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While most of the materials date from the 1600s to the
1800s, a small percentage date from before 1600 and after 1899. In all, approximately
113,000 individuals are referenced here.
An especially valuable resource for tracing your family tree,
family histories such as these are often difficult to locate since they
are usually not published for wide distribution. A family history is a
written account of a family's immediate and extended relationships. Often,
a family history begins with an explanation about how a family's surname was
derived. Then, beginning with the oldest known ancestor, family lines
are traced up to the time of publication. Along with biographical information
on each family member, this often includes illustrations or photographs
of individuals or places significant to the family. You'll also be able
to learn details of personal characteristics and daily life that aren't
generally available in other genealogical records.
Family history articles are especially unique because they are compiled from a
great variety of sources such as newspaper abstracts, town records, Bible records,
and probate records.
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| Sources for Virginia Family Histories #2, 1600s-1800s: |
| This data collection is made up of page images from
all five volumes of Genealogies of Virginia Families as well as the single
volume titled Virginia Gleanings in England. Originally published by the
Genealogical Publishing Company, these collections of family history articles
are especially useful because they often show the English connections of colonial
Virginians.
The five volume set entitled Genealogies of Virginia Families consists
of family history articles originally published in The William and Mary College
Quarterly Historical Magazine between 1892 and 1942. The family history
articles included in Virginia Gleaning in England were first published
in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography between 1903 and 1926.
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