Henrico County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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General
If you're studying the earliest settlers of Henrico County, Virginia, McCartney's book is a great place to start:


 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007. ; publisher's bookstore: Genealogical.com.

As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Henrico, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 240,000 entries.

Henrico County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 500 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Other multi-family studies of Henrico County residents include:


 * Brock, R.A., ed. Documents, Chiefly Unpublished, Relating to the Huguenot Emigration to Virginia and to the Settlement at Manakin-Town, with an Appendix of Genealogies Presenting Data of the Fontaine, Maury, Dupuy, Trabue, Marye, Chastain, Cocke, and Other Families. 1886; reprint, Baltimore, Md., 1973. . Digital versions at Internet Archive; The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia; New River Notes; World Vital Records ($).
 * Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches. 3 vols. Richmond, Virginia: L.P.H. Foley; Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1974-c1990. Available at . [Volume 1 includes Henrico County.]
 * Jourdan, Elise Greenup. Early Settlers of Tidewater Virginia. 3 vols. Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2005-2007. Available at . [Volume 1 covers the following Henrico County families: Akin, Archer, Ashbrook, Babbicom, Parker, Milner, Batte, Branch, Burton, Cocke, Ligon, Lound, Pleasants, Woodson.]
 * 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 Henrico County, see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Robertson, Wyndham. Pocahontas: alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants Through Her Marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman; Including the Names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Boling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Whittle, and Others With Biographical Sketches. Richmond, Va.: J.W. Randolph &amp; English, 1887. Available in several editions at ; digital version of original edition at Google Books.