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          • May 5 - Henry and Mudge and the funny lunch
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          • April 21 - Clifford’s Spring Cleanup - Story Time
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          • March 24 - Mud - Story Time
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          • January 27 - GroundHog Day - Story Time
          • January 20 - Dream Big Little Pig - Story Time
          • January 13 - The Mitten - Story Time
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          • December 23 - Bear Stays Up for Christmas - Story Time
          • December 16 - Big Snow - Story Time
          • December 9 - Snowmen At Night - Story Time
          • December 2 -Winter Dance - Story Time
          • November 25 - ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving - Story Time
          • November 18 - Thanksgiving In The Woods - Story Time
          • November 11 - In November - Story Time
          • November 4 - Duck For President - Story Time
          • October 28 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Time
          • October 21 - The Rainbow Fish - Story Time
          • October 14 - The Day The Crayons Quit - Story Time
          • October 7 - The Little Red Hen - Story Time
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Been wanting to do some family research? Enjoy FREE Genealogy Talks in February

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For a full list of upcoming online programs, visit:
AmericanAncestors.org/education/online-classes

Here's a Genealogy Challenge!

100 Years ago this week Women won the right to VOTE!
​The 19th Amendment

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What do you know about this movement? Does your Mom or Grandmother vote? Did you know that over 100 years ago they would not have been able to vote?

Did any of your ancestors join in this movement? Mine did, her name was Ethel Rudd - she was born in Boston, Massachusetts, was 19 years old and she was my grandmother. Ask your parents or grandparents to share your history with you.

Learn more...


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Free At-Home Education Resources From Ancestry® and Access to Nearly 500M National Archives Records

​Ancestry® is a family and a community, even when we’re not together – which is why we will be sharing resources for people at home.For nearly a decade, Ancestry® has been offering its AncestryK12® services, a no-cost program for K-12 schools and teachers in classrooms nationwide that includes access to content from the U.S. collection of Ancestry, Fold3.com and Newspapers.com. With school closures in effect across the U.S., Ancestry is offering support to parents by making its AncestryK12 lesson plans available for free for anyone to download while they are educating children at home.
Also, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and its long-term digitization partner Ancestry will make it even easier for people to explore their own family history stories from home by providing FREE access to search nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry.
In addition, Ancestry is continuing to provide free online tutorials and video courses to help people get started with family tree building. We’re also developing live learning sessions on our social channels for our community.

Learn More!

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The NH State Library created a resource guide on researching your NH family history online from home:
​https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/services/public/genealogy.html

Quick Links
  • Forms for Vital Records Requests
  • NH Index to Newspaper and Periodical Citations
  • Town Records Index

The New Hampshire State Library is the first state library in America and was founded on January 25, 1717.



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​ONE-ON-ONE
GENEALOGY SESSIONS

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Trying to learn more about your family history? Join local amateur genealogist Nancy Borman at the Chesley Memorial Library for one-on-one genealogy sessions (beginning-level instruction) using Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, and other sources.  Please email Nancy at nancy.genealogy7@gmail.com to schedule your one-hour session at a mutually convenient time.

​ If you do not have email, you can call the library at 942-5472 and we will forward your contact information to Nancy. Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest are both sponsored by the Friends of the Northwood Libraries.

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Go to Ancestry.com
Ancestry Library Edition is available for you to use while at the library.  A password is required to access this website.  
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Go to HeritageQuest.com
Heritage Quest is also available for you to use from home or in the library. http://www.heritagequestonline.com. A password is required to access this website. 

Call us at 603-942-5472 for the required password. (Available to library patrons in good standing.)
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Discover your ancestors with Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online!  Ancestry Library Edition​ is available at the Chesley Memorial Library building only; HeritageQuest Online can be used at the library and at home by our patrons. Please contact the library at 942-5472 to get your password to sign on to HeritageQuest Online.  

We now have open access to a genealogy website! ancestrylibraryedition.com

“Where did previous generations come from? How did they live? What did they fight for? And how did their lives affect yours? Historical records and photos hold so many answers about the fascinating people in history. Ancestry Library Edition puts them at your fingertips, enabling both research and inviting critical thinking. Ancestry Library Edition provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.”

The Chesley Memorial Library now has access to Ancestry Library Edition thanks to the Friends of the Northwood Libraries!

Stop in and use one of our public access computers to start your genealogy search today.
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Get started...

Collect Family Information

Write down the names of people on your immediate family tree. Talk with your relatives. Find out if someone already started a family tree. Gather as much information as possible from people before starting your digital research. Set up a family tree on paper to aid with your research.

Begin the Digital Search with Known Information Always start your digital search with the people you can verify. This typically means starting your search with individuals living in the early part of the 1900s and included in the 1900-1940 census records. Searches on Heritage Quest Online for U.S. Census records can be done from home.

Starting your research with relatives not yet born in 1940 can be problematic. States have different laws pertaining to making vital records (births, marriages, and deaths) public. Some states restrict the availability of vital records for as much as 100 years. At the library, search Ancestry Library Edition’s Card Catalog to find out if the records you need are available.

Narrow Your Search Results
Instead of performing a simple search by name – which can result in thousands of potential results – include a birth date, a spouse’s name, or known location for better results. Note that exact dates are not necessary. It is possible to search for individuals by an approximate birthdate.

Search Creatively
If your ancestors had names that could be easily misspelled, it is likely that you will need to perform multiple searches before finding a match. If you know where your ancestors were living, try browsing census records by location or searching for known neighbors to find them. Names corrected in Ancestry.com will also be searchable by the corrected version of the name in Ancestry Library Edition. Many databases also allow you to search for similar sounding names.

Gather Information from Each Census Year
Each decade of census records collects different sets of data. Do not assume that you have discovered everything about an ancestor from one census record. Some records contain conflicting information about the person and some records asked for different information altogether.

Use Family Tree Data Wisely
Be cautiously optimistic about family trees. Continue to do your own research and use the hints from another user to discover maternal lines, but always verify your own research.



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        • Archived from 2014, 2013
        • Archived Events 2013
        • Archived Events 2012
        • Summer Reading 2021 >
          • Tails and Tales
        • Story Time 2021 >
          • June 2 - If You Give A Dog A Donut
          • May 26 - America’s White Table - Story Time
          • May 19 - Will You Be My Friend - Story Time
          • May 12 - Plant the Tiny Seed - Story Time
          • May 5 - Henry and Mudge and the funny lunch
          • April 28 - Water is Water - Story Time
          • April 21 - Clifford’s Spring Cleanup - Story Time
          • April 14 - Here We Are - Story Time
          • April 7 - How Robin Saved Spring - Story Time
          • March 31 - Beautiful Easter Egg - Story Time
          • March 24 - Mud - Story Time
          • March 17 - St Patricks Day - Story Time
          • March 10 - Sugaring - Story Time
          • March 3 - Hello Spring - Story Time
          • February 24 - When Spring Comes - Story Time
          • February 17 - Presidents Day - Story Time
          • February 10 - Little Bears Valentine - Story Time
          • February 3 - A Home In The Barn - Story Time
          • January 27 - GroundHog Day - Story Time
          • January 20 - Dream Big Little Pig - Story Time
          • January 13 - The Mitten - Story Time
          • January 6 - The Five Dog Night - Story Time
        • Story Time 2020 >
          • December 30 - The Night Before New Year’s - Story Time
          • December 23 - Bear Stays Up for Christmas - Story Time
          • December 16 - Big Snow - Story Time
          • December 9 - Snowmen At Night - Story Time
          • December 2 -Winter Dance - Story Time
          • November 25 - ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving - Story Time
          • November 18 - Thanksgiving In The Woods - Story Time
          • November 11 - In November - Story Time
          • November 4 - Duck For President - Story Time
          • October 28 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Story Time
          • October 21 - The Rainbow Fish - Story Time
          • October 14 - The Day The Crayons Quit - Story Time
          • October 7 - The Little Red Hen - Story Time
          • September 30 - LLama LLama Loves To Read - Story Time
          • September 23 - The Little Engine That Could - Story Time
          • September 16 - Harry the Dirty Dog - Story Time
          • September 9 - Little Tree - Story Time
  • Library Catalog
    • Catalog How To's
  • Library Services
  • PROGRAMS
    • Adult >
      • Senior Cafe'
      • Book Discussion Groups
    • Youth >
      • 1000 Books Program >
        • 1000 Book Sign Up
        • 2020 1000 Readers
        • 2019 1000 Readers
        • 2018 1000 Readers
        • 2017 1000 Readers
        • 2016 1000 Readers
      • Story Time 2022
      • Read Alouds
      • Authors and Illustrators
      • Book Awards >
        • Ladybug Award: gr Pre-K - 3rd
        • Great Stone Face Award: gr 4-6
        • Isinglass Award: gr 7-8
        • Flume Award: gr 9-12
      • DIY Kids
      • Cupcake War >
        • Cupcake War >
          • 2022 CupCakeWar
          • 2021 Cupcake War
          • 2020 Cupcake War
          • 2019 Cupcake War
          • 2018 Cupcake War
          • 2017 Cupcake War
          • 2016 Cupcake War
  • Ebooks and Resources
    • Educational Sources
    • Northwood Facts >
      • Northwood History Photos
    • Virtual Tours/ Documentaries
    • Genealogy Search >
      • HeritageQuest
    • Covid-19 Resources
    • Income Tax Info
  • PRODUCTS