The New Hampshire Provincial Deeds are online. Here is how
to access images of the deeds. Start by going to New Hampshire County
Registries of Deeds http://www.nhdeeds.com/
Select Rockingham County
In the menu on left – go to Search County Records
Read How to
Search Records and How to use the Website
Then go to
Search County Records in the menu
Read the disclaimer
Click Accept Disclaimer Agreement
Now – be patient – it takes somewhat less than a minute for the Search Box to come up, but it feels like ages! If it doesn’t come up after a good minute then you have to read the information about verifying JAVA, etc. Once you’ve updated JAVA and cleared the old JAVA out of your computer you should get the Search Box and be all set. FYI computer #4 at the Nashua Family History Center is set up for this search.
To begin your search this is important: You must first
select the index you want. In the Select Index section the Day in Progress
Grantor is the default index. That won’t get you to Provincial Deeds. Click the
down arrow there and select either Verified Grantor 01/01/1629-... or Verified
Grantee 01/01/1629-.... Today I’ll start with Verified Grantor
01/01/1629-11/14/2012. Type the surname first then the first name. Remember to
try different spellings (ex: Swain, Swaine, Swayne). I started with SWAIN
WILLIAM, clicked ‘Click Here to Begin Index Search’ and was rewarded with a
nice list of men named William Swain & their deeds.
Choose the one you want to see and highlight the line by
clicking on it. Then at the bottom click View Document – and it comes right up!
You can zoom in and out; go to prior & next documents; etc. Look around and
play with the page. I haven’t yet seen a way to print the deed, but it seems to
me that I remember reading that you need to have an account & pay. If you
are very clever you may be able to figure out how to use the Print Screen key,
save to your Paint program (or something else) and print from there. I haven’t
done that in a very long time, so won’t attempt it now.
When you are ready to try another name, at the bottom of the
indexed list, click New Index Selection.
Have fun.
Jackie