Spotsylvania County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

United States   Virginia    Virginia Genealogy   Spotsylvania County    Genealogy

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 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.