Ellen, Welcome to NH, a little early. Research in New Hampshire can be done in a number of different ways. Each town generally has a historic society but they are usually small and do not keep any regular hours. The town halls usually have the name of someone to contact at the society. Most towns have records back to their charter dates. For example Merrimack has original town records, which surprisingly they allow open access to, back to 1747. So the town hall is always a good place to start, especially since you have a resonable date range to look in. The state historical society and state library are located in Concord. Not far from Weare and Francestown. Then again given the size of the state nothing is far from Concord. The two buildings are located near each other and between them you should be able to locate most town, state and NH military records. By the way Clough State Park is located in Weare, was this named for your ancestors? The Francestown area is very nice. Great views of the Monadnock Mts. Often in the summer you will see painters along the roadside doing landscapes. Hope this helps Steve At 04:18 PM 6/18/98 -0500, Ellen Bisson wrote: >Will be in NH by end of next week. Am hoping to find gravesite(s) for >Nathan CLOUGH b 1754 at Hampton Falls, m Sarah Johnson. Moved to Weare >and then Francestown where he drowned in a creek in 1806. Children: >Nathan Kimball Clough 1778, twins ? Charles & John b 1781, Joseph b >1787, William M. b 1788; two dau Sarah & Susan, no birthdates. Sarah m >? Humphrey, Susan m ? Deans. > >Would be most grateful for hints, tips, suggestions, and any other info. > >Thanks, >Ellen >thebissons@worldnet.att.net > > >==== NHHILLSB Mailing List ==== >Free CD lookups: >The people on the lists to be prompt and helpful: > >http://www.seidata.com/~lhoffman/cdtext.html > >http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml > >on the second site go to the main page for lookup offers >in other countries. >