Carroll County Independent & Pioneer July 1924 through 1959. Please note that other local libraries also have holdings for Carroll County Independent & Pioneer (see NOTE below).
Reporter newspaper 1900- 1991
Conway Town Records
1765-1850
Conway Annual Reports 1854-1982
Albany Annual Reports and Clerk's Book
First Congregational Church Records 1778-1870
Conway Daily Sun 1989 - Current
SPECIAL NOTE:
CARROLL COUNTY INDEPENDENT is owned by a couple of area public libraries as follows.
Wolfeboro Public Library owns from 1861 through 2006.
Ossipee Public Library owns from July 18, 1924 through 1959. They also own from 1982-2006. Note: 1960 - 1981 was lost in a fire.
Magazines:
New Hampshire Echoes 1970-1975
Collections of New Hampshire
Historical Society,
Vols. 1, 3, 5; from 1824-1912
Historical New Hampshire 1964-present
New Hampshire Troubador 1931-1951
New Hampshire Profiles 1952-1972
Appalachia
Newspapers:
Among the Clouds 1902-1906
The Idler 1880
The Sandwich Reporter 1885
Granite State Free Press, Lebanon 1901-1903
Granite State News, Wolfeboro 1861-1868, 1879
Independent Statesman 1873, 1885
Independent Democrat 1861
Eastern Slope Signal 1962-1972