Lunenburg County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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Message Boards

 * Lunenburg County, VA Genealogy Forum, courtesy: GenForum. (600+ messages)
 * Lunenburg - Family History &amp; Genealogy Message Board, courtesy: Ancestry. (700+ messages)
 * Lunenburg County, Virginia Mailing List, courtesy: RootsWeb.
 * Southside Virginia Mailing List, courtesy: RootsWeb.

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


 * [Brown] Descendant of Hezekiah Brown, b. abt 1759 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 28886). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 10), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.
 * [Brown] Descendant of Thomas Brown, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia in mid-1700s. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 215317). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 26), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.
 * [Doss] Multiple descendants of Zachariah Doss, b. c1720, resident Lunenburg County, Virginia 1740s, d. prob. Bedford County, Virginia after 1770s. Y-DNA 12, 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 42781, 49305); also SMGF. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Haplotype I," Jh-1, Jh-2, Jh-3), courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families Network. [Several DNA matches have been established with Doss families in Amelia, Bedford, Buckingham, Essex, Goochland, Henrico, Middlesex, and Pittsylvania counties.]
 * [Gunn] Multiple descendants of Daniel Gunn, d. 1798 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 49235, 57912). Genetic signature available online (labelled "Lineage II," G-14, G-16), courtesy: The Gunn DNA Project, World Families Network. [Several DNA matches have been established with Gunn families resident in Amelia, Brunswick, New Kent, and Nottoway counties.]
 * [Law] Descendant of John Birdell Law, b. c1722, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Law Lineage I," L-36), courtesy: The Law DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [McDaniel] Descendant of James McDaniel, b. c1717, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Stokes Lineage Group 2," M-1), courtesy: The Stokes DNA Project, World Families Network. [This family's DNA matches the DNA of Stokes families in Southside Virginia and the Carolinas.]
 * [Parsons] Descendant of Thomas Parsons, b. 1746, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled "Haplogroup R1b - Not yet assigned to a Lineage," P-18), courtesy: The Parsons DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Russell] Descendant of Richard Thornton Russell, b. 1836 Lunenburg County, Virginia, d. 1881 Livingston County, Missouri. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 104810). Genetic signature available online (labelled "Haplogroup R1b - Lineage V," R-68), courtesy: The Russell DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Russell] Descendant of William Russell, b. c1730, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia, d. Kentucky. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 112160). Genetic signature available online (labelled "Haplogroup R1b - Lineage V," R-76), courtesy: The Russell DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Stokes] Multiple descendants of David Stokes, resident of Lunenburg County, Virginia, d. c1784. Y-DNA Marker 67 Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Stokes Lineage Group 2," S-9, S-33), courtesy: The Stokes DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Stokes] Multiple descendants of David Stokes, d. 1769/1770 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 and 37 Marker Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Stokes Lineage Group 1," S-13, S-21, S-25), courtesy: The Stokes DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Stokes] Multiple descendants of Young Stokes, b. c1707, d. 1794 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 12, 37, and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA. Genetic signatures available online (labelled "Stokes Lineage Group 1," S-11, S-13, S-25, S-27), courtesy: The Stokes DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Tate] Descendant of Jessee Tate, b. 1745 Lunenburg County, Virginia. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit N47281). Genetic signatures available online (labelled "R1b1b2 Lineage 2," T-14), courtesy: The Tate DNA Project, World Families Network.

General Resources
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Lunenburg, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 60,000 entries.

Lunenburg County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 125 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Lunenburg County families include:


 * The Heritage of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1743-2009. Waynesville, N.C.: County Heritage, Inc.; Southside Virginia Genealogical Society, 2009. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * 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 a great deal of information about residents of Lunenburg County, see discussion of cited sources.] CD-ROM no. 3887]. Purchase at Virginians.com.