Montgomery 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 Montgomery, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 100,000 entries.

Montgomery County, Virginia Surnames (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 175 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.

Compiled genealogies that treat multiple Montgomery County families include:


 * Allison, Elizabeth Kelly. Early Southwest Virginia Families: Families of Kelly, Smyth, Buchanan, Clark and Related Families of Edmonson, Keys, Beattie, Ryburn, McDonald. Auburn, Ala., 1960.
 * Heavener, Ulysses S.A. German New River Settlement: Virginia. 1929; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976..

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Sumner County residents. FamilySearch has not independently verified the lineages of individuals who were tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of Dance Brown, b. abt 1776/1777 Virginia, d. 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 96783). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 57), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.