Welcome to the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association. This Website was previously
part of the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. We thank them for their past support.

Who we are: The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association is a non-profit organization
composed of genealogists, historians, cemetery officials and other interested individuals
dedicated to preserving the historical graveyards of New Hampshire. Our bylaws can be
viewed here.

What we do: We seek to promote the knowledge of New Hampshire History by bringing
together people interested in old graveyards. We continue to foster an interest in the
discovery, maintenance, records preservation and cataloging of graveyards and cemeteries.

A little history: NHOGA was first conceived in the summer of 1975. Several interested
groups in need of assistance in the cataloging of cemetery inscriptions in the state had
contacted Mr. Philip Wilcox of Durham, New Hampshire. These organizations recognized
the importance of establishing permanent records. Among these groups were the State of
New Hampshire, The Genealogical Society of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, The
Association of Historical Societies of N. H. Inc. (AHSNH) and genealogists in general.

Mr. Wilcox presented his ideas to the AHSNH at their August 1975 meeting. At this meeting
members voted to sponsor "A New Hampshire Cemetery Group" as a bicentennial project.
Mr. Wilcox was voted chairman of the cemetery committee, given funds to assist with
expenses and given the authority to appoint committee members to serve with him.

The committee was formed by the Fall of 1975 and in the Spring of 1976 the organization
was retitled The New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association. Preliminary by-laws were
written although the affiliation with AHSNH continued until NHOGA could stand on its own.
The association with AHSNH was continued through the bicentennial project.

Many organizations with similar interests supported NHOGA in the early days. These
organizations included The New Hampshire Cemetery Association, The Society of Colonial
Wars, The Dunbarton, NH Historical Society, The Society of Mayflower Descendants, The
Daughters of Colonial Wars, The Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots and The
Mt. Washington Colony of New England Women.

Today NHOGA is a thriving and ever-growing organization with over two hundred and fifty
individual and organizational members. In order to protect the invaluable sources of historic
and genealogical information found in burial places, we are active in promoting and supporting legislation relating to graveyards. People from across the country and the world write to us for
assistance in locating their ancestors' burial locations. These inquiries are included in our
newsletter which is published three times a year. The newsletter also contains important
graveyard-related news.

Why not become one of us? Membership in NHOGA is open to anyone interested in
preserving New Hampshire Graveyards. Annual membership includes a subscription to our
newsletter, Rubbings. Fill out a membership application today.

Send mail to webmaster@nhoga.org with questions or comments about this web site.