Botetourt 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

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

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

General
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Botetourt, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 80,000 entries.

The Virginia Room at the Roanoke Public Library includes Surname Files. A list of families in this collection is available at the library's website.

Botetourt County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 275 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

The Katherine Bushman Papers, 1961-1997 at the Library of Virginia include files about Botetourt County families.

Compiled genealogies treating multiple families in this county include:


 * Burton, Charles T. Botetourt County, Virginia, Early Settlers: From the Earliest Times through 1795, in the Area that was Botetourt County in 1782, Covers Parts of Present-day Counties of Montgomery, Bath, Giles, Floyd, Alleghany, Roanoke, Craig and Monroe. Troutville, Va.: [Burton?, 1979?]. 6015637 - 6015638