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Birth, Death &
Marriage Indexes
- CDs
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Cemetery
Indexes
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City
Directories
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High School
Yearbooks
- Family
Histories
- Local History
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Microfilm/Microfiche
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Newspaper Index
(limited availability)
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Newspapers-local (Mid-1800s to present)
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Obituary Index (Hancock County)
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Ohio Census
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Passenger Lists
(including Germans to America)
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Vital Records:
Birth, Death and Will Indexes
In-Library
Use (licensing restrictions)
- Ancestry
Library Edition (in-library use)
- Newspaper
Archive --Historical Newspaper database from 1759 to 1977, excluding Ohio
(in-library use)
Available
24/7 from your own computer
- 3 microfilm/microfiche
reader/printer units
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5 microfilm
viewers (these are for viewing only)
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3 Internet
Workstations
Common forms and
charts are available within the library and online at the following sites.
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.
We have research files for many local
families. They are located in the filing cabinets behind the Genealogy
Desk. 
The
Hancock-L LISTSERV
Join Hancock-L and
share your research with others via email.
OHHANCOC-L-request@rootsweb.com 
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 |
If you are unable
to visit our Library to conduct your own research, please review our
Research Request Guidelines to
learn about optional services. Fees and
limitations apply.
FHCPL
periodically offers various genealogy programs on
Genealogy Basics, Genealogy databases and other specialized topics. Please visit our
Events Calendar regularly to check for programs.
If you have
suggestions or have a specialty that you would like to share, please send
your ideas to
AskGenealogy@Hotmail.com with the term "Suggestion" in the subject
field.
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Birth Records
(1908-present)
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Death Records
(1908-present)
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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 indices from 1830-1900 and we are working on the 1910
census index.
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.
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