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Genealogy Research in Hancock County, Kentucky

Kentucky is a great place to do research because of the state's large number of archives, libraries and other repositories. In addition to state-level resources in Frankfort, a variety of records can also be found locally at county courthouses, public libraries, historical societies and elsewhere. Websites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch also offer access to online databases that contain billions of records relating to Kentucky genealogy.
 In addition to these great resources, we have compiled a large number of links that should prove helpful to your search. Many of these are listed below and on our other pages relating to Kentucky's 120 counties. If you would like a professional genealogist to help you with your quest, please click below.
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African American Genealogy

Access Genealogy - Kentucky African American Genealogy

African American Resources for Kentucky

Genealogy Trails History Group - Kentucky African American Records

Hancock County, Kentucky African Americans - FamilySearch

Hancock County (KY) Slaves, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870

Kentucky African American Griots

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Archives and Libraries

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Hancock County, KY

Hancock County Public Library 

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Kentucky Digital Library - Hancock County, KY

Library of Congress - Hancock County, KY

Open Library - Hancock County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, Kentucky

Bible Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Bible Records - FamilySearch

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Biographies

Hancock County, Kentucky Biographies

Hancock County, Kentucky Biographies - FamilySearch

Kentucky Biographies Project - Hancock County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Biographies

Cemeteries

Access Genealogy - Hancock County, Kentucky Cemetery Records

Billion Graves - Hancock County, KY

Find A Grave - Hancock County, KY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Cemeteries

GNIS Search Results - Hancock County, KY Cemeteries

Hancock County, Kentucky Cemeteries

Hancock County, Kentucky Cemeteries - FamilySearch

Histopolis - Hancock County, KY Cemeteries

Histopolis - Hancock County, KY Graves

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Cemetery Records

The Political Graveyard - Hancock County, KY 

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Cemetery Records

WorldCat.org - Hancock County, KY

Census Records

Access Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Census Records

GenealogyInc - Hancock County, KY Hancock Census Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Census Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Census Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Census Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Federal Census Index

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Census Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Census Records

Church Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Church Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Church Records

Court Records

GenealogyInc - Hancock County, KY Hancock Courthouse and Government Records

Hancock County, KY Court Records - FamilySearch


LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Court Records

Directories

Hancock County, Kentucky Directories - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Free Public Records Directory

Telephone Directory of Worthington, KY. 41183

Disasters

GenDisasters.com - Hawesville, KY Landslide Wrecks Train, July 1910

Estate Files

Hancock County, Kentucky Probate Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Probate Records

History

American Ancestors - Hancock County, KY

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY History & Genealogy

Hancock County, Kentucky Genealogy Local Histories - FamilySearch

Hancock County, KY Families

Hancock County, KY Histories

Hancock County, KY Stories Page

Hancock County, KY - Wikipedia

​History & Heritage - Hancock County, KY 

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Histories & Genealogies

Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

National Register of Historical Places - Hancock County, KY 

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Hancock County, KY

People from Hancock County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Immigration Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Immigration Records

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Land and Property Records - FamilySearch


LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Land Records

USGenWeb Arhives - Hancock County, KY Deeds

Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY Maps/Atlases

Hancock County, Kentucky Maps and Other Links

Hancock County, Kentucky Maps and Gazetteers - FamilySearch

Histopolis - Hancock County, KY Map

Historic Map Works -  Hancock County, KY

Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - Hancock County, KY

Kentucky Digital Map Library

LDS Genealogy - Hancock  County, KY Map Records

State and County Maps of Kentucky

USGS Topographic Maps - Hancock County, KY

Miscellaneous Records

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY Documents

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY Postcards/Cards

Hancock County, Kentucky Research Guides - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Miscellaneous Records

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Military Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Military Index

Hancock County, Kentucky Military Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Military Records

New Horizons Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Military Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Military Records

WWII Army Casualties: Hancock County, Kentucky - National Archives

Municipalities 

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY County Records

Histopolis - Hancock County, KY Cities

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County Records by City/Town

Native American Genealogy

Access Genealogy - Kentucky Indian Tribes

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

Ancient Life in Kentucky

A Native History of Kentucky

Newspapers

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY News Index
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Hancock County, Kentucky Newspapers - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Newspapers

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Newspaper Records

Newspaper Abstracts - Hancock County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Newspaper Records

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Obituaries

Hancock County, Kentucky Obituaries

Hancock County, Kentucky Obituaries - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Obituary Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Obituaries

Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Hancock County, KY Photographs

Hancock County, Kentucky Pictures Page

Kentucky High School and College Yearbooks Online 

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Photos

School Records

Hancock County, Kentucky School Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Schools

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY School Records

Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks - Hancock County, KY

Societies

GenealogyInc - Hancock County, KY Societies and Family Resources

Hancock County Genealogical Museum

Hancock County Historical Society - Facebook

Kentucky Genealogical Society

Kentucky Historical Society

Tax Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Tax Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Tax Records

Vital Records

FamilyHart - Hancock County, Kentucky

Hancock County, Kentucky Birth Records

Hancock County, Kentucky Birth Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Death Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Divorce Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Marriage Records - FamilySearch

Hancock County, Kentucky Vital Records - FamilySearch

GEDCOM Index - Hancock County, Kentucky

GenealogyInc - Hancock County, KY Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hancock County, KY Marriages Announcements

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Hancock County, KY Marriage Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hancock County, KY Vital Records

VitalRec.com - Hancock County, KY 

Kentucky County Records

Many Kentucky family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of Kentucky. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, county clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Kentucky. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Kentucky. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Kentucky have changed over the past two hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Kentucky's 120 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Adair County
Allen County
Anderson County

Ballard County
Barren County
Bath County
Bell County
Boone County
Bourbon County
Boyd County

Boyle County
Bracken County
Breathitt County
Breckinridge County
Bullitt County
Butler County
Caldwell County
Calloway County
Campbell County
Carlisle County
Carroll County

Carter County
Casey County
Christian County
Clark County
Clay County
Clinton County
Crittenden County
Cumberland County
Daviess County
Edmonson County
Elliott County

Estill County
Fayette County
Fleming County
Floyd County

Franklin County

Fulton County
Gallatin County
Garrard County

Grant County
Graves County
Grayson County
Green County
Greenup County
Hancock County

Hardin County
Harlan County
Harrison County
Hart County
Henderson County
Henry County
Hickman County
Hopkins County
Jackson County

Jefferson County
Jessamine County
Johnson County

Kenton County
Knott County

Knox County
LaRue County
Laurel County

Lawrence County
Lee County

Leslie County
Letcher County
Lewis County
Lincoln County
Livingston County
Logan County
Lyon County
McCracken County
McCreary County
McLean County

Madison County
Magoffin County
Marion County
Marshall County
Martin County

Mason County
Meade County
Menifee County

Mercer County
Metcalfe County


Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Muhlenberg County
Nelson County
Nicholas County
Ohio County
Oldham County
Owen County
Owsley County
Pendleton County
Perry County
Pike County
Powell County

Pulaski County
Robertson County

Rockcastle County

Rowan County
Russell County

Scott County
Shelby County
Simpson County
Spencer County
Taylor County
Todd County
Trigg County
Trimble County
Union County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County

Whitley County
Wolfe County

Woodford County

Formation Date

1802
1815
1827

1842
1798
1811
1867
1798
1785
1860

1842
1796
1839
1799
1796
1810
1809
1822
1794
1886
1838

1838
1806
1796
1792
1807
1835
1842
1798
1815
1825
1869

1808
1780
1798
1800

1794

1845
1798
1796

1820
1824
1810
1792
1803
1829

1792
1819
1793
1819
1798
1798
1821
1806
1858

1780
1798
1843

1840
1884

1799
1843
1825

1821
1870

1878
1842
1806
1780
1799
1792
1854
1825
1912
1854

1785
1860
1834
1842
1870

1788
1823
1869

1785
1860


1820
1796
1822
1798
1784
1799
1798
1823
1819
1843
1798
1820
1821
1852

1798
1867

1810

1856
1825

1792
1792
1819
1824
1848
1819
1820
1837
1811
1796
1792
1800
1860

1818
1860

1788

County Seat

Columbia
Scottsville
Lawrenceburg

Wickliffe
Glasgow
Owingsville
Pineville
Burlington
Paris
Catlettsburg

Danville
Brooksville
Jackson
Hardinsburg
Shepherdsville
Morgantown
Princeton
Murray
Alexandria & Newport
Bardwell
Carrollton

Grayson
Liberty
Hopkinsville
Winchester
Manchester
Albany
Marion
Burkesville
Owensboro
Brownsville
Sandy Hook

Irvine
Lexington
Flemingsburg
Prestonsburg

Frankfort

Hickman
Warsaw
Lancaster

Williamstown
Mayfield
Leitchfield
Greensburg
Greenup
Hawesville

Elizabethtown
Harlan
Cynthiana
Munfordville
Henderson
New Castle
Clinton
Madisonville
McKee

Louisville
Nicholasville
Paintsville

Covington and Independence
Hindman

Barbourville
Hodgenville
London

Louisa
Beattyville

Hyden
Whitesburg
Vanceburg
Stanford
Smithland
Russellville
Eddyville
Paducah
Whitley City
Calhoun

Richmond
Salyersville
Lebanon
Benton
Inez

Maysville
Brandenburg
Frenchburg

Harrodsburg
Edmonton


Tompkinsville
Mount Sterling
West Liberty
Greenville
Bardstown
Carlisle
Hartford
La Grange
Owenton
Booneville
Falmouth
Hazard
Pikeville
Stanton

Somerset
Mount Olivet

Mount Vernon

Morehead
Jamestown

Georgetown
Shelbyville
Franklin
Taylorsville
Campbellsville
Elkton
Cadiz
Bedford
Morganfield
Bowling Green
Springfield
Monticello
Dixon

Williamsburg
Campton

Versailles

Parent County

Green County
Barren  & Warren
Franklin, Washington & Mercer
Hickman & McCracken
Green & Warren
Montgomery County
Harlan & Knox
Campbell County
Fayette County
Greenup, Carter & Lawrence
Lincoln & Mercer
Mason & Campbell
Clay, Perry & Estill
Hardin County
Jefferson & Nelson
Logan & Ohio
Livingston County
Hickman County
Harrison, Mason & Scott
Hickman County
Gallatin, Trimble & Henry
Greenup & Lawrence
Lincoln County
Logan County
Bourbon & Fayette
Madison, Floyd & Knox
Cumberland & Wayne
Livingston County
Green County
Ohio County
Hart, Grayson & Warren
Morgan, Lawrence & Carter
Clark & Madison
Kentucky County
Mason County
Fleming, Montgomery & Mason
Mercer, Shelby & Woodford
Hickman County
Franklin & Shelby
Madison, Lincoln & Mercer
Pendleton County
Hickman County
Hardin & Ohio
Lincoln & Nelson
Mason County
Ohio, Breckinridge, & Daviess
Nelson County
Knox County
Bourbon & Scott
Hardin & Barren
Christian County
Shelby County
Christian County
Henderson County
Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, Rockcastle
Kentucky County
Fayette County
Floyd, Lawrence & Morgan
Campbell County
Perry, Letcher, Floyd & Breathitt
Lincoln County
Hardin County
Rockcastle, Clay, Knox & Whitley
Greenup & Floyd
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, & Wolfe
Clay, Harlan & Perry
Perry & Harlan
Mason County
Kentucky County
Christian County
Lincoln County
Caldwell County
Hickman County
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley
Daviess, Muhlenberg &  Ohio
Lincoln County
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan
Washington County
Calloway County
Floyd, Johnson, Pike, & Lawrence
Bourbon County
Breckinridge & Hardin
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell & Wolfe
Lincoln County
Barren, Hart, Green, Adair, Cumberland & Monroe
Barren & Cumberland
Clark County
Bath & Floyd
Christian & Logan
Jefferson County
Mason & Bourbon
Hardin County
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby
Franklin, Gallatin, Scott
Breathitt, Clay, Estill
Campbell & Bracken
Floyd & Clay
Floyd County
Clark, Estill & Montgomery
Green & Lincoln
Bracken, Harrison, Mason & Nicholas
Lincoln, Madison, Knox & Pulaski
Fleming & Morgan
Adair, Wayne & Cumberland
Woodford County
Jefferson County
Allen, Logan, Warren
Nelson, Shelby, Bullitt
Green County
Logan & Christian
Christian & Caldwell
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham
Henderson County
Logan County
Jefferson County
Pulaski & Cumberland
Henderson, Hopkins & Union
Knox County
Breathitt, Owsley & Powell
Fayette County

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