Tazewell County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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 * [Asbury] Holtzclaw, B.C. "Asbury of Westmoreland County, Virginia," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul. 1967):55-65; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Oct. 1967):77-87; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jan. 1968):10-26. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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 * [Bailey] Howe, Mary Ellen. Richard Bailey of Chesterfield and Tazewell Counties, Virginia and His Descendants. 2 vols. Springfield, Va.: M.E. Howe, 1984-2003..
 * [Bailey] Beers, Donna. James and Lucy Simms Gay Bailey of Tazewell Co., VA. Warrensburg, Missouri: Donna Beers, 1998. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;
 * [Baldwin] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Ballew] Walton, Violet Ann Ballew. William Ballew: His Ancestors and Descendants. Woods Cross, Utah: Robert Torkelson, 1972. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Baker] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Ball] Ball, Walter V. "The Life and Times of Benjamin Ball of Tazewell County, VA," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 17 (Oct. 1980):31-36. . Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Ball] Leslie, Louise. "The Hurts, Active Tazewell Leaders," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar. 2009):6-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Bandy] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Barns] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Bowen] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Bowen] Pace, Gennie Yates. "Nancy Bowen Ward, about 1825-1880: Wife of Robert Francis Hardgrave," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2 (June 2010):3-5. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Bowling] "Who Is This Benjamin Bowling?," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec. 2007):87-102..
 * [Bratten] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brewster] Hatcher, Thomas C. "The Brewster (Bruster) Families of Tazewell and McDowell counties," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Mar. 1998):9-14. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brewster] Hatcher, Thomas C. "The Bruster (Brewster) Families of Tazewell and McDowell counties," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Mar. 2004):14-17. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brown] Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Print. Co., 1978. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Brown] Brown, Richard Allen. "Richard Allen Brown, Jr. Family," Buchanan County Times Past, No. 5 (Winter 2000):3-4. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Brown] Cook, Bonnie Turner. Brown Families of the Virginias: Descendants of James Brown Sr. and Esther Goff Brown of Tazewell County Virginia. Cape Coral, Florida: B.T. Cook, 2005.
 * [Burke] Hoge, James M. "The Case," Tazewell County Historical Society. Its Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):6-13; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):8-10. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Carter] Hatcher, Thomas C. "The Carter Family of Springville, Tazewell County, Virginia," Tazewell County Historical Society. Its Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Mar. 1994):7-13; Vol. 7, No. 2 (Jun. 1994):13-22. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Cecil] Ball, Walter V. "Cecil Information," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr. 1981):32..
 * [Chapman] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Christian] Christian, James. "Jackson Riley Christian Descendants," Buchanan County Times Past, No. 2 (Summer 1999):4-6. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Colvard] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Compton] Llamas, Judith King. John and Rebecca Compton, Pioneer Settlers of Tazewell County, Virginia: This Text Has Been Compiled to Commemorate the Family Reunion of the Descendants of Cornelius Moses and Ora Kathrine Johnson Compton, Held in Princeton, West Virginia, on July 31, 1993. Mt. Dora, Florida: J.K. Llamas, 1993.
 * [Copenhaver] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Cordell] Dillard, Mabel Osborne. "Malachi Chapel Osborne," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 2008):8. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Coulling] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Crockett] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).

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 * [Dickson] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Dunbar] Harman, John Newton. Harman Genealogy (Southern Branch): With Biographical Sketches, 1700-1924. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Duncan] Dobson, Mary Ann Duncan. Duncan Research Files of Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson. MSS. 1975-1999. Includes Tazewell County Duncans.

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 * [Evans] Albert, Ethel Evans. Southwest Virginia Kin. 2 vols. Kingsport, Tenn.: 1977.

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 * [Faw] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Ganey] Rouse, Helen Elizabeth Girvin. "William Webb, Teacher: First English School in Washington County, Virginia," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):83-89.
 * [Gillespie] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Gillespie] Ferguson, Elsie. "Thomas Ferguson Family," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1986):146.
 * [Goodwin] Goodwin, John S. The Goodwin Families in America. Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1897. 1969 reprint: 1990s supplement:
 * [Goodwin] "Appendix H: The Goodwins of Botetourt and Tazewell Counties, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1897):91-99. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] "Appendix F: The Goodwins of Botetourt and Tazewell Counties, Va," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct. 1899):17-18. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * [Goodwin] Bates, Edward Bryant. Brief History of the Goodwin Family of Augusta, Botetout and Tazewell and Tazewell Counties of Virginia. Bass Lake, California: E. Bates, [198-].
 * [Gose] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Gose] Veverka, Wilma. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Gose and Murphy Families. 1968. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Graham] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Graham] Graham, Sam Dixon. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Graham Family of Southwestern Virginia (Primarily Lee, Wise, and Tazewell Counties) and the O'Neill Family of Albemarle County, Va. Donated 2008. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Graham] Leslie, Louise. "The Hurts, Active Tazewell Leaders," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar. 2009):6-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Graybeal] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Greever] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).

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 * [Hankins] Harman, John Newton. Harman Genealogy (Southern Branch): With Biographical Sketches, 1700-1924. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Hankins] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Hardgrave] Pace, Gennie Yates. "Nancy Bowen Ward, about 1825-1880: Wife of Robert Francis Hardgrave," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2 (June 2010):3-5. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Harman] Harman, John Newton. Harman Genealogy (Southern Branch): With Biographical Sketches, 1700-1924. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Harman] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Harman] Nuckols, Ashley Kay. The Harman-Harmon Family Marriage Records 1800-1993: Tazewell County, Virginia. A.K. Nuckols, 1995.
 * [Henderson] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Higginbotham] Peery, Joseph S. "Higginbotham Genealogy," The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1916):189-201. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Higginbotham] Sweeny, William Montgomery. "Higginbotham Family of Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jan. 1918):205-213; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr. 1918):265-274; Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jul. 1918):45-56; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Oct. 1918):123-129; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Apr. 1919):294-298. Digital versions at JSTOR ($).
 * [Higginbotham] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Holmes] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Hopkins] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Hurt] Leslie, Louise. "The Hurts, Active Tazewell Leaders," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar. 2009):6-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Ingles] Hoge, James M. "The Case," Tazewell County Historical Society. Its Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):6-13; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):8-10. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Justice] Craig, Peter S. The Swedish Ancestry of Moses Justus of Schuyler County, Illinois. Rushville, Ill.: Schuyler County Genealogical Society, 1990..

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 * [Key] Key, Marcus M. and Sue B. Senter. "The Three Families of George Key of Louisa, Bedford, and Henry Counties, Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):159-163. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.

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 * [Laird] Harman, John Newton. Harman Genealogy (Southern Branch): With Biographical Sketches, 1700-1924. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [Lambert] Farthing, Eunice Covey York. Farthing-Lambert and Related Lines. 2005. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Linkous] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Litz] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Litz] Lower, Samuel S. Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880), Burke's Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, and Wife, Sarah Gose (1805-1860): Ancestors, Descendants and History. Plain City, Utah: S.S. Lower, 1996.
 * [Litz] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Lockhart] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Locke] Tiller, Linda Locke, Ardith H. Johnson, Jeanne R. Stanis, and Stella Locke. "Locke Families of Southwest Virginia," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1978):25-33..
 * [Lowder] Hurley, William Neal. Lowder Families in America. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1996.

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 * [McGuire] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [McGuire] Reynolds, William Wayne. "Notes on the Parentage of Rev. William McGuire (ca. 1785-1862) of Tazewell County, Virginia," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2 (June 2010):7-10; Vol. 23, No. 3 (Sep. 2010):4-8. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Martin] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Matney] Key, Janell Susan, Flossie Mae Loch, and Elsie Susan Jane Matney Sheldon Stowe. The Matney Family Genealogy: Descendants of Elisha McDaniel and Sarah Jane (Beagle) Matney: Settlers to Wyanotte County, Kansas from Tazewell County, Virginia. 1983.
 * [Maxwell] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Maxwell] Bertram, Cora Whitley. "Legal Records as Proof of Descent from James Maxwell of Tazewell," Tazewell County Historical Society, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):20-21. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [May] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Mays] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Moore] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Moore] "Moore Family Connections," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 14, No. 2 (June 2001):7-8. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Moss] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Murphy] Veverka, Wilma. Genealogical Notes Concerning the Gose and Murphy Families. 1968. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Neal] "In the Heart of Gratton ...," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Dec. 2009):2-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Neel] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Osborne] Dillard, Mabel Osborne. "Malachi Chapel Osborne," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 2008):8. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Patton] Hoge, James M. "The Case," Tazewell County Historical Society. Its Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):6-13; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar. 1997):8-10. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Pearman] Pearman, Jean R. The Melting Pot, Pearman-Stevenson with Hampton, Penhollow, Richardson, Troyer and Other Related Families. Tallahassee, Fla.: J.R. Pearman, 1983..
 * [Peery] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Peery] Nuckols, Ashley Kay. Marriage Records 1800-1993 of the Peery/Perry Families: Taken from the Tazewell County, Va. Circuit Court Records. 2001?.
 * [Peery] Nuckols, Ashley Kay. "D.H. Peery, Outstanding Life," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep. 2005):13-16. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Perry] Neel, William Trent. The Neel-Dickson Genealogy. ca. 1945. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Ratcliffe] See White.
 * [Reed] Halstead, Juanita Sigmon. "Reed and Related Families of Tazewell Co., Va. and McDowell Co., WV," Tazewell County Historical Society. Its Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):4-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Sloan] Sloan, Harry (b. 1805). Commonplace Book, 1848-1887. MSS. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Sparks] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Spratt] Buchanan, Paul C. "The Spratt Family of Southwest Virginia Prior to 1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):297-305. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Steele] See White.
 * [Stras] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).

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 * [Tarter] Leslie, Louise. "The Hurts, Active Tazewell Leaders," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar. 2009):6-7. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Terry] Farthing, Eunice Covey York.Farthing-Lambert and Related Lines. 2005. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Thompson] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Thompson] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections: A Genealogical History of the Thompson - Ward Families from Tazewell County and Wythe County, Virginia: With Histories and Supplemental Material Concerning the Direct-line Ancestors of the Compiler of this Work. Roy, Utah: J.B. Anderson, 1983.
 * [Totten] Dillon, Anna Mary Totten. The John Totten Family of Early Tazewell County, Virginia (McDowell County, W. Va.) and Descendants 1774 - 1986. Columbus, Ohio: A.M.T. Dillon, 1986.
 * [Totten] Dillon, Anna Mary Totten. Errara and Additional Totten Families of the John Totten Family of Early Tazewell Co., Va. (McDowell Co., W. Va.) and Descendants, 1774-1986. [Columbus, Ohio]: A.M.T. Dillon, [1990?].

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 * [Wallace] Witt, Dorothy Hall. Our Wallace Heritage.
 * [Ward] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Ward] Anderson, Judy B. Virginia Connections: A Genealogical History of the Thompson - Ward Families from Tazewell County and Wythe County, Virginia: With Histories and Supplemental Material Concerning the Direct-line Ancestors of the Compiler of this Work. Roy, Utah: J.B. Anderson, 1983.
 * [Ward] King, Alice B. "John Ward Son of James the Elder," Bulletin of the Watauga Association of Genealogists, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1986):56-60.
 * [Ward] Pace, Gennie Yates. "Nancy Bowen Ward, about 1825-1880: Wife of Robert Francis Hardgrave," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 23, No. 2 (June 2010):3-5. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Webb] Rouse, Helen Elizabeth Girvin. "William Webb, Teacher: First English School in Washington County, Virginia," The Kentucky Genealogist, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1963):83-89.
 * [White] Hockett, Jack. White, Ratcliffe (Ratcliff, Ratliff, Ratliffe) & Some Related Families: Mentions in Tazewell County, Virginia (TVC) Order Books 1801-1840. St. Davids, Pennsylvania: J. Hackett, 1995. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library;
 * [Whitley] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Whitt] Boddy, Athea Whitt. "The Hezekiah Whitt Home," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 3, No. 16 (August 1980):3, 42..
 * [Whitt] Tracy, Beverly. "Hezekiah Whitt, Soldier in the Revolution," Tazewell County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep. 2005):7-8. Available at Virginia Historical Society.
 * [Williams] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Witten] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Witten] Crossley, Kenneth V. "Family of Thomas Witten of Southwest Virginia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):28-31. Digital version at Ancestry ($);.
 * [Wohlford] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Wynne] Whitman, Frances H. The Wynne Family of Tazewell County, Virginia. 1956. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; . Available at Virginia Historical Society.

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 * [Yost] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).
 * [Young] See Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, From 1800 to 1922 (1925) in General Section. Available online ($).

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