Hancock County, Mississippi:
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Projects

• Hancock County      (Source: Mississippi Genealogy and History Network)
• Hancock County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hancock County MSGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Hancock County MSGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Hancock County, MSGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Harrison County, MS  to the east
• Pearl River County, MS  to the north
• Saint Tammany Parish, LA  to the west
• Stone County, MS  to the northeast

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

• Hancock Co, Mississippi, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hancock County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Hancock County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Hancock County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Hancock County  Mississippi Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hancock County Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hancock County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Hancock County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

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

DNA Project

• West Florida Parishes DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• Mississippi, Probate Records  1781-1930     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• Hancock County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

• Hancock County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Hancock County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Hancock County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Gainesville      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
  • History of Waveland 

• Library

  • Hancock County Library System Historic Milestones 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Bay St. Louis, MS Automobile Crash, Oct 1958      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Bay St. Louis, MS Mel Ott Dies From Injuries, Nov 1958      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Gulf Coast, MS Hurricane CAMILLE Eyes Coast, Aug 1969      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hancock County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes and Humphreys County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Off St. Joseph's Island, LA Explosion Of Steamer CERES, Oct 1862      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Alice Moseley Folk Art and Antique Museum  Bay St. Louis, Mississippi     (Source: Facebook)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Hancock County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hancock County, Mississippi     (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 Obituaries      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Hancock County, MS Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MS-GULF-L Mississippi Gulf Coast genealogy

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

• MSHANCOC-L Hancock County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Bay of St Louis, MO  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hancock County, Mississippi     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Hancock County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Mississippi Confederate Records  1889-1942     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Hancock County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Hancock County, Mississippi  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)
• L & N Railroad Ledger 1901  Bay St. Louis, Mississippi     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Migrations through Hancock County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area 
• Mississippi State Archives  Various Records, 1820-1951     (Source: Family History Library)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Funeral records from 1904-1948 for the coast of Mississippi      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Hancock County Obituaries      (Source: RootsWeb)
• The Sea Coast Echo  Bay Saint Louis

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bay St. Louis      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)
• Hancock County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Hancock County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi--Hancock County--Bay Saint Louis.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Hancock County--Kiln.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Hancock County--Pearlington.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Hancock County--Waveland.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Hancock County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Waveland Photo History 

School Records and Histories

• Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children  1850-1892 and 1908-1957     (Source: Family History Library)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Hancock County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (22)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Hancock County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Hancock County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mississippi Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Patents  Hancock County, Mississippi     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Hancock County Marriage Index  1849-1956
• Hancock County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Hancock County 1853-1896     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Hancock County     (Source: Family History Library)

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