Readers of VA-ROOTS will be interested in several recently published books:



*        Edward J. White, Lands and Lesser Gentry of Eastern Westmoreland County, Virginia 1650-1840s. Kinsale, VA: Edward J. White, 2014, x, 380 pages

Drawn from more than 2,100 sources, the vast majority of which are primary, this work examines thirty-two families who lived within a 37-square mile area of Westmoreland County. The book includes illustrations, maps, genealogical information, endnotes, and an index.

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*        Craig M. Kilby, Christ Church Parish Register Middlesex County, Virginia 1651-1821: An Interpretive Reconstruction, Athens, GA: New Paprus Publishing, 2014, ix, 256 pages



The original volume as published was a transcript, with entries scattered over the pages in no chronological order, making it extremely difficult to use. In this volume spelling of surnames is standardized and assembled in alphabetical order, then chronologically under each surname. Slaves are indexed under the master's surname.





*        Craig M. Kilby, eomp., Index to Decedents & Index to Persons and Places in Will Book B (1713-1734), Middlesex County, Virginia. Athens, GA: New Paprus Publishing, 2014, v, 69 pages



Middlesex County Will Book B was abstracted by John Frederick Dorman in a series of articles in The Virginia Genealogist. While most names are to be found in Dorman's Index to the Virginia Genealogist, vol. I, it is difficult to determine which volume and page number refers specifically to Middlesex County Will Book B. This present work is in two parts. Part I is an index to the wills, administrations and inventories themselves, arranged alphabetically by decedent. Part II is an every-name index with a brief comment about the role each person played in a particular document. Each entry refers to the volume and page number in The Virginia Genealogist.


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