Westmoreland County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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As of November 2010, a query for persons born in Westmoreland, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 100,000 entries.

Westmoreland County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 130 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Westmoreland County families include:


 * Davis, Virginia Lee Hutcheson. Tidewater Virginia Families: A Magazine of History and Genealogy. Urbanna, Va.: V.L.H. Davis, 1992-2004. 975.51 D25t
 * Donnelly, Mary Louise. More Colonial Families of Maryland: Pioneers of Westmoreland County, Virginia and Kentucky. Ennis, Texas: M.L. Donnelly, 2003. 975.524 P28dm
 * Green, C. Sylvester. Greens from Westmoreland County, Virginia: With Sketches and Index of Interrelated Families, Especially Spilman, Hudson, Barham, Owen, Chaplin, Perkins, Short, Reese, and Howell. Greenville, N.C.: Green, 1975. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * Wright, Holly G. and F. Edward Wright. Colonial Families of the Northern Neck of Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, De.: Colonial Roots, 2005-2007. 975.52 D2w v. 1-v. 3.


 * Contents: v. 1. Abbington, Allerton, Allison, Ashton, Berryman, Blundall, Blundell, Bonam, Bowcock, Brinnon, Carr, Cash, Cox, Crabb, Davis, Davies, Downing, Dunkan, Earle, Elliott, English, Field, Ford, Frank, Garland, Garner, Gray, Harness, Harrison, Hasselrigg, Hazelrigg, Hasleridge, Higgins, Hobson, Hornbuckle, Hudson, Vickers, Vickars, Vicars, Lancelot, Lane, McCarty, Markham, Marmaduke, Middleton, Minor, Moore, Mothershead, Moxley, Muse, Mewes, Newton, Omohundro, Amanundro, Peyton, Payton, Paten, Quisenberry, Cusenberry, Quisenbury, Rice, Roe, Rosier, Rozier, Rust, Shropshire, Sutton, Veale, Wellington, and Wigginton families -- v. 2. Arrington, Asbury, Atwell, Birket, Edwards, Eskridge, Field, Foster, Gower, Hardige, Hardwick, Haynie, Higdon, Hull, Jenkins, Kirk, Lovell, Pratt, Price, Sanford, Self, Settle, Suttle, Sorrell, Spence, Spencer, Strother, Sturman, Underwood, Wickliff, Wroe, Youell, Ewell families -- v. 3. Awbrey, Baldridge, Beard, Blagg, Butler, Fowke, Lord, Manly, Meador, Mottrom/Mottram, Pierce, Simmons, Speke, Vaulx, Watt/Watts aka Watkins, Weedon, Wright families.


 * Wills, Anita L. Pieces of the Quilt: The Mosaic of an African American Family. Charleston, S.C.: Booksurge, 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

The Family Group Sheets section of Westmoreland County, Virginia Genealogy Repository (USGenWeb) links to information on many local families.

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