The state of New Hampshire keeps its death records along with other vital records in its Vital Statistics Office, which is located at 71 South Fruit St. , Concord , NH 03301 .

The good thing about New Hampshire death records is that they actually date back to 1640, which is technically a hundred years even before America became a nation. This kind of historical source can be very valuable to any genealogist out there. However, only records filed before 1948 are considered as public information and therefore open to the rest of the public. As provided by state law, all other records beyond that are confidential.

If you want to get a copy of any death certificate filed within the state of New Hampshire , you need to write to its Vital Statistics Office for instant access, please fill the form at the top or bottom of this page.

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If you intend to mail your application then you have to send it to this address:

Division of Vital Records
Administration
Archives Building
71 South Fruit Street
Concord , NH 03301-2410

Aside from the completed information you also need to provide documents necessary for your identification. Usually the best forms of identification for application of death certificates or any other vital records come in IDs which are preferably government-issued and have a photo and your signature. But there are other forms of ID documents as well, and New Hampshire‘s vital records office has its own list of acceptable alternative documents.

Each copy of the death certificate costs $12 and every additional copy ordered along with the first one costs $8 each. You must send your payment along with your application in the form of a money order or personal check made payable to Treasure, State of New Hampshire .

For more information on the application process, visit the official website of the New Hampshire , Department of State, Division of Vital Records Administration website.

If it's nearer to where you live, you can also get a copy of the same certificate from the local county office of the place where the person whose name is on the certificate died. You can also make use of the Vital Records Automated Software called NHRVIN for records which took place after 1990.

"Looking for Public Death Records in New Hampshire?"

"Why not save some time by searching billions of public records? Make things a lot faster by starting your preliminary search at the top or bottom of this page to see if there's a record available for your query."