Amelia County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Amelia, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 64,000 entries.


 * Amelia County Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Amelia County, Virginia Surnames (Linkpendium) contains links to more than 125 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.
 * Hardesty, H.H. et al. Amherst County Families and History: Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia. Wytheville, Va.: J. Presgraves, 1995..
 * Heinegg, Paul. Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware. 2005-present. - free online book. Ashby, Blake, Brannum, Byrd, Chandler, Chavis, Church, Faggott, Flood, Freeman, Gallimore, Gibson, Harris, Howell, Jackson, Kenney, Lawrence, Moss, Pettiford, Pierce, Richardson, Rowe, Silva, Silver, Toney, and Valentine families of pre-1820 Amelia County, Virginia.
 * 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. [Pritchett's book contains compiled genealogies of multiple Amelia County families. Includes a great deal of information about residents of Amelia County; see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Rice, Horace R. The Buffalo Ridge Cherokee: A Remnant of a Great Nation Divided. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, c1995..
 * 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, c1992..