Nicholas Hutchins, the father of Strangeman Hutchins, ". . . is the earliest member of the Hutchins family of whom we have positive proof. He was a Quaker living in Henrico County, Virginia in 1699." Descendants lived throughout the United States. Strangeman Hutchins (1707-1792), son of Nicholas Hutchins, was born in Henrico Co., Va. and died in Surry Co. now Yadkin Co., N.C. He married ca. 1731 Elizabeth Cox (1713-1816), daughter of Richard Cox and Mary Trent. All their children were born in Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Utah, Oregon, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, California, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Iowa and elsewhere.

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.

Peter Gunnarson Rambo, son of Gunnar Petersson, was born in about 1612 in Hisingen, Sweden. He came to America in 1640 and settled in Christiana, New Sweden (now Delaware). He married Brita Mattsdotter 7 April 1647. They had eight children. He died in 1698. HIs daughter, Gertrude Rambo, was born 19 October 1650. She married Anders Bengtsson. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.

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.

William Philips was born in Pennsylvania in 1766. He married Elizabeth Iser in 1792. His family is thought to have come from Germany. Biographical information is given for their descendants who now live throughout the world.