Virginia Family Histories #1, pre-1600 to 1900s

This data set contains all five volumes of Genealogies of Virginia Families — a collection of family history articles compiled from eighty-four years of The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Each page of Genealogies of Virginia Families is accurately reproduced on this data set so you can see not only the text of the articles, but also the accompanying illustrations. These articles reference approximately 65,000 individuals from all parts of Virginia. Most of the articles trace lines of descent through seven or eight generations, covering three or four centuries. Genealogies of Virginia Families was provided by the Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore, Maryland.

If you determine that the individual is your ancestor, you can use the information to further your research. For example, the residence and dates of family events are starting places to search for other records containing the individual's name, such as church records, vital records, or census records. You can contact local churches, archives, libraries, and county recorders to locate these records.