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Guide to Hancock County Indiana genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Hancock County, Indiana
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Location of Indiana in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 26, 1827
County Seat	Greenfield
Courthouse
Address	Hancock County Courthouse 9 E Main Street Greenfield, IN 46140 Phone: 317.462.1109
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Historical Facts

Populated Places

Boundary Changes

Neighboring Counties

• Hamilton
• Henry
• Madison
• Marion
• Rush
• Shelby

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemeteries

• Cauldwell (Jackson) Cemetery
• Gillium Chapel (Methodist) Cemetery
• McCordsville-I.O.O.F. Cemetery
• Reeves (Mount Gilead) Cemetery
• Simmons Cemetery
• Wynn Cemetery

Census Records

Church Records

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic and Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogies

Histories

Local Histories

• Richman, George J.History of Hancock County, Indiana; Its People, Industries and Institutions. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co, 1916.)  977.258 H2r FHL US/CAN Book  FHL Collection  other library  INTERNET ARCHIVE  Google books
  
• Hancock County, Indiana: History - Linkpendium
  
  

Land and Property

Maps

• Hancock County, Indiana: Maps and Gazetteers - Linkpendium

Military Records

• Veterans in Hancock County, Indiana (1886) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Mexican War, 1846-1848

• Men of Hancock County in The Mexican -Genealogy Trailss

Civil War, 1861-1865

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

• 5th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry (90th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers), Company G
• 8th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, G, and Reorganized Company G
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company C
• 9th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company B
• 12th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B, and Reorganized Company G
• 13th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company I
• 20th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Reorganized Company E
• 28th US Colored Troops, Addition Recruits for Colored Troops
• 51st Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
• 53rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 57th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company A
• 69th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies B, C, and D
• 75th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 99th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
• 105th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company E
• 132nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Companies F, and I
• 134th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company K
• 147th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 148th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies C, and I
  

Civil War Sources for Hancock County

• Men of Hancock County in The Civil War - Genealogy Trails
  

• "Military Annals" Chapter 7 in Richman, George J.History of Hancock County, Indiana; Its People, Industries and Institutions. (Greenfield, Ind: Wm. Mitchell Printing Co, 1916.) (page 255-328 Regiment, Company, Name)   977.258 H2r FHL US/CAN Book  FHL Collection  other library  INTERNET ARCHIVE   Google books

World War I (The Great War), 1914-1918

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Hancock County - Ancestry.com ($) [http://genealogytrails.com/ind/hancock/rollhonor.html

• A Record of Indiana Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War. 1914-1918 - Genealogy Trails
• Residents of Hancock County, Indiana Who Served in World War I ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

World War II, 1941-1945

• Hancock County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps  -  AccessGenealogy

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Many Hancock County residents were covered in the Knightstown Banner. See their obituary archive and genealogy columns at http://thebanneronline.com/

Obituaries

Probate Records

Public Records

Repositories

Courthouse

Hancock County Courthouse
 9 E Main Street
Greenfield, IN 46140
Phone: 317.462.1109

County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1828.
County Recorder has land records.
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882. ^[1]

Archives

Libraries

Museums

Societies

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

School Records

• Graduates of Mount Comfort High School (1902-1929) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Graduates of Wilkinson High School (1898-1926) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Directory of Teachers for Hancock County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth Records

Marriage Records

• 1828-1836Hancock County, Indiana Marriages

Genealogy Trails

• Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
  
• Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992  - FamilySearch
  
• Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959  - FamilySearch
  

Death Records

• Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
  
• Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch

Voter Registration

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Hancock County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hancock County, Indiana 213 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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