Virginia Biography

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 * McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007.) {{FHL|1384461|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 D36m) Purchase at Genealogical.com. For information about Virginia's earliest colonists, McCartney's work is a great place to start:


 * True, Ransom B., ed. Biographical Dictionary of Early Virginia, 1607-1660. (Richmond, Virginia: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1982.) {{FHL|392288|item|disp=FHL fiche 6332718 (first of 22)}} Includes more than 100,000 entries with references to 30,000 people who are mentioned in Virginia wills, deeds , court orders, histories, and Virginia Company records. A supplemental Guide (Family History Library {{FHL|392288|item|disp=FHL film 1750757 item 2; book 975.5 D3bd 1985}} contains an explanation of the dictionary and a listing of the sources with their codes.An excellent list of early Virginians.


 * Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities 204 West Franklin Street Richmond, Virginia 23220-5012 Phone: 804-648-1889 Fax: 804-775-0802


 * Wardell, P.G. Timesaving Aid to Virginia-West Virginia Ancestors: A Genealogical Index of Surnames from Published Sources. Two Volumes. (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing, 1985.) {{FHL|510207|item|disp=FHL book 975 D22w}}An index to biographical sketches in several hundred local histories and genealogies.

Other important biographical sources are:


 * Brock, Robert Alonzo. Virginia and Virginians. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. (Family History Library film {{FHL|240108|title-id|disp=897042 items 2-3}}.) An index is on Family History Library fiche {{FHL|437234|title-id|disp=6048346-47}}. Lists five to ten prominent citizens from each county with early governors and generals.
 * Foote, William Henry. Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William S. Martien, 1850-56. (Family History Library book {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f}}; Volume 1 on film {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=1000631}}; Volume 2 on film {{FHL|383012|title-id|disp=1598334 item 27}}.) Presbyterian history, ministers, and families. Volume one is indexed in An Index to Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographicalby William Henry Foot (Richmond, Virginia: The Library, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1966; Family History Library book {{FHL|520891|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f index).}}
 * Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Five Volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publication, 1915. {{FHL|68071|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 D3tl; FHL Film 1000632}}; digital versions of Vols. 1-2 at Ancestry ($); Vol. 1 at Google Books and Internet Archive; Vol. 2 at Internet Archive and Google Books; Vol. 3 at Google Books and Internet Archive; Vol. 4 at Google Books and Internet Archive; Vol. 5 at Internet Archive. Includes multi-generation family histories.

The Family History Library also has:


 * French, S. Bassett. Biographical Sketches [of Virginia]. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1949? (Family History Library films {{FHL|365067|title-id|disp=029664-67}}) Contains brief handwritten sketches of persons born from the 1700s to 1800s, sometimes with birth and death dates.

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