Digital Library of Books and Resources
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READ --- Anderson, William Pope Anderson, 1874-1951 VA Virginia
The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton & Elizabeth Waters of Virginia, and Allied Families (B19181)
Free / 178 pages, published 1938 ... can be read online but not downloaded.
READ --- Barnes, Robert and Catherine Barnes VA Virginia
Genealogies of Virginia Families from the William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. V., Families named Th-Y (B8395)
Paywall - Ancestry / 1020 pages, published 1982 as excerpts from William and Mary College Quarterly. Vol. V. for focus on families alphabetically named Thompson-Yates. Indexes and featured families published in William and Mary College Quarterly (WMQ) between 1892-1943 ... well indexed for WMQ collection of over 500 articles.
READ --- Bruce & Glover; Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover, 1895 VA Virginia
Early pre-1650 Virginia history (B38599)
Free / Early pre-1650 Virginia history; many names and original source documents: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 2, edited by Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover, 1895
READ --- Chamberlayne; C. G. (Churchill Gibson) Chamberlayne VA Gloucester
The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793 (B29047)
Free / 429 pages --- Archive.org: Digital free to read/download ... Chamberlayne, C. G. (Churchill Gibson), 1876-1939; Virginia State Library.
READ --- Chapman, Blanche Adams Chapman, 1938 VA Isle of Wight
Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800 (B10901)
Paywall - Ancestry / 387 pages. Excellent indexing of names; some 40 pages devoted just to the index. Reprinted 2003; Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company.
NOTE TO SELF: No Gfolks or K. Goodwins and Godwins. Hollands galore but no N.
READ --- Douglas, Rev. William Douglas VA Goochland
Goochland County, Virginia Marriages, Wills and various parish notes as kept from 1750-1797 (B23224)
Free / Searchable … Goochland County, Virginia … Marriages, Wills and various parish notes as kept from 1750-1797 as collected and kept by the Rev. William Douglas … an amazing 422 page book … these notes were inherited by a g-g-grandson and published in 1928 … good source of info for the many French Hugenot descendents of the region … there is a good index AND this book is fully searchable … // No GFolks
READ --- Ed Dittmer,1990 SC Laurens
Golding (c.1704-c.1782) of Orange County, Virginia, and Ninety Six District, South Carolina (B6519)
Free / Library / Commissioned research by Ed Dittmer (1990) for the Golding Family Association, which no longer exists. Ancestry of William Golding (c.1704-c.1782) of Orange County, Virginia, and Ninety Six District, South Carolina. A 1992 update was published to the 1990 study. ... PDF of book is in my files but this study is not known to be available as a download on the web.
READ --- Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry US USA
The Warrens and You (Warren Family History) (B16468)
Free HathiTrust / Research of Warren family members with earliest origin in the American South. Not all Warrens are related. 306 pages; Kansas City, MO: Brown-White-Lowell Press, 1958
READ --- Fleet, Beverly Fleet VA Northern Neck / Middle Peninsula
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. I, Accomack, Lancaster, Richmond, Northumberland, Westmoreland Counties, 833 pages (B14640)
Paywall - Ancestry / The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, Volume I, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1988.
READ --- Fleet; Beverly Fleet VA James River area
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. III, Charles City, Henrico, Lower Norfolk (Princess Anne), Washington and York Counties (B19957)
Paywall - Ancestry / 833 pages --- The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, Volume III, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1988.
READ --- Fox, Frank B. Fox US USA
Two Huguenot families: De Blois, Lucas (includes Chatillon) (B31158)
Free / 156 pages, published 1949 ... DeBlois (de Bloise) and Lucas families of France and New England. Some very interesting history on the Chatillon family back to 12th century. No presence of Gaudin, Godin and Michaux families in the book.
READ --- Green & Slaughter; Raleigh Travers Green and Philip Slaughter VA Culpeper
Genealogical and historical notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia (B38570)
Free / 352 pages by Green, Raleigh Travers, 1872-; Slaughter, Philip, 1808-1890. --- Archive.org ...
READ --- Gwathmey; John H. Gwathmey VA Virginia
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Alphabetical Register of Virginians (B20854)
Paywall - Ancestry / 885 pages --- Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1979 ...
READ --- Heflin, Blanche Doggett Heflin, 1985 VA Lancaster
Descendants of REV. BENJAMIN DOGGETT of Virginia (B34540)
Free / Published 1985. 170 pages. Begins with Richard Doggett of Groton, Suffolk, England, residing there 1526. Five generations later, Rev Benjamin Doggett baptized at Ipswich, England 28 Oct 1636 and passing at Lancaster County, Virginia in 1682; married at St. Mary le Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England on 21 Sept. 1664 to Mrs. Jane Garrard, so arrived in Virginia after 1664. ... Book has extensive index with many old Virginia families represented.
READ --- Huguenot Society of South Carolina SC South Carolina
Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina no.76 1971 (Michaux) (B3541)
Free / 152 pages, published 1971 ... includes notes on Michaux and many other families across the central southern Atlantic area. Book can be read online for free and individual pages downloaded for free.
READ --- Huguenot Society of South Carolina SC South Carolina
Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina v. 21 -26 (1915-1921) (B37379)
Free / Research through the year 1921 ... some amazing stuff but the version of the book available does not seem searchable nor is there an index. Research is not just limited to South Carolina families.
READ --- Hutton & Bott; Mary Louise M. Hutton; additions by Mrs. George L. Bott VA Virginia
Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, Vol. I, 1915-1975 (B7670)
Paywall - Ancestry / 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.
READ --- Jones, Lewis Hampton Jones VA Virginia
Captain Roger Jones, of London and Virginia Some of His Antecedents and Descendants (B2980)
Free / 442 pages, published 1891 ... Captain Roger Jones, of London and Virginia Some of His Antecedents and Descendants, including the families of BATHURST, BELFIELD, BROWNING, CARTER, CATESBY, COCKE, GRAHAM, FAUNTLEROY, HICKMAN, HOSKINS, LATANE, LEWIS, MERIWETHER, SKELTON, WALKER, WARING, WOODFORD, AND OTHERS.
READ --- Marshall, website curator Mike Marshall VA Northern Neck
Early British Colonial Settlers [pre 1776] of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties (B37470)
Free / Early British Colonial Settlers [pre 1776] of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties … NOTE TO SELF: GFolks and Keelings
READ --- Mary Rawlings VA Albemarle
The Albemarle of Other Days (B38598)
Free / Published 1925, 146 pages ... Albemarle County Virginia History ... book begins with pre-settlement and notes on the early settlement.
READ --- National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia, 1897 VA Middlesex
Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, VA from 1653 to 1812 (B17398)
Free / 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.
READ --- Norfleet, Fillmore Norfleet, 1963 VA Suffolk
Bible Records of Suffolk and Nansemond County Virginia, Together With Other Statistical Data (B23771)
Free / Published 1963. 236 pages. This book by Fillmore Norfleet is about as comprehensive as it gets in research of the Norfleet family.
READ --- Revill, Janie Revill SC South Carolina
A compilation of the original lists of the Protestant immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773 (B5790)
Free / 163 pages, published 1939 ... 4000 families listed ... freely accessible versions of this book are available from various sources. Published at Columbia, S.C., The State company, 1939 ... can also be found online at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48270/images/ProtestantImmigrantsSC-007017-1
READ --- Sherman, Nellie Cadle (Watson) VA Virginia
The Maupin Family History (B37093)
Free / 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.
READ --- Snow, Helen Foster Snow VA Virginia
The Dameron-Damron genealogy; the descendants of Lawrence Dameron of Virginia, with notes on the related Northumberland county families (B4615)
Free / 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.
READ --- Tepper; Michael Tepper, 1980 US USA
Passengers to America, Emigrants from England (B15148)
Paywall - Ancestry / 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.
READ --- Unknown US USA
United States, Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 (B32371)
Free - Family Search / This collection consists of images of index cards of Confederate officers acquired from the 'Military Order of the Stars and Bars' ... also available on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61982/
READ --- US Census Bureau VA Albemarle
Albemarle County Census, 1783 (B13150)
Free-US Census Bureau / Albemarle's 1783 census starts on page 80. More info about Virginia's pre-1790 census can be found here: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/386611?availability=Family%20History%20Library ...
READ --- Various Authors VA Goochland
Goochland Books indexed on Google (B24035)
Free and Paywall / Various books via Google search; many are free to read and/or download. GFolks research priority area for 1700s. ... All of the free or digitally readable books will be eventually added to this book index.
READ --- Vaughan; Arnetta Goddin Vaughan VA Family Genealogy
Goddin Family Genealogy (B27616)
Paywall - Ancestry / 85 pages --- Publisher A. H. Goddin, 1952. Details English history and arrival in Virginia in 1600s ... NOTES TO SELF: related to Godwin; no indication of kin to Goaldner or Golden; James City, Virginia ...
READ --- W. H. Miller VA Virginia
History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown (illustrated) (B10205)
Free / Book available for download as PDF ... Rich with pre-1750 and 1600s Virginia families ... full name of the book is informative as to featured surnames: History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown (illustrated) : with interspersions of notes of the families of Dabney, Reid, Martin, Broaddus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Browning, Duncan, Yancey, and others
READ --- Warren, Rev Thomas Warren US USA
A History and Genealogy of the Warren Family in Normandy, Great Britain and Ireland, France, Holland, Tuscany, United States of America, Etc. (A.D. 912-1902) With Numerous Pedigrees (B7274)
Free / >> No index of surnames but searchable. Be fonetikally open-minded. Warren can also be found as Wareyn; other surnames enjoy similar creativity. 404 pages. Full book downloadable as PDF ... This Warren Genealogy takes a broad perspective in time and place(s) in researching Warrens and intermarried families. Various Warren lines represented. Excellent research starting point and FREE to download. Published 1902 by the Reverend Thomas Warren of Ireland.
READ --- Wilkinson; Marcellus McEwin Wilkinson, 1949 US Family Genealogy
Wilkinson and kindred families Genealogy (B3456)
Paywall - Ancestry / 547 pages -- well indexed.
READ --- William and Mary College Quarterly VA Virginia
Virginia Land Records (B33883)
Paywall - Ancestry / 897 pages --- Source: Virginia Land Records, excerpted and reprinted from The Virginia Magazine of History and Beiography, the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine and Tyler’s Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine with notes by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1982. ... NOTE TO SELF: Reviewed entries for John Goddin (pg128, 1658), Edward Goulding (pg 658, 1654), Stanley and Francis Goar (pg 303, 1712)
READ --- Winslow, Mrs Watson Winslow NC Perquimans
History of Perquimans County (B6034)
Paywall - Ancestry / 520 pages, published 1974 ... Table of Contents lists families highlighted within the book. Contains good solid history of families and the region itself.
READ --- Woods, Rev. Edgar Woods VA Albemarle
Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of what it was by Nature, of what it was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men who Made it (B1697)
Free - Google Books / 422 pages, 1901. Free to read! on Google Books … This book was reprinted in 1982 and you can still buy on Amazon or ebay. 1982 is an exact reprint of 1901’s book. Both the print and digital have a nearly useless index. HOWEVER, the free ebook is fully searchable … Note to self: No GFolks in book, but other families of interest (Dabney et al).