ARCHIVES OF THE TOWN OF GRANTHAM AND THE
GRANTHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY
VITAL STATISTICS AND GENEALOGY RESOURCES
Information on individuals and families who were or are residents of Grantham
may be found in a variety of places in our Archives. Below is a list of possibilities:
1. Town Clerk boxes #1, #2, #2B (Rack D, Shelf 5)
2. Vital statistics 1880-1940s Certificates and permit – births, marriages, deaths
burials (Rack C, Shelf 3)
1872-1900
Birth certificates
1881 and 1884
Birth registers
1877-1893
Marriage certificates
1897-1935
Marriage certificates
1936-1937
Marriage certificates
1938-1944
Marriage permits (petitions)
1920-1929
Death certificates, burial certificates
1930-1939
Burial permits
1900-1919
Burial permits
1915 and 1937
Permits to move bodies
Death certificate stubs
3. Loose registers of births, marriages and deaths 1851 – 1880 ( Rack D Shelf 1)
April 11, 1850 – April 1, 1851 births, marriages, deaths
March 31, 1858 – March 31, 1859 deaths
March 31, 1860 – March 31, 1861 deaths
March 31, 1869- March 31, 1870 births
March 31, 1869 – March 31, 1870 deaths
March 31, 1870 – March 31, 1871 births
March 31, 1879 – March 31, 1880 births
4. Invoice of polls and ratable property (Residents) 1843, 1868, 1872, 1878 (Rack
A Shelf 4)
5. Methodist Church records 1820-1840 (Rack C, Shelf2)
6. 1850 Census – birth certificates, 1944 poll tax, death certificates (binder) (Rack
D Shelf 1)
7. Marriage intentions 1857-1912; 1913-1968 (Rack D, Shelf 1)
8. Grantham Censuses 1790-1940 (Rack D, Shelf 1) in binder
9. Enfield Vital Statistics (relating to early Grantham residents) (Rack D, Shelf 2)
10. Federal Grantham census 1790-1940 (Rack D, Shelf 2)
11. Inventory of Early Town Clerk’s Boxes 1800-1899 (binder)( Rack D Shelf 3)
12. 1850 Legal Voters; legal voter lists for 1938, 1940, 1942, 1960, 1970 (Rack D
Shelf 2)
13. Male residents liable for Civil War draft (oversize papers Rack D, Shelf 4)
14. Male residents in military and naval services (oversize papers Rack D, Shelf 4)
15. Smith family Bible, Alexander family letters (Rack G, Shelf2)
16. “Vital Statistics” section of Guide to the Archives
#1 Alphabetical list 1777-1849
#2 Bert Smith file #1
#3 Alphabetical list 1777-1749
17. Various tax records (Racks A, C, D, E and F)
18. Individual family file folders (Rack G, Shelf 4)
19. Grantham town reports 1902-present marriages, births, deaths (working set)
(Reney Room)
20. Cemeteries – filing cabinet #5 (cemeteries and cemetery records – section #9,
military – section #12)
“Cemeteries” binder over computer station (contains burials in all cemeteries)
21. Vital Statistics (Rack D, Shelf 1)
New England Historical Genealogical Society: Marriages by names of bride
and groom – 18th, early 19th centuries
1790 New Grantham census
Records compiled by Bert Smith of Croydon Historical Society for GHS:
Marriages by names of bride 1771-1850; 1887-2003
Marriages by names of groom 1771-1850; 1887-2003
Births 1887-early 19th century
Marriages by names of bride 1887-early 19th century
Marriages by names of groom 1887-early 19th century
Births 1887-2003
Deaths 1887-2003
22. Residents 1870-1873, 1883 (name, occupation, single or married) (Rack D
Shelf 2)
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