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Bowie, MD: Heritage Books Inc. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 250 pages. In this book the 1850 slave inhabitants schedules for Accomac Parish and St. George Parish on Virginia's Eastern Shore are presented separately, each with their own index. The schedules are lists of slave owners. Under the slave owner is an entry for each slave that they owned. Although no slave names are given, each entry contains the slave's age in 1850, their gender, and whether they were black or mulatto. For some of the entries there is a special note if the original census listed the slave as being deaf, dumb, blind, or idiotic. Cases in which there were twins are also noted .

Southern Historical Press. New. 2007. Trade Paperback. Pittsylvania County was created in 1767 from Halifax County, VA. It was a important migration path for early settlers moving into Tennessee, Georgia and North & South Carolina. Deeds are GREAT source for genealogical research due to the many and varied family members that are mentioned. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishment of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co. New. 1996. Trade Paperback. 61 pages. The will abstracts generally consist of the name of the testator, dates of instrument and probate, and the names of the spouse, children and other family members, executors and witnesses. Inventory abstracts usually only have a reference to the administrator and the inventory date. Also included are the Rent Rolls of 1761 and 1774. .

Southern Historical Press. New. 2004. Trade Paperback. 246 pages. Until now, this book has been very difficult to use for the researcher due to its lack of an index. We have made a NEW INDEX, that contains the names of approx. 6,000 individuals, specially for this reprint. This book should help those who had relatives living in the Eastern portion of the State with emphasis around the Chesapeake Bay area. .

Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co. Near Fine. 1991. Trade Paperback. Vol. 123. 863 pages. Includes all three volumes. Over two years abstracting from forty thousand individual records in the Library of Virginia archives! Each source of information for an individual marriage abstract has been cited to facilitate examination of the original document. This three-volume set contains a complete 162-page index with approximately 50,000 brides, grooms, bondsmen, witnesses, ministers and parents mentioned in the documents. .

Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books. As New. 2005. Paperback. 262 pages. Caroline County, Virginia, is known among family history researchers as one of the "burned records" counties. Hundreds, if not thousands, of priceless documents went up in smoke during the nineteenth century due to the ravages of the Civil War, or from a combination of poor storage, wooden construction and ineffective firefighting methods. Fortunately for researchers, Kimberly C. Campbell discovered a cache of Caroline County marriage records in the Library of Virginia in Richmond. She learned that clerks were required to make full copies of the marriage registers and send them to the state auditor in Richmond. Even though that city, too, was burned at the end of the Civil War, many of the marriage records survived and can be found in the Virginia Bureau of Vital Statistics. A deft compilation of many sources, this volume greatly expands upon the basic marriage records with the addition of information found… Read More

New. 1997. Trade Paperback. 91 pages. The land certificates and headrights in this volume were abstracted from Accomack County court records, the certificates being granted to persons sponsoring the transportation of men and women into the Colony. These lists are of value in establishing relationships, the approximate time of arrival in the Colony, and the locality in which 3,000 immigrant ancestors settled. .

Charlottesville, VA: N.W. Lapin Press. New. 1987. Paperback. 176 pages. with Additions to Marriages, 1764-1815 .

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. New. 2013. Paperback. 108 pages .

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. Fine. 2008. Trade Paperback. 210 pages. .

Richmond, VA: Louise Pledge Heath Foley. Very Good. 1978. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address label on front paste-down; bumped corner. Map of River Corridors on front endpapers.; map of Prince George County in pock on back pastedown . 201 pages. This volume--the second in a series by Mrs. Foley designed to identify the earliest settlers of Virginia--will assist the researcher in locating colonial and immigrant ancestors in Charles City County and in that part of Charles City County south of the James River from which Prince George County was formed in 1703. To this end Mrs. Foley abstracted the land records from the fourteen volumes of Patent Books for the hundred-year period 1632-1732, extracting all data falling within the focus of her project. Thus, the main body of the text consists of a chronological series of abstracts giving the name of the Charles City County or Prince George County patentee, the location and acreage of the patent and the date of settlement, with… Read More

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. New. 2010. Trade Paperback. 216 pages .

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. New. 2010. Trade Paperback. 258 pages. The Virginia Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics has records of births from 1853 to present, with the exception of the years between 1896 and June 14, 1912, when there was no law requiring them. These records are based on an act passed by the Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853. This is the first in a two-volume series of transcriptions of microfilm reels number 14 (1853–1871), number 15 (1871–1896) and number 45 (1853–1869) Bureau of Vital Statistics, Births of Fairfax County, 1853–1896. Entries have been divided into two alphabetically arranged sections: Colored/Free/White Births; and Slave Births. Entries for Colored/Free/White Births include: surname, given name, race/sex, date of birth, place of birth, father, father's occupation, father's residence, mother, informant, any notation, page and line in register. Entries for Slave Births include: owner's name,… Read More

Fairfax, VA: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.. 780 pages .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address label on front paste-down endpaper. 324 pages. New York Historical Manuscripts. This book is a consolidation of two Bulletins of the U.S. Geological Survey. It consists of extensive alphabetical lists of Virginia and West Virginia place names (more than 12,000 altogether) and assists the researcher in pinpointing a particular ancestor in a specific locality. Places listed include post villages, towns, counties, mountains, rivers, and other notable topographical features. Most places are identified in relation to a county, and are thereupon described with even greater detail and refinement. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Near Fine. 1976. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address inked on front pastedown . 448 pages. Part I of this important work contains a ninety-page list of officers, soldiers, and civilians entitled to compensation for services rendered during the French and Indian War. Part II contains records of the Revolutionary War, including muster and pay rolls. Part III is devoted principally to genealogies of the families of Anderson, Brown, Craig, Cravens, Custis, Davis, Harrison, Newman, Smith, Thomas, and Thompkins. .

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books. Very Good. 1992. Revised Edition. Paperback. Sunning to spine. Index. . 430 pages. A collection of genealogical and historical records for the late 1700s to mid-1800s derived from archives, court records, private graveyards, letters and newspapers, Bible records, journals, military records, and private sources. The first half contains: bonds of various kinds; day books; district court records; accounts of mills in several counties; pensions and land grants; public works records; and church records. The second half is a genealogical dictionary providing miscellaneous info on: birth, death, and marriage; parents and children; residence (s) ; occupation and military service for residents of the counties. About 7,000 people are named in this 2nd edition. .

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. New. (1927) 2006. Second Edition. Hardcover. 894 pages. The author traces the origin and development of the county, describing its formation and settlement (probably three-quarters of its early settlers were of German extraction) , its subsequent growth, the citizens, towns and villages, churches, schools, landmarks, businesses and industries. Much genealogical information is included. There is, for example, a chapter on heads of families in 1785 (about 1,500 named) , there are lists of militiamen and soldiers, public representatives and church members, and there are chapters of genealogical sketches and biographies. The Appendix includes, among other things, Births and Baptisms (1773-1782) , Marriages (1782-1800) , and Civil War Muster Rolls, and these three sections alone name more than 5,000 persons. .

Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1987. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address label on front paste down . 340 pages .

Baltimore: Regional Publishing. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1924) 1975. Reprint. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and address inside front cover. Dark red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering . 544 pages. Wingfield's Caroline County is the definitive genealogical sourcebook on its subject, containing numerous lists of names as well as genealogies and biographical sketches of the county's prominent citizens and early inhabitants. .