Did your ancestors come to NH to work in the mills? This archive may have info on them.

By: Jackie Harris

Outlets: NHPR

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 286

Last Updated: 3 hours, 11 minutes ago

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If your ancestors came to New Hampshire in the 1800s to work in Manchester's millyard, information on them could be waiting for you in an archive.

People arrived in Manchester from all over the world to work in the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company’s mills in the 1800s, and some of their descendants still live in New Hampshire.

The Manchester Historic Association has nearly 500 boxes of documents on the textile mills' employees and operations going back centuries.

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