Frederick 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 Frederick, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 160,000 entries.

Frederick County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 300 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Frederick County families include:


 * Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia (Illustrated) from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick. n.p.: n.p., c1909. 975.59 H2c 1963;  1000634 Item 1; digital versions at Ancestry ($); Family History Archives and World Vital Records ($). [3 copies at FHL.]
 * Garner, Grace Kelso. Earliest Settlers, Western Frederick-Eastern Hampshire Counties in Virginia, Their Descendants. 1978.
 * O'Dell, Cecil. Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. [One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States.]