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*Brock, Robert Alonzo. ''Virginia and Virginians''. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. (Family History Library film {{FHL|240108|title-id|disp=897042 items 2-3}}.) An index is on Family History Library fiche {{FHL|437234|title-id|disp=6048346-47}}. Lists five to ten prominent citizens from each county with early governors and generals.  
*Brock, Robert Alonzo. ''Virginia and Virginians''. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. (Family History Library film {{FHL|240108|title-id|disp=897042 items 2-3}}.) An index is on Family History Library fiche {{FHL|437234|title-id|disp=6048346-47}}. 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. (Family History Library book {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f}}; Volume 1 on film {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=1000631}}; Volume 2 on film {{FHL|383012|title-id|disp=1598334 item 27}}.) Presbyterian history, ministers, and families. Volume one is indexed in ''An Index to Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical''by William Henry Foot (Richmond, Virginia: The Library, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1966; Family History Library book {{FHL|520891|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f index).}}  
*Foote, William Henry. ''Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical''. Two Volumes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: William S. Martien, 1850-56. (Family History Library book {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f}}; Volume 1 on film {{FHL|70867|title-id|disp=1000631}}; Volume 2 on film {{FHL|383012|title-id|disp=1598334 item 27}}.) Presbyterian history, ministers, and families. Volume one is indexed in ''An Index to Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical''by William Henry Foot (Richmond, Virginia: The Library, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1966; Family History Library book {{FHL|520891|title-id|disp=975.5 H2f index).}}  
*Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography''. Five Volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publication, 1915. 3 vols. {{FHL|68071|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 D3tl; FHL Film 1000632}}; digital versions of Vols. 1-2 at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6398 Ancestry] ($); Vol. 3 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=kCkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books]. Includes multi-generation family histories.  
*Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. ''Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography''. Five Volumes. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publication, 1915. 3 vols. {{FHL|68071|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 D3tl; FHL Film 1000632}}; digital versions of Vols. 1-2 at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=List&dbid=6398 Ancestry] ($); Vol. 1 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=CWiel4PVkEkC Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir03unkngoog Internet Archive]; Vol. 2 at [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir06unkngoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=TykSAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; Vol. 3 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=kCkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir05unkngoog Internet Archive]; Vol. 4 at [http://books.google.com/books?id=ESkSAAAAYAAJ Google Books] and [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediavir07unkngoog Internet Archive]; Vol. 5 at [http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi05tyle Internet Archive]. Includes multi-generation family histories.


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