Hancock County, Iowa Genealogy

Guide to Hancock County, Iowa ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Parent County
1851--Hancock County was created 15 January 1851 from unorganized territory. It was attached to Boone and Webster Counties prior to organization 25 November 1858. County seat:  Garner

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Cerro Gordo • Franklin •  Humboldt •  Kossuth •  Winnebago •  Worth •  Wright

Census
State Census
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1915 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1925 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Lutheran

 * Records of First Lutheran Church, Forest City, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Local Histories

 * History of Kossuth, Hancock and Winnebago counties, Iowa : together with sketches of their cities, villages and townships; history of Iowa. Springfield, Illinois : Union Pub. Co., 1884.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free) and at Internetarchive (Free)and at Hathitrust (Free)
 * History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa : a record of settlement, organization, progress, and achievement. Chicago : Pioneer Pub., 1917.
 * Vol 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Military

 * 1835-1998 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1949 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a large collection of digitized Iowa newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.


 * The Britt News Tribune. 1951-55. Britt, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)
 * Forest City Summit. 1955 Forest City, IA, USA. Online at: Ancestry.com ($)

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1758 - 1997 Iowa Wills and Probate Records 1758-1997 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Births

 * 1850-1939 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1838-1934 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Deaths

 * 1850-1990 - at FamilySearch - index
 * 1880-1992 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1921-1940 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Hancock County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 8 Klemme, IA 50449-0081 E-mail: [mailto:hancoiagensoc@comm1net.net hancoiagensoc@comm1net.net] Website