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THE OFFICIAL HANCOCK COUNTY WEBSITE FOR THE U.S.GENWEB PROJECT


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HANCOCK COUNTY
 ....is the smallest county in the state, and the farthest north, being at the tip of the state's Northern Panhandle.
It was created from Brooke County in 1848, and named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Its county seat is New Cumberland. When researching in the boundaries of Hancock you will need to know that Brooke County was apart of Ohio County til 1797 an Yohogania Co, West Augusta in 1782. The southern most boundary of Yohoghania at the time is the current Cross Creek of Brooke County WV. Be sure to research in the correct county records depending what time your ancestors lived in this panhandle. 



INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES
  City of Chester ~ City of New Cumberland ~ City of Weirton (most of the city)
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES
  Chestnut Hill ~ Congo ~  Fairhaven ~ Kings Creek ~ Lawrenceville ~ Lennyville ~ Moscow ~ New Manchester ~ Newell ~ Sun Valley

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Churches Court House Family Websites
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Funeral Homes
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 *Hancock County Area History
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*Hancock County History *Hancock County Photographs
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Historical Societies/Museums/Libraries Historical Tidbits Look-up Volunteers  Newspapers
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*WVA State Vital Records
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  The purpose of this website is to help you discover you ancestors happenings while they lived in Hancock County, WVA.

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 Don't forget to check the Hancock County Archives provided by Rootsweb "or" the Hancock County Message Board provided by Ancestry. You might just already find a message waiting  for you or a relative's post about your family!

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We want to let you know that we are unable to provide personal research at this time.  
All information we come across however, will be added to this website so check back often.
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© 1997-2011 Hancock County,WV Genweb Project. Content initiated in 1997 by Janet Waite and Dale Patterson 1997-2004; Julia Krutilla -2004-2011; Barbara Campbell June 2011.The Subject matter within these pages are not be used for financial gain. We respect free genealogy and hope that you do to. All contributions and donations will become apart of the Hancock County Genweb Project but remains the property of the submitter with full rights reserved for the original submitter. The submitter has given permission for Hancock County, WV. Genweb Project to store the information permanently at this website for all researchers to access freely. The information submitted will not be removed without permission from the submitter.