Virginia Biographies: Difference between revisions

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4646 Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia], ($), index/images  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3111 Virginia Apprentices, 1623-1800], ($), index/images  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6398 Virginia Biography, Volume I-II], ($), index/images  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48240 Virginia and Virginians, Vol. I], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48241 Vol. II], ($), index/images.  

*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/virginia-colonial-planters-published-1922 Virginia, Colonial Planters], ($), index/images  

*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2g73nt4s;view=1up;seq=7 Some emigrants to Virginia : memoranda in regard to several hundred emigrants to Virginia during the colonial period whose parentage is shown or former residence indicated by authentic records], e-book

*McCartney, Martha W. ''Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007.) {{FHL|1384461|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 D36m}}.<br>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=FS Library fiche 6332718 (first of 22)}} Includes more than 100,000 entries with references to 30,000 people who are mentioned in [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]] wills, deeds, court orders, histories, and Virginia Company records. ''A supplemental Guide'' {{FHL|392288|item|disp=FS Library 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.

:*Vols. I-V online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/68071 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008686749 Hathitrust]. <br>

:*Vol. I-II: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6398/ Ancestry] ($), index/images. Although same as the ''Encyclopedia'', Ancestry has named this collection Virginia Biography, Volume I-II <br>

:*Vol. II: [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir06unkngoog Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48229 Ancestry] ($), index/images.<br>

:*Vol. III: [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediavir05unkngoog Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48230 Ancestry] ($), index/images.<br>

:*Vol. IV: [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir07unkngoog Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48231 Ancestry] ($), index/images.<br>

:*Vol. V: [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi05tyle/page/n7/mode/2up Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48232 Ancestry] ($), index/images.<br>

*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=FS Library book 975 D22w}}An index to biographical sketches in several hundred local histories and genealogies.

== Family History Library Collection  ==

*Brock, Robert Alonzo. ''Virginia and Virginians''. (Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1888.) {{FHL|240108|title-id|disp=FS Library film 897042 items 2-3}} An index is found on {{FHL|437234|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6048346-47}}. It 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.) {{FHL|70867|item|disp=FS Library film 1000631; book 975.5 H2f}} Digital version available through FamilySearch Catalog entry; Volume 2 on {{FHL|383012|item|disp=FS Library film 1598334 item 27}}.

*Foote, William Henry ''An Index to Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical'' (Richmond, Virginia: The Library, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1966) {{FHL|520891|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 H2f (index).}}Presbyterian history, ministers, and families.

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