Hanover Genealogy (in York County, PA)

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Hanover Birth Records

Birth Records (1893-1906) York County Archives online

Canadochly Church, Lower Windsor Twp., Baptism Register A-Z US Gen Web Archives online

Parish register printouts of Hanover, York, Pennsylvania (St. Matthews Lutheran Church) ; births and christenings, 1743-1875 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Births, 1852-1854 Ancestry online

Pennsylvania, Birth Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Hanover Cemetery Records

All Saints Episcopal Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Bucher Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bucher Cemetery Interment online

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA, Mgsr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 WorldCat

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA; death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 FamilySearch Library

Church record (Book 1) of the St. David's (Sherman's) Church, Manheim Township (presently West Manheim Township), York County, Pa., 1750 to 1774 FamilySearch Library

Dubs Cemetery Billion Graves online

Emmanuel's Reformed Church (Burials, Baptisms & Marriages 1800-56) Ancestry online

Hanover Shoe Farms Equine Cemetery Find a Grave online

Manheim Union Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Marburg Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Mount Carmel Lutheran Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Olivet Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Olivet Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mumma Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mumma Cemetery Interment online

Old Reformed Graveyard Find a Grave online

Pet Haven Find a Grave online

Rest Haven Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Bartholomews Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Davids Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Davids Old Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Paul's Church; Manheim records [i.e. St. David's] FamilySearch Library

Tombstone list of those buried in the cemetery to the rear of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 30 W. Chestnut St., Hanover, Penna. FamilySearch Library

Wildasin Meeting House Cemetery Find a Grave online

York Road Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hanover Census Records

Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Hanover Church Records

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Canadochly Church, Lower Windsor Twp., Baptism Register A-Z US Gen Web Archives online

Church Records for First United Methodist Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church of St. Joseph Hanover; baptisms and mothers maiden names, 1863-1900 FamilySearch Library

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, Msgr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : baptisms and mothers maiden names, 1863 to 1900 WorldCat

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA, Mgsr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 WorldCat

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA, Msgr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : marriages and their witnesses, 1865 to 1900 WorldCat

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA; death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 FamilySearch Library

Church record of Emmanuel's Reformed Church, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, 1770-1856 FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1740-1893 (St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1865-1920 (St. Mark's Lutheran Church (Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania0) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1869-1920 [Methodist] FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1898-1970 (St. Paul's Lutheran Church (New Baltimore, York County, Pennsylvania)) FamilySearch Library

Emanuel Reformed Church, Hanover, Pa., record [and] St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pa., records FamilySearch Library

Emmanuel's Reformed Church (Burials, Baptisms & Marriages 1800-56) Ancestry online

Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church; parish register 1865-1893 FamilySearch Library

Parish register printouts of Hanover, York, Pennsylvania (St. Matthews Lutheran Church) ; births and christenings, 1743-1875 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (includes Emmanuel's Reformed Church, 1770-1856) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Records of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1741-1831 FamilySearch Library

Records of the Emanuel Reformed Church, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, 1770-1856 FamilySearch Library

Register of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1743-1865 FamilySearch Library

Saint Matthews Lutheran Church, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania computer printout; marriages, 1743-1880 FamilySearch Library

Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church; Hanover (Broadway, New Baltimore), York County, Pennsylvania; parish register 1898-1970 FamilySearch Library

St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania : volume 2 FamilySearch Library

St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; burials 1790-1865 FamilySearch Library

Translation of the old German records of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church of Hanover, Pennsylvania [1743-1865] FamilySearch Library

Hanover City Directories

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Authentic General Directory of the Boroughs of York, Hanover and Wrightsville, York County, Pa., for 1879 Ancestry online

Authentic general directory of the boroughs of York, Hanover & Wrightsville, York County, Pa., for 1877 : containing in addition a complete list of the societies, churches, depots, business men of the county, and all points of interest, connected with a history of the several boroughs FamilySearch Library

Business Directory of York, Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville and Columbia, 1896-7 Ancestry online

Business directory of York, Delta, Hanover, Wrightsville and Columbia, 1896-7 FamilySearch Library

Hanover and McSherrystown (Pennsylvania) city directories FamilySearch Library

Hanover and McSherrystown, Pennsylvania directory : also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Hanover and Mcsherrystown City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1944 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover, Pennsylvania, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hanover/McSherrystown, PA 1923-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Hanover/McSherrystown, PA 1937-1940, 1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1950, 1952, 1955-1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

The Bell Publishing Co's York city and county directory, 1894-'95 : containing a general directory of York city, Delta, Hanover and Wrightsville, also alphabetical directory of York County, a classified business directory, list of county and city officers, also a new street directory FamilySearch Library

York (Pennsylvania) city directories FamilySearch Library

Hanover Death Records

1906-1967 Pennsylvania Death Certificates Ancestry online

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA, Mgsr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 WorldCat

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA; death and burial records of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 1860-1982 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania Death Index, 1906-1964 MyHeritage online

Pennsylvania, Death Records, 1906-present Pennsylvania Department of Health

Hanover Histories and Genealogies

Founding Catholic families of Conewago : a compilation FamilySearch Library

History of Hanover Township : including Sugar Notch, Ashley and Nanticocke boroughs and also a History of Wyoming Valley, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Gophers online

History of Hanover Township, 1885 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Pennsylvania Room; genealogical material available for genealogical research FamilySearch Library

Hanover Immigration Records

Names of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775 Ancestry online

Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775 Google Books online

Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930 Fold3 online

Naturalization Records York County Archives online

Naturalization papers, 1791-1906 FamilySearch Library

Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773 Ancestry online

Hanover Land Records

Assigned Estates Papers of York County York County Archives online

Deed Books (1749-1912) York County Archives online

Deeds, 1749-1859 ; Index to deeds, 1749-1912 FamilySearch Library

Hanover Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, July 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, November 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, September 1891 Library of Congress online

Hanover Marriage Records

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1852-1968 Pennsylvania, Marriages Ancestry online

Church of St. Joseph, Hanover, PA, Msgr. Robert C. Gribbin, Pastor : marriages and their witnesses, 1865 to 1900 WorldCat

Emmanuel's Reformed Church (Burials, Baptisms & Marriages 1800-56) Ancestry online

Marriage Records (1885-1929) York County Archives online

Marriage Records (1930-1949) York County Archives online

Marriage license dockets, 1885-1916 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (includes Emmanuel's Reformed Church, 1770-1856) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Pennsylvania divorces; Dauphin County 1788-1867 and York County 1790-1860 FamilySearch Library

Saint Matthews Lutheran Church, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania computer printout; marriages, 1743-1880 FamilySearch Library

Hanover Military Records

Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Oath of Allegiance, 1777-79 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Oath of Allegiance, November, 1778 New Horizons Genealogical Services online

Hanover Miscellaneous Records

Friedrich Heinrich Gelwicks, shoemaker and distiller; accounts 1760-1783; Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania FamilySearch Library

Notebook of Henry Lanius Meyers (1796-1881) FamilySearch Library

Hanover Newspapers and Obituaries

Evening Sun 1915-2023 Newspapers.com online

Hannover Gazette 1811-1859 Newspapers.com online

Hanover Guardian 1810-1900 Newspapers.com online

Monthly Friend 1818-1849 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Hanover

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Democrat, and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advocate. (Hanover, Pa.) 1841-1843

Evening Herald. (Hanover, Pa.) 1894-1904

Evening Sun. (Hanover, Pa.) 1915-Current

Hanover Citizen. (Hanover, Pa.) 1861-1894

Hanover Guardian. (Hanover, Pa.) 1818-1820s

Hanover Herald. (Hanover, Pa.) 1835-1840

Hanover Herald. (Hanover, Pa.) 1872-1916

Hanover Record-Herald. (Hanover, Pa.) 1925-1930

Hanover Spectator. (Hanover, Pa.) 1844-1893

Record Herald. (Hanover, Pa.) 1904-1925

Hanover Probate Records

1683-1993 Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of York County, Pennsylvania, wills, 1749-1819 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of unrecorded wills of York County, Pennsylvania, 1749-1798 : with surname index FamilySearch Library

Hanover School Records

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Eichelberger High School - Nornir Yearbook (Hanover, PA), 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

Eichelberger High School yearbook, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 Classmates online

Eichelberger High School yearbook, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Eichelberger High School yearbooks, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School yearbook, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 Classmates online

Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School yearbook, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School yearbook, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Hanover High School - Nornir Yearbook (Hanover, PA), 1924, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Hanover High School yearbook, 1924, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hanover High School yearbook, 1924, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Hanover High School yearbook, 1924, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Memorial High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Western High School - Equestrian Yearbook (Hanover, PA), 1965, 1967, 1976, 1977 E Yearbook online

South Western High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

South Western High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994 Classmates online

South Western High School yearbooks, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hanover Tax Records

Assigned Estates Papers of York County York County Archives online

Index to the taxables of Hanover and Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania, 1750 to 1817 FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 Ancestry online

Township assessment lists, 1762-1849 FamilySearch Library



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