Find who has the record, and how to ask for it
Pick a state and what you are looking for. You get the office that usually holds it, the key rules, and a link to the official source for each fact. Covers New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Tools
Request letter + deadline calculator
Builds a plain-text request letter for you to copy. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
Registries of deeds
NH county registries, Maine registry portals, and how Vermont town clerks keep land records.
Vermont land records online
Search a table of 139 Vermont towns that list online land records.
Fee & timeline cheat sheet
NH, VT and ME records laws side by side.
Genealogy starting guide
Vital records, probate, deeds and town reports, state by state.
Federal FOIA and other states
Federal FOIA guide plus public records law summaries for New York, Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, Connecticut, Oregon, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina, with more states being added.
State guides
- New Hampshire: Right-to-Know Law, RSA 91-A
- Vermont: Public Records Act, 1 V.S.A. ch. 5, subch. 3
- Maine: Freedom of Access Act (FOAA), 1 M.R.S. ch. 13
How this site works
Facts come from official statutes and government pages. Each shows the link and the date it was last checked. When two official pages disagree, or something is not checked yet, the page says so. Read About and Sources.