Hancock County, Kentucky:
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Projects

• Hancock Co., KY Genealogy and History      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hancock County, Kentucky      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Breckinridge County, KY  to the east
• Daviess County, KY  to the southwest
• Ohio County, KY  to the south
• Perry County, IN  to the northeast
• Spencer County, IN  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Kentucky Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Hancock Co, Kentucky, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hancock County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Kentucky Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Hancock County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Hancock County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Hancock County  Kentucky Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hancock County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Hancock County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Hancock County Kentucky Cemetery Records      (Source: I Dream of Genealogy)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hancock County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Kentucky Probate Records  1792-1977     (Source: Family History Library)

History (12)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hancock County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Hancock County Libraries  Kentucky Library Directory
• Hancock County Libraries 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hancock County, Kentucky     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Hancock County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Hancock County, KY Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• KY-COALMINERS-L For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the coal miners of eastern Kentucky

  • KY-COALMINERS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KY-COALMINERS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KY-COALMINERS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• KYHANCOC-L Hancock County genealogy

  • KYHANCOC-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KYHANCOC-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KYHANCOC-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L West Central Kentucky genealogy, for the counties derived in large part from Old Hardin County as it was created in 1792

  • WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WEST-CENTRAL-KY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Hancock County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hancock County, Kentucky     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Hancock County, Kentucky  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Hancock County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Hancock County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Kentucky Genealogical Records & Abstracts, Volume 1  1781-1839     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Migrations through Hancock County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Hancock County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Hancock County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Hancock Clarion      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hancock County Images  Kentuckiana Digital Library     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Hancock County Ky.  Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections
• Historical Postcards of Hancock County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Hancock County Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hawesville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lewisport School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Hancock County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• West-Central Kentucky Family Research Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (25)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hancock County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Hancock County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Hancock County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• On the geology of Hancock County      (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Patents  Hancock County, Kentucky     (Source: Google Patents)
• Report on the timbers of Grayson, Breckinridge, Ohio, and Hancock counties      (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Topographical geological report of the progress of the survey of Kentucky in the counties of Greenup, Carter, Lawrence and Hancock  for the year 1857     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)

Vital Records

• 1870 Mortality Schedule      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hancock County Death Records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Hancock County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Kentucky Birth Records  includes Hancock County, 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1893-1894, 1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910 (search or browse)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentucky Marriage Records  includes Hancock County, 1853-1859, 1861, 1874-1879, 1892-1893, 1906-1907 (search or browse)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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