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| | Title | Item # |
| | Crafts & Tools |
| | A Great Deal of Stone & Earthern Ware | 1000 |
| | - Jeffrey S. Evans; A unique publication which describes the Rockingham County, Va., school of folk pottery. An illustrated |
| | color catalog of the history of pottery developed during the 19th century.; 2004; 108 pp; SCB |
| | American Stonewares | 1002 |
| | - Georgeanna H. Greer; History and technology of stoneware production from clay to glazes.; 1999; 287 pp; HCB |
| | Basketry | 116 |
| | - Christopher, F. J.; Presented in clear, simple language, the information supplied in this book is indispensable to anyone |
| | involved in the fascinating craft of basket weaving. Each chapter is also illustrated with drawings of finished products and of the |
| | weaving pattern followed for each.; 1952; 108 pp; SCB |
| | Bottles | 531 |
| | - Smith, Elmer; This booklet is for the novice collector and is a sampler of the collectibles. But it does show a number of rare |
| | and valuable items which were in the hands of the author when the book was published. It does not include recently produced |
| | bottles such as Beam, Avon, etc.; 1989; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Come In and Have a Seat | 438 |
| | - Evans, Jeffrey; Eighteenth through twentieth-century vernacular seating forms and traditions in the Shenandoah Valley of |
| | Virginia.Vernacular chairs display a blend of styles of urban and rural regions within the region.; 2010; 84 pp; SCB |
| | Early Country Furniture | 535 |
| | - Smith, Elmer; This booklet seeks to present our forebears by showing some of the fruits of their labor. It feature that category |
| | of hand-crafted furniture which has been popularly referred to as Country Furniture.; 1995; 40 pp; SCB |
| | Heatwole & Suter Pottery | 305 |
| | - Kauffman, Stanley; Study of Rockingham County potters.; 2008; 47 pp; SCB |
| | Household Tools and Tasks | 415 |
| | - Elmer L. Smith; This is about early American household when families were large, appetites hearty and labor-saving devices |
| | few. It portrays some of the many necessary tasks the housewife was involved in and illustrates ome of the artifacts and |
| | equipment available and emergence of labor-saving devices gradually developed.; 2006; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Pottery | 540 |
| | - Smith, Elmer; This booklet deals with the product of the later stage of American pottery-making--a period spanning |
| | approximately three-quarter of a century--beginning around 1830 and ending shortly after the turn of the century. This period |
| | marked a return to the productions of basically domestic ware--jugs, crocks, milk pans, pitchers and similar containers, but with |
| | the addition of some decorations and occasionally some unique glaze.; 1994; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Quilts from two Valleys | 855 |
| | - Good, Phyllis; Amish Quilts from the Big Valley, PA and Mennonite Quilts from the Shenandoah Valley, VA; 1999; 76 pp; SCB |
| | Quilts of Virginia 1607-1899 | 1040 |
| | - Virginia Consortium of Quilters; Presents 270 historic quilts and ephemera in 325 color and vintage photographs from |
| | quilted armor of the 17th century to crazy quilts of the 19th century.; 2006; 168 pp; SCB |
| | The Country Store - The General Store of Yesterday | 414 |
| | - Elmer L. Smith; This book introduces you to the inland rural general store prior to the turn-of-the-century and offers some |
| | view of the products our forefathers made and used, bought or traded, developed and produced.; 1993; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Toys, Antiques | 311 |
| | - Kimball, Ward; Printed 1976; 4th printing 1990. Delights from the past. Photographs taken by the author of antique toys |
| | emphasizing the 1870-1940 "Golden Age" period. Toys mirror the daily life of yesterday's adult world.; 1990; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Weaving with Reeds and Fibers | 591 |
| | - Tod, Osma Gallinger & Benson, Oscar H.; The authors describe the planning and simple tools necessary for a multitude of |
| | projects. Step-by-step instructions clearly explain each project, and there are separate, detailed instructions on the basic |
| | weaves---13 in all.; 1948; 199 pp; SCB |
| | Wood Carving | 543 |
| | - Smith, Elmer & Horst; Shown and described are selected wooden pieces that have been whittled, carved, decorated and |
| | otherwise transformed from a simple natural resource into unique creations through the minds and hands of skilled workmen, |
| | taking these objects at least one step beyond the purely utilitarian.; 1976; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Family History |
| | 47 Pioneer Families of Rockingham Co., Va. | 60 |
| | - Brock, Robert L.; Migration through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois , & Missouri. Armentrout, Baker, Beery, Bowman, Brock, Brown, |
| | Brun, Clemens, Dove, Fifer, Fitzwater, Harper, Hawkins, Hoover, Horn, Roadcap, Rust, Stratton, VanPelt, ,Zigler and others.; |
| | 1997; 434 pp; HCB |
| | A Compilation of the Descendants of Sebastian Hoover of Pendleton County, WVA | 971 |
| | - Walter Eye; Family history of Sebastian Hoover.; 1990; 313 pp; SCB |
| | A History of the Descendants of Patrick Sinnett of Pendleton and Ritchie Counties | 969 |
| | - Walter Eye; Family history of Patrick Sinnett.; 1981; 104 pp; SCB |
| | A History of the Descendants of Christopher Cummett of Pendleton County, WVA | 970 |
| | - Walter Eye; Family history of Christopher Crummet.; 1980; 113 pp; SCB |
| | Adam Miller & Barbara Koger Family Record of Massanutten | 920 |
| | - Floyd and Katherine Mason; Family history of Adam and Barbara Koger Miller.; 2000; 268 pp; HCB |
| | Albrite - Albright Family, The | 485 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia Turner; Begins with John Albright (m. Christina Lindamood) who was born in VA, probably in Shenandoah |
| | Co. However, the book concentrates on the family of J. Mosee and Mary J. Basore Albrite, "Pap and Maw".; 1991; 123 pp; SCB |
| | Ancestor & Desendants. Capt.William Layton Yancey & wife Frances Lewis | 683 |
| | - Yancey, Rebecca L.; From early 1700's - included are Cavanaugh, Powers, Layton, Field, Lewis, Jarman, Conrad, Brown and |
| | many more.; 1977; 290 pp; HCB |
| | Andrew and Aggy Anderson, Free Black Family in Brocks Gap, 1807-1845 | 831 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia; The Andrew Anderson family was the first free African-American family in Brocks Gap and lived on Goose |
| | Creek in the Crab Run area near Bergton, VA.; 2008; 65 pp; SCB |
| | Angel of the Shenandoah | 562 |
| | - Stewart, Nancy Branner; The life story of Jesse Hainning Rupert 1831-1909; 1993; 77 pp; SCB |
| | Armentrout Family from 1739-1978, The | 901 |
| | - Armentrout, Russell S.; Published 1980; reprinted 2000. Story of early pioneer family Ermentrout/Armentrout with begins in |
| | Germany. Some allied families are Brown, Cowan, Deacon, Hickman, Layman, Long, McClunh, Miller, Reynolds, Smith, |
| | Tracy.; 2000; 870 pp; HCB |
| | Berryman Custer Family, The | 486 |
| | - Ritchie, Patrica & Lee, Norma Lee; Includes Albrite, Baker, Carver, Custer, Fawley, Falk, May, Miller, Trumbo, Turner and |
| | many more.; 1992; 123 pp; SCB |
| | Brocks Gap Families Vol. 1 (Bible, Cherryholmes, Freed, Heavner, Aubrey) | 684 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The Brocks Gap area of Rockingham Co is in the northwestern corner of the county. |
| | On present day maps, the Gap, an opening in the Little North Mountain through which flows the North Fork of the Shenandoah |
| | River, is located about 4 miles west of Broadway, VA on State Highway 259.; 1991; 124 pp; SCB |
| | Brocks Gap Families Vol. 2: Fink And Sonifrank | 685 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The earliest Sonifrank ancestor found is Jacob Sonifrank d. c. 1796 m. Agnes |
| | Agatha Kimmerlin. By tradition, Jacob Fink was the ancestor of the Fink family at Brocks Gap in Rockingham Co.--born before |
| | 1765.; 1992; 152 pp; SCB |
| | Brocks Gap Miscellaneous Research | 686 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; Includes notes on the families of "Hessian John" Baker, Michael Baker, Caplinger, |
| | Custer, Dover, Halterman, Hupp, Lair, Lantz, May, Ritchie, Secrist, Siever, Souder, Whetzel, West, and others.; 1992; 285 pp; |
| | SCB |
| | By The Grace of God | 260 |
| | - Hess, Nancy B.; A potpourri of stories and records including their flight from Switzerland.; 1979; 260 pp; HCB |
| | Caplinger-Keplinger Family of Valley of Virginia, The | 687 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; First generation begins with John Caplinger of the Brocks Gap area - b. c. 1725, d |
| | c. 1787.; 1990; 108 pp; SCB |
| | Carrier - Carryer and Allied Lines | 21 |
| | - Armentrout, Georgie E.; In the Shenandoah valley and area of West Virginia and Maryland. Surnames: Lincoln, Harrison, |
| | Rhodes, Holsinger, Thomas, Bowman, Early, Summers.; 1985; 422 pp; HCB |
| | Catherine Fulk Bible | 733 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia Turner; Catherine Fulk is the daughter of John and Eve Fulk of Fulks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia.; |
| | 2007; 32 pp; SCB |
| | Charles Fulk & Sarah Custer Family, The | 487 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia A.; The book begins with John Fulk who tradition says was the son of Matthew and an Indian woman. Of their |
| | eleven children, this book concentrates on the family of one of the youngest sons, Charles Fulk. Some allied families included |
| | are Aubrey, Basore, Brake, Custer, Devier, Elder, Fahrney, Foley, Gochenour, Harper, Kling, Lenko, Mathias, Norwood, |
| | Peterson, Reed, Stepp, VanOrden, Westfall.; 1993; 331 pp; SCB |
| | Cline-Kline Family | 322 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R; This is a reprint of Paul G. Kline's book of 1971 with some additions. The book begins with George Klein, b. |
| | 1715, d. 1783, m. Dorothy Rebman in Germany. He settled at Amwill, N. J. joined the Church of the Brethren, then known as |
| | the German Baptist. Some of the allied families include: Armstrong, Byers, Clark, Diehl, Egge, Funkhouser, Grymes, |
| | Heddings, Houff, Kiser, Lineweaver, Messerly, Phibbs, Revercomb, Sanger, Trobaugh, Weimer, Zimmerman.; 1997; 484 pp; |
| | SCB |
| | Connecting The Generations: A Biography of Dwight Hartman | 968 |
| | - Nancy Jones; A biography of Dwight Hartman, businessman, who grew up in the Rockingham County and Harrisonburg, |
| | Virginia area.; 2003; 216 pp; SCB |
| | Continuing Across The Years | 198 |
| | - Glick, Larry & Kate; Account of Joseph M. and Dianna Miller Glick families, Craun, Shifflett, Zirkle.; 1989; 75 pp; HCB |
| | Crider Family of Rockingham Co. Va., The | 688 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; Includes information on early Crider families in PA and VA. The book includes |
| | known descendants of the first Crider in Rockingham Co., VA whose family can be documented. This Frederick Crider b. c |
| | 1750, d. c. 1830 settled in Brocks Gap area of the county where many members of the ninth and tenth generations of his |
| | descendants live today. The Crider, Wittig, Whetzel, and Dove families are closely related through intermarriages.; 1990; 83 |
| | pp; SCB |
| | Descendants of Adam & Anna Maria Roder, The | 472 |
| | - Rader, Wm A. Dr. & June L. (Hudnut); Earliest known Hans or Johan Adam Roder born 1646 in Switzerland.; 1987; 343 pp; |
| | HCB |
| | Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter | 368 |
| | - Miller, Joseph Lyon; Family genealogy of Captain Thomas Carter.; 1997; 388 pp; HCB |
| | Descendants of George May of Virginia | 944 |
| | - Vergie Lantz; This book tells the story of George May, Sr. who moved to Brock's Gap from Loudon County, Virginia about the |
| | year 1800 and settled at the foot of the mountain now called May Mountain. Ten generations of Mays are detailed in this 606 |
| | page book.; 1997; 606 pp; HCB |
| | Descendants of Jacob O. Whitmore | 1041 |
| | - Grace Kilmer Whittemore; Whitmore Family History and includes Kilmer, Plants, and Horton families; 1995; 428 pp; HCB |
| | Descendants of Johannes Ries / Reese | 478 |
| | - Reese, Helen J.; Allied families include Andrew,Black,Davis, Dove, Dovel, May, Myers, Runion and many more. Incudes coat |
| | of arms.; 1990; 164 pp; SCB |
| | Descendants of John & Mary (Miller) Cullers of Shenandoah Co.Va. | 978 |
| | - Patricia Fogle; This 700 page book traces the descendants of John and Mary Cullers who moved to Shenandoah County |
| | about 1777. Over 13,200 names are on file.; 2002; 700 pp; HCB |
| | Diaries of Amos Diehl | 1047 |
| | - Marlin Diehl; Diaries of Amos Diehl from 1862 to 1914. Many names, places and things are mentioned.; 2006; 244 pp; SCB |
| | Dove Family of Rockingham Co. Va., The | 689 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; Henry (Toup, Doub,) Dove is the first Dove settler we can trace in Rockingham |
| | County, Virginia. Henry died in 1801. His children include George, Frederick, Henry, Charlotte Dove Scott, James and |
| | Magdaline Dove Baker. Some allied families included are Albrite, Brighner, Carr, Dasher, Echard, Freed, Garrett, Hamilton, |
| | Jacobs, Kuykendall, Little, Mook, Nesselrodt, Ott, Puffenbarger, Ratcliff, Secrist, Turner, Wilkins, Yankey, Zirkle.; 1991; 149 pp; |
| | SCB |
| | Dry River Stories | 976 |
| | - Elizabeth Payne; Elizabeth Thomas Payne had written stories about her childlhood and sent these stories to her sister, |
| | Dorothy. These stories about growing up at Dry River were compiled by Janet Downs and now are in a delightful paperbound |
| | book for all to read.; 2003; 103 pp; SCB |
| | Eld Jeremiah H. Garst & Descendants | 919 |
| | - Floyd and Katherine Mason; This book traces the ancestory of Jerimiah Garst and his descendents.; 2000; 27 pp; HCB |
| | Eld. Jacob Bowman Sr. Family Record of Maryland And Virginia | 903 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R. & Kathryn G; Jacob Bowman Sr. arrived from Germany in1729. He lived in Adams Co., PA until 1762; moved |
| | to Frederick Co., MD and about 1765 moved to an area in Augusta Co., VA which is now Rockingham Co. (Greenmount and |
| | Edom area). Some allied families are: Adams, Bolton, Bright, Brubaker, Craun, Flory, Harris, Huffman, Kline, Long, Miller, |
| | Rhodes, Smith, Wampler, Zigler.; 2000; 476 pp; SCB |
| | Eld. Samuel Garber & Elizabeth Miller of August Co. Va. | 918 |
| | - Floyd and Katherine Mason; This book traces the ancestory of Samuel Garber and Elizabeth Miller.; 2000; 162 pp; HCB |
| | Facts, Scribbles and Scraps | 34 |
| | - Baer, Beulah; Stories and anecdotes of years in the passport ofice, travels and work at the INS office on Ellis Island, details of |
| | her childhood in Singers Glen, stories of the fun family and their music.; 1966; 375 pp; HCB |
| | Family of Jacob Fawley 1802-1880, The | 490 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia Turner; Allied families include Custer, Dove, Estep, Fain, Falk, Ritchie, Runion, Trumbo,Turner and many |
| | more.; 1989; 464 pp; HCB |
| | Forerunners - A History or Genealogy of the Strickler Families | 1045 |
| | - Harry M. Strickler; Genealogy of the Strickler Families (Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin, John, Abraham, Isaac, Daniel) including |
| | Kauffmans, Stovers, Burners, Ruffners, Beavers, Shavers, Brumbachs, Zirkles, Blossers, Groves, Brubakers, Neffs, Rothgebs |
| | of Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Fredeirck and Page Counties.; 1925; 425 pp; SCB |
| | From The Rhineland To The Promised Land of the Shenandoah | 409 |
| | - W. Harvey Wise IV; Life stories of over 20 family lines of the author. Families include Miller, Bucher, Bechtel, Diller, Flora, |
| | Garber, Lang, Koiner, Wise, Baer, Byerly, Danner, Diehl, Glick, Roller, Wine, Lago, Cullen, Keiser, Switzer, Wagner; 2009; |
| | 447 pp; HCB |
| | From the Shenandoah to the Kanawha | 410 |
| | - Smith, Chris; The story of Colonel John Smith, his descendants and their ancestors. The story of their migration to Virginia |
| | in the 18th Century and the many challenges they overcame including French-Indian and Revolutionary Wars fighting for |
| | freedom.; 2009; 400 pp; HCB |
| | Genealogy of the Page Family in Virginia | 461 |
| | - Page, Richard Channing Moore; Page family history.; 1983; 275 pp; HCB |
| | Geo. Klein Sr. Family Record | 355 |
| | - Mason, Floyd & Kathryn; Klein of Germany. George Sr. (1715-1783) his grandson m. Dorothy Rebman, d. 1777. Some allied |
| | families included are: Balsbaugh, Bashore, Booze, Derr, Eberly, Ferrell, Frantz, Graybill, Hayslett, Jamison, Longnecker, |
| | Nofsinger, Robinson, Webster, Wolfe, Yake, Ziegler.; 1997; 143 pp; HCB |
| | George & Barbara Bowman | 421 |
| | - Bowman, Bernard D.; Story of the George & Barbara Bowman family in early America.; 2009; 141 pp; SCB |
| | George Bowman and His Descendants | 823 |
| | - Bowman, Anna Harman; Family of George Bowman and his son John who married Mary Surfact (Zerfass). Originally |
| | published in 1970, it has been updated in 2007.; 2007; 302 pp; HCB |
| | German Origins of Jost Hite | 293 |
| | - Jones - Conner - Wust; Birth place, baptism, and marriage to Anna Maria Merckle. Hite, Heyd, Dubois, Vanmeter, Merchle |
| | etc..; 1979; 45 pp; SCB |
| | Henkel-Renalds Connection - Ancestral Scripts and Collections | 818 |
| | - Wittig, Mildred Renalds; Family of Henkel starting with Antonius Jacobus 1717. It includes copies of letter, photographs, |
| | memorabilia and journal entries.; 2007; 261 pp; SCB |
| | History of Abraham D. Heatwole of Rocky Hollow | 258 |
| | - Heatwole, Sandra G.; Memories and facts. Section on Heatwoles in Germany beginning with George Hutwohl 1615-1688. |
| | Includes many photographs.; 1988; 109 pp; HCB |
| | Hottinger and Yankey Families, The | 690 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The book begins with Michael Honinger who arrived in Philadelphia in 1729. His |
| | son Conrad m. Catherine Kutz of Berks County, PA. They had nine children. Some allied families include Alger, Baldwin, |
| | Calhoun, Dispanet, Ennis, Freed, Getz, Halterman, Israel, Judy, Kessner, Lipscomb, Moyers, Nace, Ours, Priest, Reid, |
| | Stayner, Tyree, Vance, Williams, Yoder, Zirk.; 1991; 365 pp; SCB |
| | Irish Burks of Colonial Virginia & New River | 290 |
| | - Johnson, P. G.; Assorted royalists, explorers, Indian,Indian traders, Indian Scouts, road builders, and soldiers. Includes: |
| | Davis, Hughes,Napier, McComas, Scott, Davidson, Williams, Lybrook and others.; 1992; 277 pp; HCB |
| | Jacob Mueller, Immigrant, His Future | 511 |
| | - Sellers, Nan; Includes Bare, Branner, Miller, Moore and many more.; 1984; 44 pp; SCB |
| | Jenkins, Sr., Benjamin B. (1780-1871) of Hardy County, West Virginia and His | 910 |
| | - Ratliff, Wilma J.; Benjamin of Welsch descent married Dorcas Rush in 1802 who died c 1840. He remarried c 1850 to |
| | Elizabeth Cullers, c 1811. Some allied families include Alger, Armentrout, Bowman, Caldwell, Crites, Delawder, Dispanet, |
| | Evans, Funkhouser, Haines, Hefner, Jordon, Ketterman, Luttrell, Mathias, Miller, Nazelrod, Ours, Riddle, Rinehart, See, |
| | Sherman, Shipe, Stump, Whetzel, Wilkins.; 1998; 591 pp; HCB |
| | Johannes "John H." Garber - His Descendants in the Shenandoah Valley | 817 |
| | - Garber, Wayne E.; History of John H. Garber (about 1732 - 1787) & Barbara Miller family.; 2007; 305 pp; SCB |
| | Johannes Frederich Kirshof of No. Augusta Co., Va. Vol. II | 371 |
| | - Miller, Lula Mae; Volume II is dedicated to his descendents by his second wife, Barbara Koontz who he married in 1795. |
| | They had eight children: Frederick & Elizabeth Heifner; Anna married Elijah Messersmith; Susannah and Jacob Huffer; |
| | Catherine and Samuel Huffer; Barbara and James Fleming; Hannah and Peter Fifer; Andrew and Sarah Saunders; and Jacob |
| | married Ann Propst and Matilda Collins.; 1981; 1156 pp; HCB |
| | John Mason & Mary Ann Miler | 356 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R.; Andes, Bowman, Cline,Liskey, Miller, Shaver, and many more.; 1986; 367 pp; HCB |
| | John Zigler and Elizabeth Kline of Virginia | 350 |
| | King Family History (2 vol. Set) | 827 |
| | - Hartzler, H.H.; This genealogy deals with the descendants of Samuel (Koenig) King, an Amishman, born ca 1724, who |
| | arrived in Philadelphia December 22, 1744. Allied families include Anderson, Brenneman, Byler, Detweiler, Fisher, Glick, |
| | Helmuth, Huyard, Kanagy, Lantz, Metzler, Miller, Riehl, Roth, Schwart, Stoltzfus, Troyer, Yoder, Zook.; 1984; 1444 pp; HCB |
| | Lantz Family of Rockingham Co., Va., The | 691 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; Begins with Jacob Lantz, Sr. b. c. 1760-1765, d between 1848-1850. Circa 1808 he |
| | married Julia Ann "Ula" Sonifrank, b. c. 1785 and d after 1850. They lived in Loudoun Co. VA before moving to the Brocks Gap |
| | area of Rockingham Co., VA c. 1799.; 1990; 174 pp; SCB |
| | Legend of Liskey - Vol 2 - A Genealogical Journal | 802 |
| | - VanPelt, Michele L.; The Robert & Elizabeth Nair Liskey line. 3rd edition.; 2007; 442 pp; SCB |
| | Lest We Forget | 26 |
| | - Arrington, Marie; Elder John Arrington, Anderson, Barnard, Carter, Dwyer, Flippin, Handy, Hill, Lawson and others.; 1974; |
| | 102 pp; HCB |
| | Lincolns in Virginia, The | 648 |
| | - Wayland, John W.; Includes information on "Virginia John", Captain Abraham in VA & Kentucky, Nancy and other Hanks, |
| | Isaac in VA and Tenn. & Kentucky. A chronology of the Virginia Lincolns. A valuable study of the Lincolns in Rockingham Co., |
| | VA; 1987; 299 pp; HCB |
| | Long John Turner Family, The | 518 |
| | - Showalter, Noah & Breneman, Wilson; Includes Andes, Ashby, to Vanmeter and many in between.; 1993; 124 pp; SCB |
| | Martin A. Lahman Family History | 742 |
| | - Kraus, Mildred; The book "The Martin A. Lahman Family" by Helen F. Layman was used as a starter, then an attempt was |
| | made to enlarge on the history of the 15 children of Martin & Kate, fill in the blanks in the ancestry, and then add the last 27 |
| | years of Lahman/Layman family.; 1996; 326 pp; SCB |
| | Matthias Miller & His 17 Children | 358 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R.; 2nd edition. Some allied families included are: Andees, Berry, Brock, Clem, Cromer, Day, Fravel, Gordon, |
| | Heavner, Iverger, Kizer, Laymon, Mitchell, Niswander, Plaughter, Rhodes, Sellers, Shirley, Trout, Will, Young,; 1996; 137 pp; |
| | HCB |
| | Memories of A Lewis Mountain Man | 945 |
| | - John W. Stoneberger; Stories and reminiscences of John Stoneberger about life and lore of the Blue Ridge Mountains.; |
| | 1993; 82 pp; SCB |
| | Michael Baker Store Account Book Brocks Gap, Rockingham Co., Va. | 491 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia Turner; This ledger was begun in 1803 and continued into the 1820's. The store served customers over a |
| | wide area, and the information in the account book is interesting to family history researchers as well as historians.; 1993; 320 |
| | pp; SCB |
| | Mountain Valley People (2 volume) | 896 |
| | - Arrington, Mary Marie Koontz; Mountain Valley area history is the western slope of the Massanutten mountain range which |
| | was first surveyed in 1747. Some families included: Armentrout, Baker, Cave, Huffman, Jennings, Koontz, Martz, Pickering, |
| | Sellers, Sheets, Sites, Smith. 2 volume set.; 1992; 392 pp; SCB |
| | My Scrapbook - An Album of Memories | 178 |
| | - Fechtmann, Dora; Dora Cline Fechtmann was b 1913 on a farm near Broadway, VA. She writes of her nursing career at |
| | home and in the Navy, her Cline family and daughters and husband.; 1998; 55 pp; SCB |
| | Niclous Garber Family Record | 354 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R. & Kathryn G.; Garber family history; 1997; 310 pp; HCB |
| | Notes on The Mongold Family of Rockingham Co., VA and Hardy Co., WVA | 692 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The notes on the Mongold family in this book center around two Mongold men: |
| | Nathaniel and John Mongold. These men married into the Dove family of what is now Bergton, VA Tradition passes along the |
| | information that Nathaniel and John were brothers, but that was not proved by Lewis's research.; 1995; 84 pp; SCB |
| | Of Time and Place | 952 |
| | - Anne Frysinger Shifflet; A history of the Shifflett and Morris families in and around Elkton, Virginia and the Blue Ridge.; 2002; |
| | 162 pp; HCB |
| | Our Children's Heritage | 118 |
| | - Click, Maurice A.; Families of Click, Hess, and Miller. Allied families included Cupp, Foreman, Grove, Horn, Long, Plocher, |
| | Rexrode, Sanger, Stoner, Taylor, Vint, Wein.; 1995; 231 pp; HCB |
| | Outline of Southerly-Sutherly-Sutherland Family | 693 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The Sutherly family which began in Rockingham Co. is not large there today, |
| | although many descendants of the Southerly/Sutherly daughters still live there. So far we have not found where Elias and |
| | Clayton Southerland lived before they appear in Brocks Gap. Elias married a Fawley and Clayton Married a Dove woman.; |
| | 1992; 53 pp; SCB |
| | Paynes of Virginia, The | 463 |
| | - Payne Brooke; The descendants of several branches of the Payne family of eastern Virginia. Allied families include |
| | Anderson, Berryman, Brown, Cooke, Davenport, Fairfax, Green, Mitchell, Stone, Turner, Walker Wirt, West.; 1998; 728 pp; HCB |
| | Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig, The | 710 |
| | - Yoder, Don; The discovery of this book in 1975 added significant new dimensions to the field of folk art in American, as well as |
| | a new and major artist to the world of Pennsylvania. German folk expression. The artist was from Lancaster and later |
| | Chambersburg, PA. His album of sixty full-page, ink-and-watercolor plates, dated 1784 portrays biblical scenes and religious |
| | emblems and is accompanied by explanatory notes written in the everyday German of colonial Pennsylvania.; 1990; 360 pp; HCB |
| | Riggleman Family of Va. & WVa., The | 694 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; This book in not intended to be a complete history of the Riggleman family. The |
| | book begins with John Riggleman, b. c 1775, d. before 1840. He married Barbara Whetzel, b. c 1770, d after 1850.; 1992; 240 |
| | pp; SCB |
| | Rodeffer Family of Rockingham County, Virginia, The | 880 |
| | - Power, Carrie Rodeffer; Reprinted. From the Rhine Valley, Germany to the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. A record of the |
| | descendants of Conrad and Nancy Showalter Rodeffer 1805-1948. Some allied families are: Bowman, Bruce, Cline, Diehl, |
| | Gilkerson, Hildebrand, Hogshead, Long, Meyerhoeffer, Showalter, Trobaugh, Wilton.; 1948; 267 pp; SCB |
| | Roger Dyer, Pioneer Settler of the Virginia Frontier | 840 |
| | - Forman, Elva Dyer; Roger Dyer was an early settler of Augusta County, Virginia, in an area which later became Pendleton |
| | County, West Virginia, on April 28, 1758. This book is a compilation of five generations of his descendants, collected after |
| | many years of research by the compiler.; 1999; 127 pp; SCB |
| | Schenck, Shenk, Shank | 512 |
| | - Shank, Thomas L.; 1600 in Germany to 1984 in the U.S. 200 photos, charts, maps- includes families Hertzog to Wortinger |
| | and many in between.; 1985; 550 pp; HCB |
| | Shank Family Record, A | 361 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R.; The Michael and Mary Shank family tree -; 1992; 24 pp; SCB |
| | Shaver Family of Rockingham Co., Va., The | 695 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The book begins with the first Shaver in the Brocks Gap area of Rockingham Co., |
| | VA. Palser Shaver b. c 1760-1770, d. 10/31/1831. His wife's name was Catherine, b. c 1760-1770.; 1991; 100 pp; SCB |
| | Sirk-Zirk Family, The | 696 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The book begins with Mathias Sirk who is the oldest known Sirk. He was born in |
| | 1726, died in Feb. 1833 and is buried in the Steel Cemetery in Richland Co., Ohio near Bellville, Ohio. First wife was |
| | Catherine, and his second wife was Christina Schopler, b 1747, d 1827.; 1992; 45 pp; SCB |
| | Some of Anthony Souder/Margarite Maurer. Biography & Genealogy | 548 |
| | - Souder, Warren J.; Anthony Souder b 1730 and Margareta Maurer (Souder) b 1739 were living in Dover Township, York |
| | Co., Penna. by 1760. Some allied names included are Albrite, Brake, Dove, Fraley, Frank, Harris, King, Lantz, May, |
| | Nesselrodt, Ortner, Thorns, Thrasher, Trumbo and Wise.; 1997; 348 pp; HCB |
| | Spitzer, Jones, Frank & Lydia Ancestors.-Descendants. 1322-1989 | 62 |
| | - Brubaker, Geneva G.; Families include: Fing, Wean, Lokey, Orebugh, Gordon, Wine, Arehart.; 1989; 79 pp; HCB |
| | Stultz Family of Brocks Gap Area, Rockinghamham Co., Va. | 697 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The parents of the Stultz men in the early records are unknown, and we do not know |
| | where they came from before their arrival in the Shenandoah Valley. Philip - b. c. 1751 d. between 1830-1840. Peter made his |
| | will in 1796.; 1992; 85 pp; SCB |
| | The Daniel Fulk & Sally Souder Fulk Family | 953 |
| | - Patrica Turner Ritchie; A complete history of the Fulk family and other Brock's Gap families located in Rockingham County, |
| | Virginia.; 2002; 962 pp; HCB |
| | The Family Dyer | 730 |
| | - H.R.H.S.; First published in 1848 by Joseph Funk & Sons of Mountain Valley (Singers Glen), near Harrisonburg, VA. The |
| | book is a guide for coloring every variety of shade, on woolen, cotton, linen, and silk goods, together with an appendage |
| | containing directions for discharging colors bleaching, etc.; 1998; 34 pp; SCB |
| | The Folks of Swan Lake | 916 |
| | - Lowe, Elizabeth Snyder; A history of the Folk Family who lived at the Swan Pond Farm from 1830 - 1965. This book is a |
| | genealogy of the Folk family and stories about them.; 1989; 734 pp; HCB |
| | The New Hottle History - Charles Line | 1016 |
| | - Huddle, B.Paul; History of the Hottle family.; 2002; 887 pp; HCB |
| | The Posterity of Jacob and Mary (Funk) Driver | 832 |
| | - Fisher, Clerice; The Jacob and Mary Funk Driver family 1800 to 1996 from Rockingham County, Virginia and moved to Allen |
| | County, Ohio in 1852.; 1996; 870 pp; HCB |
| | The Red Flannel Rag | 991 |
| | - Peggy Ann Shifflett; An intimate look at life in Hopkins Gap, Virginia. This book gives the reader a look at early 20th century |
| | life and how people lived in Appalachia.; 2004; 336 pp; SCB |
| | The Roadcap Family in Brocks Gap Area | 1030 |
| | - Ritchie, Patricia; Emanuel Roadcap, son of Peter & Mary Roadcap is the first generation in this book about the Roadcap |
| | family using census records, cemeterying information and other printed books.; 1992; 129 pp; SCB |
| | The Ties That Bind: Peter Sipe Family | 443 |
| | - Garber, Wayne E.; Historical background, timeline, family stories, and family genealogy of the Sipe family.; 2010; 95 pp; HCB |
| | They Came to Rockingham | 1024 |
| | - Elisabeth Wilson Hodges; Genealogy of several Rockingham County families that include Miller, Coakley, Driver, Kiracoffe, |
| | Gaines, Garber, Vigar.; 2004; 468 pp; HCB |
| | Until I Left Home | 1014 |
| | - Twyman E. Bowman; This book is the story of George Bowman who immigrated from Germany in the early 1750's to the |
| | Colony of Pennsylvania. He received his naturalilzation papers in 1765. The family relocated to Rockingham County, Virginia |
| | about 1770 and in 1772 brought land near Timberville, Virginia. This land remained in the family until the 1990's.; 2004; 230 pp; |
| | SCB |
| | Until Separated by Death | 369 |
| | - Miller, Joyce DeBolt; Life and letters of Jessie Ralston jr. And Mary Catherine Cromer - valley farmer of Scotch- Irish |
| | descent.; 1994; 208 pp; SCB |
| | Virginia Cousins | 210 |
| | - Goode, G. Brown; Ancestry of John Goode of Whitley, a Virginia colonist. Surname: God, Good, Goode from 1148-1887.; |
| | 1994; 526 pp; HCB |
| | Walker Family History | 30 |
| | - Ashworth, June Faye; The history begins with Thomas Walker b ca 1708-10 who was in Orange County, VA by 1734. (Not the |
| | famous Dr. Thomas Walker b 25 Jan 2025). It is believed his wife was Elizabeth Taylor. There were three children, James, |
| | Thomas and Charles. Allied families included are Adkins, Bartram, Blankenship, Chapman, Crabtree, Davis, Ferguson, |
| | Frazier, Johnson, Lambert, Morris, Newman, Osburn, Robinson, Smith, Thompson, Vaughan, Wilson.; 1996; 918 pp; HCB |
| | Wampler Family Record, A | 362 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R.; John Wampler and Magdalena Garber of Maryland and Virginia. The family came to America in 1741 from |
| | Alsace and Switzerland. Genealogy begins with the grandson of Hans Peter Wampfler Sr. and the son of Hans Peter Wampler |
| | Jr., John Wampler I whomoved to Rockingham Co., VA in 1811 with his wife Magdalena Garber. Allied families include Andes, |
| | Cline, Driver, Flory, Garber, Huffman, Miller, Roller, Shifflett, Wolf, Zimmerman, and many more.; 1996; 383 pp; HCB |
| | Whetzel Family, The | 698 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The book begins with Marten Whetzell, d. 1760, and his wife Eve. It is believed that |
| | his sons Marten and Hendrick came to American a few years after their father. Some allied families included are Allan, Basore, |
| | Combs, Delawder, Ennis, Fogle, Goodrich, Hartman, Johnson, Kuggler, Lloyd, McDonald, Newton, Orbaugh, Propst, |
| | Toudabush, See, Tusing, Vogan, Wilt, Yocum.; 1991; 214 pp; SCB |
| | Wine Family In America, The - Section III | 664 |
| | - Wine, Joseph F.; Chiefly the Descendants of Michael Wine (1747-1822), with a preceding chapter of "background glimpses," |
| | including items relating to Michael's father, Johann George Wine. Included are 50 pages by Harvey A. Wine entitled "The |
| | Descendants of Adam Wine" Section III, Part 2. Chiefly the descendants of Adam Wine 2 (1744- ) son of Johann George Wine, |
| | of German Ancestry, who landed in Philadelphia on August 24, 1749.; 1971; 532 pp; HCB |
| | Wine Family in America, The - Section IV | 873 |
| | - Wine, Dennis H. & Link, Donald N.; Tracing the Wine Family from Germany in the early 1600's through present day. This |
| | handsome hardcover volume features over 1000 pages, 238 photos, 16 family trees and several maps.; 2000; 1010 pp; HCB |
| | Wip Robinson, III | 300 |
| | - Jones, Nancy B.; Robinson family history.; 1983; 122 pp; SCB |
| | Wittig Family of Rockingham Co., Va., The | 699 |
| | - Yankey, Lewis H. edited Patricia Ritchie; The book begins with Ulrich Wittig, b. 1810, d. 1889, who came from Saxony, |
| | Germany with his wife Catherine Baughman, b. 1807, d 1896, and their first children in 1837. Their children were George, Sr. |
| | m. Rachel Blizzard; Henry Wittig, Sr. m. Mary Moyer; Mary Wittig m. Joseph A. Dove; John Wittig; William Wittig, Sr. m. Mary |
| | Fink; and Marten Wittig.; 1990; 53 pp; SCB |
| | Ziegler Family Record | 363 |
| | - Mason, Floyd R.; Maps, wills, deeds,and early picures,13,000 indexed names, Thomas, Wampler, Wenger and many more.; |
| | 1990; 650 pp; HCB |
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