Illinois Genealogy Trails presents Hancock County History & Genealogy Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PAGE FOR HELP. THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING! Join our Mailing List If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Hancock county is covered on our original Illinois Trails Mailing List  Hancock County Population 2000: 20,121 County seat: Carthage Named for John Hancock Hancock County covers 795 square miles and was organized in 1825 Towns and Cities in Hancock County: * Augusta * Basco * Bentley * Bowen * Carthage * Dallas City (partly in Henderson County) * Elvaston * Ferris * Fountain Green * Hamilton * La Harpe * Nauvoo * Plymouth * Pontoosuc * Warsaw * West Point Unincorporated Areas * Adrian * Burnside * Colmar * Colusa * Denver * La Crosse * McCall * Niota * Stillwell * Sutter * Webster Townships of Hancock County * Appanoose * Augusta * Bear Creek * Carthage * Chili * Dallas City * Durham * Fountain Green * Hancock *Harmony * La Harpe * Montebello * Nauvoo * Pilot Grove * Pontoosuc * Prairie * Rock Creek * Rocky Run * St. Albans * St. Mary's * Sonora * Walker * Warsaw * Wilcox * Wythe Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County History Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Marriages Marriage Notices Military Newspaper Data Obituaries Nauvoo and the Mormons (includes newspaper articles) Wills/Legal Records    1850 Mortality Schedule 1860 Mortality Schedule  Hancock County residents in the Joliet State Prison (link to our database at our main website) Search Our Sites Website Updates: Apr 2013: bio for WATSON Jan 2013: bios for DONALD, GALLOWAY Oct 2012: CRANE bio Aug 2012: MATTHEWS obit July 2012: SUTTON obit May 2012: History of Pulaski Mar 2012: WHITE bio Feb 2012: ALLRED, HOLTON, DUFF bios Dec 2011: Biographies for KNIGHT, GARR, FOY, HILL, BLISS, BURKS June 2011: bio of SHERIDAN Apr 2011: HOUSEHOLD obit; Gossip items Jan 2011: HOPKINS, MILLER, obits Dec. 2010 - obit of Rev War Soldier John Lipsey Mar 2010: ELDER obit Feb 2010: HARRIS family biography Dec 09: SELLARS obit Jul 09: CALKIN obit May 09: Newspaper Stories Hancock County Courthouse 500 Main Street Carthage, IL 62321-0000 Phone: (217) 357-3911 Hancock County Is Bordered By These Neighboring Counties: ADAMS HENDERSON McDONOUGH SCHUYLER Visit the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website To see what other counties Illinois Genealogy Trails has online, visit our County Selection Map At the Main Illinois Genealogy Trails Page, you will find much more data, including: Military Data Census Data Illinois State Data Illinois Events Help for your Illinois Research Illinois Genealogy Trails Volunteer Information Join the Illinois Genealogy Trails Mailing List to be notified of updates to this website and our other county websites. Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.