Old Churches Ministers And Families of Virginia Genealogy Books

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Old Churches,  Ministers and Families of Virginia. [With] Digested Index and Genealogical Guide
Bishop William Meade
Two Hardbound    volumes  totaling
1100
pages. Books are in excellent condition. Just what you need  for genealogy research. Per the publisher;
Over one      hundred years ago the Episcopal Bishop, William Meade, put together an      important body of records which he incorporated into a now-famous two-volume      work called
Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia
. (A      knowledge of the history of the Episcopal Church of Virginia, it should be      pointed out, is essential to the genealogist since, prior to civil      registration, the Church was the only body authorized by statute to collect      and preserve vital statistics. The early parish records, therefore, are      indispensable for research in Virginia genealogy.)
Compiled from      parish records and vestry records, from moldy official documents, family      records, and tombstone inscriptions, and from records in Lambeth Palace,      London, Meade's narrative focuses on the history of the early Virginia      parishes and provides details concerning the origins of the parishes, the      drawing of parish lines, and the lives of the ministers and selected church      members. Each chapter of the work also contains family histories and      extensive lists of vestrymen, communicants, justices, and prominent figures.      An appendix of 100 pages contains several interesting historical documents      as well as lists of ministers and vestrymen of St. Stephen's and Wicomico      Parishes, Northumberland County, and additional family histories. The Index,      prepared by Jennings C. Wise, is a guide to 7,000 proper names as well as a      digest of important facts recorded in the book.
"This book remains an indispensable storehouse of information about      the ecclesiastical history of Virginia during the Colonial period."--
Dictionary      of American Biography
"Bishop Meade's two volumes are fundamental to the study of the      parishes of the Episcopal Church in Virginia and their clergy and are an      important source of information about many of the leading families of the      state...."--
The Virginia Genealogist
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