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Monday, August 19, 2024

A Few Books to Add to Your Genealogy Library

 To assist and enhance your genealogy research, the following books come highly recommended by like-minded researchers.

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 1 - Augusta County
Information is extracted from the original court records in Augusta County 1745-1800
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Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America
Charles Knowles Bolton 
Originally published in 1940, this book offers a systematic treatment if the migration of the Scotch and English from the north of Ireland in the New World. Appendixes include lists of ships from Ireland arriving in New England between 1714-1720, including existing vital records of towns in Ulster, families and more.  

Early Western Augusta Pioneers (Virginia) Including the Families of Cleek, Gwin, Lightner and Waewick, and many related families, by George W. Cleek
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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of its Pioneer Settlers by Joseph Addition Waddell
This series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page while digitally enhancing the quality of the aged text.