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 immigrant ancestor, Alexander Massey (1627-1696), was born in London, England, the son of John Massey and Ruth Smith. He immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1651. He died in Accomac Co., Virginia. He married Sarah Wise (d. 1670) in 1659. This book covers 13 generations of Masseys in the United States spanning from 1565 to the present, predominantly in Accomac Co., Va., Sussex Co., Delaware, and the Maryland counties of Worcester, Somerset and Wicomico.

Previously published by Magna Carta, Baltimore. Published as a set by Genealogical Publishing with the two vols. of the Genealogies in the Library of Congress, and the two vols. of the Supplement. Set ISBN is 0806316691.

The earliest known ancestor, Richard Anderson, Sr. (b. ca. 1585), was born in England. He sailed to America in 1635 from England and settled in Gloucester Co., Va. where three sons awaited him. He was married to Eliz. Hawkins, daughter of Richard Hawkins, at All Hallows Honey Lane in London, England. Thomas Allen Howard Anderson (1821-1885) was the son of Thos. Jefferson Anderson and Ann Meriwether Thomson. He was born in Virginia and died in Cheatham Co., Tenn. He was married to Martha Ann Stanley (1820-1888), daughter of Geo. Stanley and Sarah Ann Clark in 1843 in Bedford Co., Va. Family left Bedford Co., Va. sometime after 1847 staying in Kentucky for awhile before contuining on to Tennessee where they arrived sometime before 1850. Descendants live in Tennessee, Texas, Kentucky and elsewhere.

"In this story of some Alabama and Louisiana families, the author, a lawyer, traces the history of the Knott, Massey, Youngblood, Shackelford, Hickman and Pullen families to their colonial origins-- and some for centuries beyond"--Author's abstract affixed to end lining papers. James Knott (ca.1602/1603-1653) emigrated in 1617 from England to Jamestown, Virginia, and later lived in Accomac and then Nansemond Counties, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and elsewhere. Includes lineage on some lines in England, France and elsewhere.

Richard Massey was born 13 August 1661 in Cheshire, England. His father was Edward Massey of Puddington. He emigrated in about 1684 and settled in Charles City County, Virginia. He had three sons, Hezekiahm, Joseph and Richard. He died in 1699. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee.