Research Places & Books
Cemetery Guy, you might want to stop in at the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord. There are several books there that might help you find what you are looking for. (The other local historical societies and libraries are a good bet too.)
For example:
Cemeteries in Alton New Hampshire by Albert E. Barnes. 1978.
Wolfeborough, New Hampshire Cemeteries copied by Mrs. Joseph Donigan. 1948.
Old Cemeteries of Meredith, New Hampshire by Harold G. and Esther C. Wyatt. 1980.
Gilford, New Hampshire Cemeteris compiled by the Thompson Ames Historical Society. Copied by Mrs. Henry T. Turner.
Directory of Gilford Cemeteries. Includes burials through 1949, compiled by Harold and Barbara Eaton in 1950. Lot locations added and burials 1950 to October 1, 1978, complied by Russell and Rheta Folsom for the Thompson Ames Historical Society.
While at NH Library, visit the State Library too for Laconia, NH : Mary Butler Chapter, D.A.R., 1951.
Other books related to this subject:
In 1993 John Fipphen wrote a 298 page book called Cemetery Inscriptions, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions in the State of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss, originally printed in 1942. A list of about 12,500 names found on New Hampshire headstones prior to 1770. Arranged alphabetically by village or town, then, under cemetery, alphabetically by family name, her transcriptions are as complete a record of Colonial New Hampshire gravestone inscriptions as we are ever likely to have. 160 pages.
Gravestone Inscriptions, Gathered by the Old Burial Grounds Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of New Hampshire by Georgia Carpenter. 1913
Good luck with your book!
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