Hancock County, Ohio:
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Projects

• Fostoria History  Under "History Articles" tab
• Hancock County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hancock County OHGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Hancock County OHGenWeb History & Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Hancock County, Ohio History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)

Adjacent counties

• Allen County, OH  to the southwest
• Hardin County, OH  to the south
• Henry County, OH  to the northwest
• Putnam County, OH  to the west
• Seneca County, OH  to the east
• Wood County, OH  to the north
• Wyandot County, OH  to the southeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (21)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

• Amanda Township Baptist Church      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Catholic Parish Records, Diocese of Toledo  1796-2004     (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Arcadia and Findlay, Ohio     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Common Pleas records, 1828-1857; index, 1833-1874      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hancock County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Juries of Common Pleas Court      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hancock County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Supreme Court records, 1833-1867      (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Findlay City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fostoria City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County, Ohio City, County, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Gateway to the West, Volume I  includes Will Abstracts, 1830-1842     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Ohio Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998  includes Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996      (Source: FamilySearch)

History (55)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Ohio County Naturalization Records  1800-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)

Introduction and Guides

• County by County in Ohio Genealogy, 1992  Hancock County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Cyndi's List of Ohio locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy Research Aids      (Source: Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University)
• Hancock County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Hancock County Ohio Info      (Source: Maggie's World of Courthouse Dust & Genealogy Fever)
• Hancock County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Hancock County, Ohio Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Hancock County, Ohio      (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Hancock County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hancock County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

• Hancock County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OHHANCOC Hancock County genealogy

  • OHHANCOC Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Hancock County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Civil War Discharge Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Hancock County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Hancock County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Ohio Archives)
• Hancock County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (11)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (14)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Antique Postcards of Hancock County  Findlay-Hancock Public Library
• Hancock County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hancock County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Hancock County Courthouse 
• Hancock County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Historical Documents & Images  Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
• Historical Postcards of Hancock County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio Memory      (Source: Ohio Memory)

School Records and Histories (29)

Societies

• Enon Community Historical Society 
• Hancock County Ohio Chapter of OGS      (Source: Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University)
• John Hancock Chapter  Findlay     (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (609)

Tax Lists

• Tax records, 573-583, 1828-1838      (Source: FamilySearch)

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)
• Hancock County, Ohio      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Iron and Early Steel Bridges of Hancock County, Ohio 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Hancock County, Ohio     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (13)

Wiki

• Hancock County, Ohio Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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