Amelia County, Virginia Compiled Genealogies

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As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Amelia, Virginia at World Connect, results in more than 64,000 entries.


 * Amelia County Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Amelia County, Virginia Surnames (Linkpendium) contains links to more than 125 online resources about this county's families, including compiled genealogies.
 * Hardesty, H.H. et al. Amherst County Families and History: Compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia. Wytheville, Va.: J. Presgraves, 1995..
 * Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. CD-ROM. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Free online index, courtesy: Virginians - The Family History of John W. Pritchett. [Pritchett's book contains compiled genealogies of multiple Amelia County families. Includes a great deal of information about residents of Amelia County; see discussion of cited sources.] . Purchase at Virginians.com.
 * Rice, Horace R. The Buffalo Ridge Cherokee: A Remnant of a Great Nation Divided. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, c1995..
 * Seaman, Catherine Hawes Coleman. Tuckahoes and Cohees: The Settlers and Cultures of Amherst and Nelson counties 1607-1807. Sweet Brier, Va.: Sweet Briar College Printing Press, c1992..