Hancock County, Ohio Genealogy

United States Ohio Hancock County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Logan, Delaware, and Wood Counties in 1820 (1828).
 * County Seat: Findlay
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Wood (north)·Hardin (south)·Wyandot (southeast)·Seneca (northeast)·Allen and Putnam (west)

Parent County
1820--Hancock County was created 12 February 1820 from Logan County. County seat: Findlay

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Hancock County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * Hardin
 * Henry
 * Putnam
 * Seneca
 * Wood
 * Wyandot

Local Histories

 * A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio (published 1903) includes many biographies of people living in Hancock County.

Military

 * Civil War service men from Hancock County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Hancock County.


 * -99th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Companies D and G

Vital Records
Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Societies and Libraries
www.findlaylibrary.org/obituaryDB/Obituary_PromptSearch.asp Findlay-Hancock Public Library 

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Findlay Ohio Family History Center

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.