Local and Family History

Library staff are available to direct you to resources and to demonstrate the use of equipment and Online Reference Collections during your visit to assist you with your Local and Family History needs. 

• If you or your group would like a tour of our Local & Family History collection or will be using our resources for a class project, please call 419-422-1712 for assistance.

Research Request Guidelines [1]

Collection Highlights:
FHCPL has joined the Ohio Obituary Index!  Please visit the Ohio Obituary Index [2] to search for obituaries.  The original Hancock Obituary Index will remain online, but will no longer be updated or corrected as of August 2011.

Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes
CDs
Cemetery Indexes
City Directories
High School Yearbooks
Family Histories
Local History
Microfilm/Microfiche
Newspaper Index (limited availability)
Newspapers-local (Mid-1800s to present)
Obituary Index (Hancock County)
Ohio Census
Passenger Lists (including Germans to America)
Vital Records: Birth, Death and Will Indexes

Online Forms and Charts
Common forms and charts are available within the library and online at the following sites. 

Ancestry.com Group Sheet [3]
Ancestry.com Pedigree Chart [4]
Ancestry.com Source Sheet [5]
Census [6] Forms (by year) [6]
Cyndi's [7] List Form Resources [7]

Family History File
We have research files for many local families. They are located in the filing cabinets behind the Genealogy Desk.

The Hancock L-LIST SERV

Join Hancock-L and share your research with others via e-mail: OHHANCOC-Lrequest@rootsweb.com [8]

Military History

The library has quite a large selection of military finding aids. The Civil War Rosters are at the Hancock County Historical Museum. Some of the titles include:

DAR patriots Index Vol. I,II, III and supplements
Index to Revolutionary Pensions
Roster of Ohio Soldiers, War of 1812
Pensioners of 1883
Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots (4 Vols.)
Abstracts to Revolutionary Pensions
Roll of Honor 

WWII Memorial -- add your veteran [9]

 Links
BLM [10] Land Records [10]
1927 [11] Findlay City Directory [11]
Cyndi's [12] List for Hancock County [12]
Family [13] Search (Church of the Latter Day Saints) [13]
Genealogy.com [14]
GenCircles [14]
Hancock [15] Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society [15]
Ohio [16] Historical Society Archives (vital records, archives, etc.) [16]
Ohio [17] Memory Project [17]
RootsWeb [18]
U.S. GenWeb-Hancock County [19]
Where [20] to write for Vital Records [20]

Online Obituaries
Ohio [2] Obituary Index [2]
Dayton [21]
Cleveland [22] Necrology File [22]
Hancock [23] County [23]
Ohio [2] Obituary Index   [2]

Health Department
Birth Records (1908-present)
Death Records (1908-present)
We have family histories from local families and prominent American Families. We accept family histories donated to this library that include Hancock County ancestors.

Census
The library holds the indexes to the Ohio Federal Population Census 1820-1880. We have various census indexes through 1930 for Ohio counties, we also have some statewide early census indexes. For Hancock County we have indexes from 1830-1900 and we are working on the 1910 census index. 1940 Census will be online April 2012 [24].

We have the the Courier newspaper on microfilm. We have birth, death, marriage, and Will records from the earliest time period to the contemporary time period for Hancock County. We have the Grantee/Grantor index for land records. We have the earliest deeds and some township records. We also have some church registry records.

We have an extensive collection of genealogy and local history materials.   Although our primary focus is Hancock County, we have indexes and histories for all Ohio counties.  We also have a large selection of how-to materials to assist you with your research. 

Hancock County Chapter Genealogical Society

Join the Society: Click here to find out how to become a member [15].

 

 

 

 

 

 

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