Hancock County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Genealogy Pit Stop - WV-OH-PA  Concentrating on Hancock Co, WV - Beaver Co, PA & Columbiana Co, OH
• Hancock County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Hancock County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kay and Maggie's World  of the West Virginia Panhandle

Adjacent counties

• Beaver County, PA  to the northeast
• Brooke County, WV  to the south
• Columbiana County, OH  to the north
• Jefferson County, OH  to the west
• Washington County, PA  to the southeast

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

• Hancock Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Hancock County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Hancock County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Burial Records of United States Veterans  Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Volume 1     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Cemeteries of Hancock County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Cemetery Database      (Source: Genealogy Pit Stop)
• Hancock County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Hancock County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Hancock County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Three Springs Cemetery  Weirton     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Court and Legal Records

• Hancock County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Hancock County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Chester City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Newell City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Hancock County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971      (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985  includes Hancock County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (27)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• West Virginia, Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991  Hancock County, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of West Virginia locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hancock County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Hancock County online history resources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Hancock County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Land Records

• Hancock County Deeds and Indexes, 1848-1863      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hancock County Deeds and Indexes, 1848-1928      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Hancock County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hancock County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Hancock County, West Virginia Books from Heritage Books      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Library Directory for Hancock County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Hancock County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center 
• Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center      (Source: Facebook)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVHANCOC Hancock County genealogy

  • WVHANCOC Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Hancock County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Hancock County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 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

  • World War II Draft List      (Source: Genealogy Pit Stop)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Hancock County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Hancock County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Historical Weirton Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Weirton Daily Times (Weirton, West Virginia)  1955-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Weirton Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Chester Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• New Cumberland Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Newell Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Hancock County
• Obituary search includes Weirton Daily Times  Weirton, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Weirton Daily Times Obituary Index  1931-1957
• Weirton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hancock County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Hancock County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Chester School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Cumberland School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Newell School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Weirton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Tri-State Genealogy & Historical Society  WV-OH-PA Research & Library

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (42)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1848-1850  Viewing restrictions may apply     (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)
• Grist Mills of Tomlinson Run 
• 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, West Virginia      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Hancock County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Weirton Airport  Weirton, West Virginia     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)

Vital Records

• Hancock County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Hancock County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Hancock County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Hancock County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Hancock County, WV Births 1853-1883      (Source: Genealogy Pit Stop)

Wiki

• Hancock County, West Virginia Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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