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| === Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy Message Boards === | | === Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy Message Boards === |
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| === Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy General Resources ===
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| As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Amherst+Virginia&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Amherst, Virginia] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 94,000 entries.
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| [http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/VA/Amherst/sur/ Amherst County, Virginia Surnames] (courtesy: Linkpendium) contains links to more than 100 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.<br>
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| Compiled genealogies covering multiple Amherst County families include:<br>
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| *Hardesty, H.H., James S. Presgraves, Jay Cregger, and Diane Neeley. ''Amherst County Families and History: Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia''. Wytheville, Va.: J. Presgraves, 1995. {{FHL|1199602|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5496 D2h}}<br>
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| *Heinegg, Paul. ''Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware.'' 2005-present. - [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia_NC.htm free online book]. Ailstock, Ampey, Arnold, Beverly, Brannum, Clark, Coy, Evans, Ferrar, Fields, Fortune, Hailstock, Hartless, Humbles, Jackson, Jenkins, Johns, Key, Lansford, Lantor, Mallory, Mason, Peters, Pinn, Redcross, Sneed, Thomas, Valentine, and Viers families of pre-1820 Amherst County, Virginia.
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| *Pritchett, John W. ''Southside Virginia Genealogies''. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. [http://virginians.com/index/index_f.htm Free online index], courtesy: [http://virginians.com/ Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett]. [Includes information about residents of Amherst County, see [http://virginians.com/sources/sources_f.htm discussion of cited sources].] {{FHL|1376005|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1273955415140_890"></span> CD-ROM no. 3887}}. Purchase at [http://virginians.com/index.htm Virginians.com].
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| *Seaman, Catherine Hawes Coleman. ''Tuckahoes and Cohees: The Settlers and Cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties 1607-1807''. Sweet Brier, Va.: Sweet Briar College Printing Press, 1992. {{FHL|680612|item|disp=FHL Book 975.549 H2sc}}<br>
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| === Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles === | | === Amherst County, Virginia Genealogy Books and Articles === |
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| [[Image:Bookstack.jpg|right|100px|Bookstack.jpg]] <br>{{CompactTOC8|name=Index|center=yes|side=yes}} <br> It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to: | | [[Image:Bookstack.jpg|right|100px|Bookstack.jpg]] <br>{{CompactTOC8|name=Index|center=yes|side=yes}} <br> |
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| *Locate publications about direct ancestors | | *Locate publications about direct ancestors |
| *Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family | | *Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family |