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After a long hiatus, we are excited to share that we have completed a large update to Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958. Ninety-seven volumes have been added for the schools Atlantic Heights, Bartlett, Cabot, Farragut, Franklin, Haven, Jones, Manning, Peabody, and Woodbury. These volumes contain 97,362 records and 115,594 names, bringing the totals for this database to 587,983 records and 671,975 names. Another large update is in the near future!
This database is full of interesting surprises that can help paint a picture about the students’ lives from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to birth dates, parents, and residences, you can also find nicknames, deaths, doodles, course plans and books, notes about major events, staff, children running away, the weather, pranks, and punishments.
This database is the result of a partnership between the Portsmouth Athenaeum and American Ancestors. The Portsmouth Athenaeum maintains a library of over 40,000 volumes and has held the city’s historic school records since 1991. The records included in this database are now housed in the collections of Portsmouth Public Library.
This database is available to Individual-level and above American Ancestors members only. Consider membership.