The Madison Library’s local history collection includes Vital Statistics, Town and School Reports, Madison High School Yearbooks, books and pamphlets about Madison history. Most items must be used at the library.
We welcome genealogy and local history reference questions. Please allow us time to research your question, most of our records are not digitized.
Madison Historical Society: find local vital records and links to genealogy resources.
Henney History Room at the Conway Public Library holds some Madison historical records and microfilm of local newspapers.
For online researchers: In addition to website links, the Madison Library offers access to many research databases, including HeritageQuest genealogy database, for historical and contemporary information. Contact us for passwords.
Genealogy collections at the NH State Library.
Madison Library’s links to genealogy sites at delicious.com.
If you’re coming to the library, we have these Madison-specific genealogy resources for use at the library:
- Cemeteries and Graveyards of Madison, New Hampshire, compiled by Mary K. W. Lucy for the Madison Historical Society, published in 2002.
- Soldiers of Eaton and Madison 1776-1865 by Leon Gerry and Keith Henney, published in 1976.
- More Soldiers of Eaton and Madison by Leon Gerry and Keith Henney, published in 1979.
- Genealogies at the Madison Historical Society: Jesse Harmon Index: this is a list of Madison family genealogies on file at the Madison Historical Society, requests for copies must be made to the Madison Historical Society.
- The Ward Family by Linton Briggs Ward, Sr., published in 1999.
