Isle of Wight County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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 * See also the main article on genealogical research in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

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 Isle of Wight, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 120,000 entries.


 * Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records. Chicago: Chicago Law Print. Co., 1938. Available at [3 copies]; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and BYU Family History Archives. [Includes chapters on the following families: Bennett, Boddie, Brewer, Bridger, Davis, Exum, Godwin, Lawrence, Newman, and Pitt.]
 * Chapman, Blanche Adams and Isle of Wight County Library (Virginia). Smithfield Branch. Chapman Collection of Virginia Family Names, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, 1635-1814. MSS., Blanche Adams Chapman Collection, Smithfield Branch, Isle of Wight County Library, at Smithfield, Virginia; also available at.
 * Gwaltney, Anne W. Personal History Departments of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia from Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Special Virginia Edition, c. 1884. [Virginia? : s.n., 1884?]. Available at.