Amherst County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Message Boards

 * Amherst County, VA Genealogy Forum, courtesy: GenForum.
 * Amherst - Family History &amp; Genealogy Message Board, courtesy: Ancestry.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Amherst County, Virginia residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified their lineages.

General
As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Amherst, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 94,000 entries.

Amherst County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 100 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies covering multiple Amherst County families include:


 * Hardesty, H.H., James S. Presgraves, Jay Cregger, and Diane Neeley. Amherst County Families and History: Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia. Wytheville, Va.: J. Presgraves, 1995.
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Includes information about residents of Amherst County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Seaman, Catherine Hawes Coleman. Tuckahoes and Cohees: The Settlers and Cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties 1607-1807. Sweet Brier, Va.: Sweet Briar College Printing Press, 1992.