Armentrout Family History, 1739-1978


Book Description

Johannes Ermentraudt (ca. 1717-ca. 1753) emigrated from the Palatinate to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1739. In 1742, he married Anna Elizabeth Hedderich. About 1752, the family moved to the Shenandoah Valley and they settled in Augusta (now Rock) County, Virginia. Relatives and descendants have scattered throughout the United States.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


Book Description

This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.




The Confederate Soldiers of Rockbridge County, Virginia


Book Description

Based on an exhaustive search of various sources, this book provides a comprehensive roster of all known Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines from Rockbridge County, Virginia, or those who served in units raised in the County. Washington College and Virginia Military Institute alumni who were from Rockbridge, enlisted in local companies or lived in the County before or after the war are also included. Complete service records are given, along with photographs where possible.




Virginia Genealogies and Family Histories


Book Description

Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.




A Hockman Family History


Book Description

Jacob Hockman Jr. (1711-1759) was probably born in Ibersheim, Germany. In about 1731 he immigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania and later the Shenendoah Valley in Virginia. He married Mary Denlinger and they became the parents of four children. Descendants live in West Virginia, Ohio and other parts of the United States.










Descendants of Nicholas Frederickson (1791-1865) of Belchertown, MA


Book Description

Nicholas Frederickson was born 20 April 1791 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He married Temperance Shumway in 1807. They had nine children. He died in 1865 in DeKalb County, Indiana. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Virginia and Indiana.