Wise County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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General
As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Wise, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 60,000 entries.

Wise County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 25 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Wise County families include:


 * Adams, James Taylor (1892-1954). James Taylor Adams Collection. MSS., Cooke-Wyllie Library, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Va.; microfilmed reproduction available: [Adams collected material for a history of the first settlers of Wise County, Virginia.]
 * Heritage Book Committee and Wise County Historical Society. The Heritage of Wise County and the City of Norton. 2 vols. [Wise, Virginia?]: Wise County Historical Society (Va.), c1993, 2001.
 * Laningham, Anne Wynn and Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales. Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties. 2 vols. Greensboro, North Carolina: Media, Inc., 1977.
 * Lockwood, Frances B. and Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales. Annotations, Corrections and Additions to Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties. 1978. [Includes Wise County families.]