Hi Everyone. I am new to the list today. I am trying to find out any information on my great great grandfather and his family. My great great grandfather was John Hancock, born in 1826 or 1827 in Tunkhannock, Penn. I understand that Tunkhannock was part of Luzerne County at the time of his birth but is now part of Wyoming County, so I hope some of you can help me find out some information ot help me to find it. He moved from there first to Iowa, and later in 1853 to San Francisco, California. Family legend tells that he was related in some way to John Hancock (the signer of the Decl. of Ind.) but this may be only myth. A mention of him in a book on the Cleveland Family history (his daughter married a Cleveland), indicates that he was also related to Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, but this too may just be myth. His wife was Mary Frances Shaen, also from Pennsylvania, but it is unknown if she was from the same area in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately this is all I have been able to find out so far, as most records in San Francisco were destroyed as a result of the 1906 Earthquake. I would like to locate other living descendants and I am attempting to compile the family history and genealogy. I live in Oregon, so my access to Pennsylvania records is very limited. Any information you can find or any suggestions on where I might also look for information on John Hancock and his family would be most sincerely appreciated. Maggie Hall