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Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. I 383
The Preston and Virginia papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts 363
The Virginia tourist 299
Diggin' for Roots in Old Virginia 170
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland : described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington-Virginia Ra 126
Huntington Library data 113
Dates of origin of Virginia counties and municipalities 20

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PERiodical Source Index 3,014,406
Geographic Reference Library 1,093,086
Spanish-American Family History Guide 313,616
Family Historian's Address Book 49,015
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1806 38,029
U.S. Cemetery Address Book 28,812
Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 22,485
Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy 15,598
Library of Congress Research Guide 9,656
Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States 8,860
U.S. Military Records 7,770
The Archives: A Guide to the NARA Field Branches 4,896
Cemetery Record Compendium 4,340
Confederate Research Sources 3,835
U.S. County History Catalog 3,136
National Archives Guide to Genealogical Research 2,801
Munsell's American Genealogist 2,783
Microfilm Resources for Research: A Comprehensive Catalog 2,775
A Key to Southern Pedigrees 1,911
U.S. Catholic Sources 1,662
A contribution to the history, biography and genealogy of the families named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis, with other form 1,330
L'Hommedieu : index. 970
NARA Collections on Ancestry.com 904
Long Island Source Records 747
Catalogue of American genealogies in the library of the Long Island Historical Society 665
Where to emigrate and why : homes and fortunes in the boundless West and the sunny South : their climate, scenery, soil, produc 619
The American Jewish year book. 524
Irish Relatives and Friends 467
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 442
Hispanic Surnames and Family History, 1996 341
Prominent personages of the nation's capital : a work for newspaper and library reference. 341
An alphabetical list of the battles of the War of the Rebellion, with dates : from Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12 and 13, 1861, to 336
The American Jewish year book, 5663 : October 2, 1902 to September 21, 1903 331
Inventory of the church archives of Maryland. 316
The Warren G. Harding papers : an inventory to the microfilm edition 297
English Origins of American Colonists 294
Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research 283
History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters 280
Alphabetical list of battles, 1754-1900 : War of the Rebellion, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, and all old wars 262
Summer on the lakes, in 1843 259
Inventory of the county archives of Virginia: Chesterfield County. 236
Bibliography of the Gordons 226
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains 211
Cyclopaedia of African Methodism 198
State Vital Records Offices Contact Information 191
The heraldry of Smith : being a collection of the arms borne by, or attributed to, most families of that surname in Great Brita 169
The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America 158
Hand-list of the Bagshawe muniments deposited in the John Rylands Library 145
A list of references for the history of Black Americans in agriculture, 1619-1974 122
The Macon guide and Ocmulgee National Monument 122
Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. III 77
Two letters to Benjamin Franklin from Peter Charles Daniel Count O'Hegerty : with documents concerning him and his family in t 75
Your guide to Salem : its history, area maps, industries, facilities and opportunities. 63
Catálogo biográfico de la casa de Thayer de Braintree 62
Cook's crier, the Franklin fireplace surname index 58
An index of the Stafford families of New England and their descendants 55
Index to the previous three reports on Whiteside(s) names found outside of the United States, ca. 1230-1959 43
Mayflower Descendants and Their Marriages for Two Generations After the Landing 40
Published writings of Arthur Caswell Parker 1900-1959 : a bibligraphy : typescript, 38
Inventory and calendar of the Charles L. Kurtz papers, 1873-1899 36
Index to decendents [sic] of John and Margaret Montgomery 35
Heston geneology directory. 31
Index to The genealogical record of the ancestors and descendants of Perley and Phebe (Lewis) Mitchell of Parke County, Indiana 30
Inventory of the Mallory family papers 29
Report on the Chalkley manuscripts, 21st Congress, the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution 28
Early maps of Ohio and the West 25
Surname index for Gifford genealogy by Harry E. Gifford 24
Letters concerning the Perkins family 24
Letters of Melancthon Taylor Woolsey : colonel, New York provincial troops in the French and Indian War 20
Some notes on inconsistencies in published genealogical data and additions thereto 16
Mr. Webster's speeches in the Senate upon the question of renewing the charter of the Bank of the United States 15
Letters of Rebecca Woolsey, 1783-1785 14
Autograph letters 8
Heraldry 8
Numismatics 6
Revolutionary correspondence of 1777 5
Four letters of Dr. Isaac Watts 4
War of 1812 correspondence. 4
Papers relating to the War of 1812 4
War of 1812. 4
War correspondence, Northern Frontier, 1812. 4
War of 1812. 3
Selection no. 3, War of 1812 3

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