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What happened to Home Bank FSB?
Home Bank FSB in Berlin, NH merged into HomeBank, FSB of Gilford, NH on Oct 31, 1986. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Home Bank FSB is today part of Bank of New Hampshire (Laconia, NH).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1890Home Bank FSB opens in Berlin, NH
- Oct 31, 1986MERGEDHome Bank FSB merged into HomeBank, FSB of Gilford, NH.FDIC certificate 30104 ends; its business continues under certificate 28946.
- Oct 10, 1991FAILEDHomeBank, FSB of Gilford, NH failed, and HomeBank Federal Savings Association of Gilford, NH took it over.FDIC certificate 28946 ends; its business continues under certificate 33512.
- Jul 22, 1994RESOLVEDHomeBank Federal Savings Association of Gilford, NH was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Laconia Savings Bank of Laconia, NH.FDIC certificate 33512 ends; its business continues under certificate 18012.
- TodayOPEN
Bank of New HampshireMain office Laconia, NH · FDIC certificate 18012 · 21 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Bank of New Hampshire office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.BNH.bank
If you still have something from Home Bank FSB
A lien that was never released
HomeBank, FSB failed on Oct 10, 1991, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask Bank of New Hampshire as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, HomeBank Federal Savings Association). Start with Bank of New Hampshire, and ask them to search under the name Home Bank FSB.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask Bank of New Hampshire. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 30104 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.