Orange 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]

General
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Orange, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 125,000 entries.

The Orange County Historical Society houses more than 1,300 files with information on historical topics, including families.

Orange County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 200 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Orange County families include:


 * Brockman, William Everett. Orange County (Va.) Families. 4 vols. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Pub. Co., 1949-1965. Available at . Volume two reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1959):92; volume three reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1960):88; volume four reviewed in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1966):85-86. Reviews available at ; digital version at American Ancestors($).
 * Cerny, Johni and Gary J. Zimmerman. Before Germanna. 12 vols. Bountiful, Utah: American Geneal. Lending Library Publishers, 1990. Available at . [Discusses families of German immigrants who settled in Spotsylvania and Orange counties, Virginia.]
 * Davidson, David Nathaniel. Several Famous Families of Orange County, Virginia; Genealogical Charts of Several Famous Orange County Families. Orange, Va., 1934. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. et al. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1964..
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. Second Germanna Colony of 1717. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, 1965..
 * Memorial Foundation of the Germann Colonies in Virginia. http://www.germanna.org/
 * Memorial Foundation of the Germann Colonies in Virginia. Germanna Heritage Book. Culpeper, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 2000..
 * Memorial Foundation of the Germann Colonies in Virginia. Newsletter (Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia). Newsletter. Harrisburg, Va.: The Foundation, [1956?]-1993..
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. A Digest of Family Relationships. 4 vols. McLean, Va.: Antient Press, 1990-. ff.
 * Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Pamunkey Neighbors of Orange County, Virginia: Lindsay, Mills, Montague, Stevens, and Related Families and Neighbors. 2 vols. and supplement. Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1985. Available at . 1994 supplements by Lauretta Trickey Corkill, Eldon Corkill, Ruth Trickey Sparacio, and Sam Sparacio also available at.