Hancock County,
West Virginia Genealogy
Hancock County was created Jan. 1q5, 1848 from
Brooke County, Virginia.
It became part of West
Virginia in 1863.
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Hancock County, West Virginia
Cemeteries |
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One of my favorite
websites for searching cemeteries is at
Rootsweb Cemetery Records.
Here I can enter the surname and other optional facts and it will quickly
find all the possible listings. One of the optional facts is the location.
When you click on the down arrow, it will reveal all the counties that are
on the site. You can search a county only or a whole state. |
Hancock County, West
Virginia
Census |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
1850 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1850 U.S. Slave Census Schedule - online at Ancestry.com
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1860 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1860 U.S. Slave Census Schedule - online at Ancestry.com
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1870 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1880 U. S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1890 U. S. Veteran Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1900 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1910 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1920 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1930 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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History |
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pub. 1879
HB: History of the Pan-Handle
Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and
Hancock, West Virginia, by Newton &
others - CD by Heritage Books |
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Map |
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1895
U.S. Atlas (Hancock County, West Virginia) - free online |
