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.

The Handley Regional Library in Winchester has collected many published family histories for local families.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Frederick County families include:


 * Amick, Daisy Dean. Daisy Amick Collection, 144 WFCHS: Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Wincester, VA. MSS., Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Va. Microfilmed 2005:.
 * Bly, Daniel W. From the Rhine to the Shenandoah: Eighteenth Century Swiss and German Pioneer Families in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and Their European Origins. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, c1993. (FHL is missing Vol. 2)
 * 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.]
 * Cather Company (Frederick County, Virginia). Clark Cather Records, 399 WFCHS: Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia. MSS., Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Va. Microfilmed 2005:.
 * 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, Mo.: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1995. [One of the most impressively researched one-place studies in the United States.]
 * Pollock, Michael E. and Lineage Search Associates. Frederick Findings. Mechanicsville, Va.: Lineage Search Associates, 1988-1997..