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If you are one of the lucky researchers who has ancestors among
the 650,000 people living in the U.S. in 1790, this CD will interest
you. The CD contains the images from all seven volumes of The
Compendium of American Genealogy: The Genealogical Encyclopedia
of the First Families of America and important work compiling
information on more than 288,000 individuals. The information
traces the individual's ancestry as far back as possible; dates
for the materials range from the 16th century to the 19th century.
Many of the lineages found here cover seven or eight generations,
and although not every individual who was a member of one of the
"First Families," most are. A comprehensive electronic
(searchable) index is included on the CD.
Information for individuals varies, but typically you will find individual's
birth, marriage, and death dates, and lineage for that individual. It
is important to note that the information found in the volumes, compiled
by Frederick A. Virkus and originally published by Genealogical Publishing
Company, was compiled in part from genealogies submitted by individuals.
Thus researchers may also find items such as photographs, coats of arms,
etc.
The Preface to Volume 1 states "One of the principal objects of
this work is to compress the lineages contained in the thousands of
individual family genealogies into a single volume, in order that every
public library in the country may possess the very essence of American
genealogy." This is a hint to researchers that although names and
dates will be found in the volumes, sources for that information will
not. As valuable a collection as the Compendium of American Genealogy
is, it does contain errors and researchers are reminded to verify any
information found in the volumes before accepting it.
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