Books Index of Bill Golden’s library. Books fall into four categories: hard copy, PDF, online/downloadable for free or they are behind a paywall such as on Ancestry.com
Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, VA from 1653 to 1812
Book — by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, 1897 … S-L-O-W to load … go get a cup of coffee and come back. The book should be completed loaded, THEN download so you have a copy for yourself … 336 pages, published 1897 … Two special notes: NOT everything got properly indexed when this book was digitized. Some people in the end-of-book index cannot be found by searching. Go to the page listed in the index. Also spelling was different back then don’t you know. Is not uncommon for ‘Catherine’ to be spelt as ‘Chatherine’, not that there are not already many ways to spell the name otherwise. Perhaps to save ink and paper, many abbreviations are used for both names and other things … Overall this book is super indexed in that this PDF book contains the registry of life events in the parish as well as an index at the end of the book. Unique to this parish record are the many slaves that are listed by name and their own life events … Published by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. Printed by Wm Ellis Jones, Steam Book and Joe Printer at Richmond.
Passengers to America, Emigrants from England
Book — by Tepper; Michael Tepper, 1980 … 567 pages — A consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Although reference is made to New England the passenger records cover all of the original colonies and the Carribean.
Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, Vol. I, 1915-1975
Book — by Hutton & Bott; Mary Louise M. Hutton; additions by Mrs. George L. Bott … Published 1915-1975, 325 pages; compiled by Mary Louise M. Hutton, supplemented by additions by Mrs. George L. Bott (1979-1988) … There is no index, or need thereof as individuals are listed alphabetically. That said, there are several appendixes of later name additions beginning with page 300 so check those as well.
Some prominent Virginia families
Book — by Bellet, Louise Pecquet du Bellet … 310 pages by Pecquet du Bellet, Louise, 1853-
Publication date 1907
Publisher Lynchburg, Va.: J.P. Bell Company;
The Albemarle of Other Days
Book — by Mary Rawlings … Published 1925, 146 pages … Albemarle County Virginia History … book begins with pre-settlement and notes on the early settlement.
The Dameron-Damron genealogy; the descendants of Lawrence Dameron of Virginia, with notes on the related Northumberland county families
Book — by Snow, Helen Foster Snow … Published 1953, 868 pages … Entire book can be downloaded via Google Books … The Dameron-Damron genealogy; the descendants of Lawrence Dameron of Virginia, with notes on the related Northumberland county families of Gaskins, Harvey, Bledsoe, Tignor, Ball, Coppedge-Coppage, Waddy, Taylor, Smith, and the John Ladd Family originating Lower Norfolk county, Virginia.
The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia, and Allied Families
Book — by Anderson, William Pope Anderson, 1874-1951 … 178 pages, published 1938 … can be read online but not downloaded.
The Maupin Family History
Book — by Sherman, Nellie Cadle (Watson) … 160 pages, published 1962 … The Maupin family with allied branches of Miller, Harris, Martin, Ballard, Michie, Dabney, White, Jarman, Mullins, McKenzie, Adkins, Waltrip, Jones, Neal, Hall, Rea families. Provides pre-U.S. arrival and post arrival settlement history.
The Rucker family genealogy, with their ancestors, descendants and connections
Book — by Wood, Sudie Rucker Wood, 1871- … 585 pages … by Sudie Rucker Wood (1871-), Publication date 1932, Publisher Richmond, VA, Old Dominion Press. Copyright not renewed as per Stanford database.
The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793
Book — by Chamberlayne; C. G. (Churchill Gibson) Chamberlayne … 429 pages — Archive.org: Digital free to read/download … Chamberlayne, C. G. (Churchill Gibson), 1876-1939; Virginia State Library.