Laconia, Belknap County, New Hampshire Genealogy

United States

New Hampshire

Belknap County

Laconia

Modern town borders of Laconia in Belknap County, New Hampshire.

Church Records

Historically, the largest religious groups in New Hampshire were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about New Hampshire denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page.

To see the churches in Laconia, visit FamilySearch Places.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Laconia:

Land Records

The following are online land records for the town of Laconia:

Maps

The following are online maps of the town of Laconia:

Probate Records

In New Hampshire, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Laconia:

Town Histories

Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Town Records

In New Hampshire, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

Births Marriages Deaths Burials Cemetery records Appointments Earmarks Estrays (stray animals) Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote) Land records Mortgages Name changes Care of the poor School records Surveys Tax lists Town meeting minutes Voter registrations Warning outs (of town)

The following are Laconia town records available online:

Town Clerk

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Laconia City Clerk
45 Beacon Street East
Laconia, NH 03246 Website

Vital Records

Births

• 1636-1947 New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1858-1915 Laconia, New Hampshire records of marriages, births, and deaths, 1858-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1901-1915 New Hampshire Birth Certificates, 1901-1915 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index and images

Marriages

• 1636-1947 New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1858-1915 Laconia, New Hampshire records of marriages, births, and deaths, 1858-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Deaths

• 1636-1947 New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947 at FamilySearch - index and images
• 1858-1915 Laconia, New Hampshire records of marriages, births, and deaths, 1858-1915 at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Town Reports

The town of Laconia kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. For this particular town, Laconia recorded many delayed vital statistics in their town reports. This means that although your ancestor may have been born in a certain year, that event may not have been recorded until several years later. The table below lists the available years with statistic info along with all the reports that record that year.

Year	Report
1858	1912, 1942
1860	1926
1862	1926, 1933
1864	1921, 1935, 1940
1865	1942
1867	1938
1868	1917, 1927, 1936
1869	1940, 1943
1870	1923, 1940, 1943
1871	1940
1872	1915, 1921, 1944
1873	1930, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943
1874	1935, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
1875	1919, 1920
1876	1914, 1919, 1932, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
1877	1920, 1936, 1941, 1944
1878	1929, 1941
1879	1930, 1942, 1943, 1944
1880	1920, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1932
1881	1919, 1929, 1942, 1943
1882	1930, 1940
1883	1938, 1941, 1942
1884	1944
1885	1933, 1941
1886	1919, 1923, 1939, 1943
1887	1887, 1923, 1926, 1937, 1940, 1941
1888	1920, 1925, 1928, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1943
1889	1914, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943
1890	1892, 1911, 1914, 1920, 1930, 1937, 1941
1891	1891, 1914, 1920, 1925, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944
1892	1892, 1908, 1911, 1930, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943
1893	1893, 1914, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943
1894	1894, 1916, 1919, 1926, 1937, 1944
1895	1895, 1914, 1920, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1943
1896	1896, 1943, 1943, 1944
1897	1897, 1919
1898	1898, 1899
1899	1899, 1940
1900	1900, 1902, 1935, 1941, 1942
1901	1901, 1914, 1921
1902	1902, 1919, 1923, 1929, 1943
1903	1903, 1920, 1935
1904	1904, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1931, 1935
1905	1905, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1943
1906	1906, 1908, 1918, 1930, 1932, 1941
1907	1907, 1912, 1918, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1942, 1943
1908	1908, 1915, 1923, 1927, 1941
1909	1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1931, 1942, 1943
1910	1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1937, 1938, 1943
1911	1911, 1914, 1917, 1920, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1943
1912	1913, 1914, 1915, 1930, 1941, [1]
1913	1913, 1919, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1941, 1943, 1944
1914	1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1940, 1942
1915	1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1942, 1943
1916	1916, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1943
1917	1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1942, 1943
1918	1918, *1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943
1919	1919, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
1920	1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943
1921	1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944
1922	1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943
1923	1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943
1924	1924, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1943, 1944
1925	1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
1926	1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944
1927	1927, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945
1928	1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1940
1929	1929, 1931, 1932, 1935
1930	1930, 1932, 1938
1931	1931, 1934
1932	1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
1933	1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943
1934	1934, 1936
1935	1935, 1937
1936	1936, 1938
1937	1937, 1939, 1945
1938	1938, 1940, 1942
1939	1939, 1949
1940	1940, 1942, 1943
1941	1942, 1943
1942	1942, 1944
1943	1943, 1945, 1949
1944	1944, 1946, 1949
1945	1945
1946	1946
1947	1947, 1949
1948	1948

References

Adjacent towns: Belknap Co.: Belmont | Gilford | Meredith | Sanbornton | Tilton | Carroll Co.: Moultonborough | Tuftonboro | Wolfeboro