Spotsylvania County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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General
As of November 2010, a query for individuals born in Spotsylvania, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 80,000 entries.

Spotsylvania County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 150 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Spotsylvania County families include:


 * Blakenbaker, John. Beyond Germanna. Chadds Ford, Pa.: J. Blankenbaker, 1989-2003..
 * Cerny, Johni and Gary J. Zimmerman. Before Germanna. 12 vols. Bountiful, Utah: American Geneal. Lending Library Publishers, 1990. [Discusses families of German immigrants who settled in Spotsylvania and Orange counties, Virginia.]
 * Felder, Paula S. Forgotten Companions: The First Settlers of Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburgh Town (with Notes on Early Land Use). Fredericksburg, Virginia: Historic Publications of Fredericksburg, 1982.
 * Holtzclaw, B.C. et al. Second Germanna Colony of 1717. Harrisonburg, Va.: Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, 1965..
 * Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia. http://www.germanna.org/

DNA
The Germanna DNA Project's goal is to collect DNA samples from descendants of the Germanna Colony settlers of 1714 and 1717. More than 200 samples have been collected. The following surnames are included:


 * Albrecht, Amberger, Ambergey, Amburger, Arnd, Aylor, Bach, Back, Baeumer, Ballenger, Barler, Barlow, Blankenbaker, Blankenbühler, Breuel, Breyhel, Briles, Brombach, Broyles, Brückmann, Bruhles, Button, Camper, Carpenter Castler, Christopher, Clore, Cobbler, Cook, Coons, Crim, Cuntze, Danner, Fischbach, Fishback, Fisher, Fleischmann, Fleshman, Friesenhagen, Gaar, Garr, Gessler, Grimm, Haeger, Häger, Hanback, Harnsberger, Hause, Hausmann, Heerensperger, Heide, Heimbach, Heite, Hengsteller, Hitt, Hoffman, Hoffmann, Hold, Holdinghaus, Holdt, Holt, Holtzclaw, Holtzklau, House, Huettenhen, Hüffenhardt, Huffman, Huttman, Jäger, Jung, Kabler, Käfer, Kaifer, Kastler, Kemper, Kercher, Kerker, Klaar, Koch, Koontz, Lang, Long, Majer, Martin, Maubars, Merckle, Merten, Michael, Miller, Motz, Moyer, Mueller, Nay, Noeh, Ockert, Öhler, Otterbach, Owell, Parlur, Paulitsch, Paulitz, Rausch, Rector, Reiner, Reinschmidt, Richter, Roup, Rouse, Sauter, Schilling, Schlucter, Schlücter, Schmidt, Schneider, Schöne, Sheible, Sheibley, Sieber, Smith, Snyder, Spade, Späth, Speilmann. Spielmann, Spilman, Tanner, Thoma, Thomas, Tomas, Uhl, Utterback, Utz, Volck, Volg, Wagenbachhof, Wayland, Wayman, Weaver, Weber, Weidmann, Weissgerber, Whitescarver, Wieland, Wilheit, Wilhoit, Willert, Woods, Yager, Yeager, Young, Yowell, Zimmerman, Zimmermann.


 * [Boswell] Descendant of James Boswell, b. c1737 of Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 164071). Genetic signature available online (labelled Haplogroup R1b), courtesy: The Boswell DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Boswell] Descendant of John Boswell, d. Spotsylvania County, Virginia 1700s. Y-DNA, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled B-7 on Patriarch page, signature not clearly identified, recommend contacting person listed on Patriarch page), courtesy: The Boswell DNA Project, World Families Network.
 * [Shepherd] Descendant of William Shepherd, resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, d. 1810. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 123338). Genetic signature available online, courtesy: The Shepard DNA Project, World Families Network.