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    1. Re: [BOYD] The Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America, A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States, Frederick A. Virkus, Vol. I, 1925
    2. Lauren Boyd McLachlan
    3. Dear Cousins: I poked around Library of Congress. Here's what I found listed for Frederick Virkus. Perhaps the information will be useful to find a more local copy -- or interlibrary loan? ____________________________________________________________________ LC control no.: 87155589 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/87155589 Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Main title: The Abridged compendium of American genealogy : first families of America : a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States / edited by Frederick A. Virkus under direction of Albert Nelson Marquis ; with a new foreword by P. William Filby. Published/Created: Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987. Related names: Virkus, Frederick Adams. Related titles: Compendium of American genealogy. Description: 7 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0806311711 (set) Notes: Vols. 4-7 have title: The Compendium of American genealogy. Cover title: The Compendium of American genealogy. Reprint. Includes indexes. Subjects: United States --Genealogy. United States --Biography. LC classification: CS69 .A27 1987 Dewey class no.: 929/.2/0973 Geographic area code: n-us--- CALL NUMBER: CS69 .A27 1987 Copy 1 -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms -- Status: Not Charged CALL NUMBER: CS69 .A27 1987 Copy 2 -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, LJG42) -- Status: Not Charged _____________________________________________________________ LC control no.: 32006416 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/32006416 Type of material: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) Main title: The Handbook of American genealogy. Published/Created: [Chicago] : Institute of American Genealogy, [c1932-1943] Related names: Virkus, Frederick Adams. Institute of American Genealogy. Related titles: Who’s who in genealogy. Description: 4 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Vol. 1-4. Current frequency: Irregular Notes: Editor: 1932- F.A. Virkus. Includes bibliographies and section "Who’s who in genealogy." SERBIB/SERLOC merged record Subjects: Genealogy --Periodicals. Genealogists --Bibliography --Periodicals. United States --Genealogy --Periodicals. LC classification: CS42 .H3 Dewey class no.: 929/.1/072073 Other system no.: (OCoLC)ocm04658767 Geographic area code: n-us--- Quality code: lc CALL NUMBER: CS42 .H3 -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms -- Status: Not Charged _____________________________________________________________ LC control no.: 68027449 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/68027449 Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed. Main title: The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America. A genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. Edited by Frederick A. Virkus under direction of Albert Nelson Marquis. Published/Created: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968 [c1925-42] Related names: Marquis, Albert Nelson, d. 1943. Related titles: The compendium of American genealogy. Description: 7 v. illus., coats of arms, ports. 25 cm. Notes: Vols. 4-7 have title: The compendium of American genealogy. Vols. 2-7 have subtitle: The standard genealogical encyclopedia of the first families of America. Vol. 1 edited by F. A. Virkus under the direction of A. N. Marquis; v. 2-7 by F. A. Virkus. "Patriotic and hereditary societies": v. 1, p. 999-1007. Subjects: Patriotic societies --United States. United States --Genealogy. United States --Biography. LC classification: CS69 .V53 Dewey class no.: 929.2/0973 Geographic area code: n-us--- CALL NUMBER: CS69 .V53 Copy 1 -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms -- Status: Not Charged CALL NUMBER: CS69 .V53 Copy 1 -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, LJG42) -- Status: Not Charged _____________________________________________________ LC control no.: 64001935 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/64001935 Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed. Main title: Immigrant ancestors; a list of 2,500 immigrants to America before 1750. Published/Created: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1963 [i.e. 1964] Description: 75 p. 24 cm. Notes: "Extracted from Volume VII, Compendium of American genealogy." Subjects: United States --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 --Biography. LC classification: E187.5 .V5 Dewey class no.: 920.073 Geographic area code: n-us--- CALL NUMBER: E187.5 .V5 Copy 1 -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms -- Status: Not Charged CALL NUMBER: E187.5 .V5 Copy 1 -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, LJG42) -- Status: Not Charged ___________________________________________________________ LC control no.: 28028329 LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/28028329 Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams. [from old catalog] Main title: The family line, Published/Created: Chicago, Ill., F. A. Virkus & company, 1927. Description: 80 p. 20 x 27 cm. Subjects: Genealogy --Forms. LC classification: CS24 .V5 CALL NUMBER: CS24 .V5 Copy 1 -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms -- Status: Not Charged ____________________________________________ Note that in 1927 he apparently had his own publishing company. Yours Aye, Lauren On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > > The website below tells us that there are 7 Volume of:- > > The Compendium of American Genealogy, Seven Volumes, Frederick A. Virkus > > > But no date when it was published? > > Have any members of the list ever been able to view this publication? > > Thank you > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, HBS > >

    07/06/2011 02:54:41
    1. Re: [BOYD] The Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America, A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the United States, Frederick A. Virkus, Vol. I, 1925
    2. Christopher Smithson
    3. Some of Virkus' work is on Ancestry.com Chris On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Lauren Boyd McLachlan <confido@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Cousins: > > I poked around Library of Congress. Here's what I found listed for > Frederick Virkus. Perhaps the information will be useful to find a > more local copy -- or interlibrary loan? > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > LC control no.: 87155589 > > LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/87155589 > > Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) > > Main title: The Abridged compendium of American genealogy : first > families of America : a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States > / edited by Frederick A. Virkus under direction of Albert Nelson > Marquis ; with a new foreword by P. William Filby. > > Published/Created: Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987. > > Related names: Virkus, Frederick Adams. > > Related titles: Compendium of American genealogy. > > Description: 7 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. > ISBN: 0806311711 (set) > Notes: Vols. 4-7 have title: The Compendium of American genealogy. > Cover title: The Compendium of American genealogy. > Reprint. > Includes indexes. > Subjects: United States --Genealogy. > United States --Biography. > LC classification: CS69 .A27 1987 > Dewey class no.: 929/.2/0973 > Geographic area code: n-us--- > CALL NUMBER: CS69 .A27 1987 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms > -- Status: Not Charged > CALL NUMBER: CS69 .A27 1987 > Copy 2 > -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, > LJG42) > -- Status: Not Charged > _____________________________________________________________ > > > LC control no.: 32006416 > > LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/32006416 > > Type of material: Serial (Periodical, Newspaper, etc.) > > Main title: The Handbook of American genealogy. > > Published/Created: [Chicago] : Institute of American Genealogy, > [c1932-1943] > > Related names: Virkus, Frederick Adams. > Institute of American Genealogy. > > Related titles: Who’s who in genealogy. > Description: 4 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. > Vol. 1-4. > Current frequency: Irregular > Notes: Editor: 1932- F.A. Virkus. > Includes bibliographies and section "Who’s who in genealogy." > SERBIB/SERLOC merged record > Subjects: Genealogy --Periodicals. > Genealogists --Bibliography --Periodicals. > United States --Genealogy --Periodicals. > LC classification: CS42 .H3 > Dewey class no.: 929/.1/072073 > Other system no.: (OCoLC)ocm04658767 > Geographic area code: n-us--- > Quality code: lc > CALL NUMBER: CS42 .H3 > -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms > -- Status: Not Charged > _____________________________________________________________ > > LC control no.: 68027449 > > LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/68027449 > > Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) > > Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed. > > Main title: The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first > families of America. A genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. > Edited by Frederick A. Virkus under direction of Albert Nelson > Marquis. > > Published/Created: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968 [c1925-42] > Related names: Marquis, Albert Nelson, d. 1943. > Related titles: The compendium of American genealogy. > Description: 7 v. illus., coats of arms, ports. 25 cm. > > Notes: Vols. 4-7 have title: The compendium of American genealogy. > > Vols. 2-7 have subtitle: The standard genealogical encyclopedia of the > first families of America. > > Vol. 1 edited by F. A. Virkus under the direction of A. N. Marquis; v. > 2-7 by F. A. Virkus. > "Patriotic and hereditary societies": v. 1, p. 999-1007. > Subjects: Patriotic societies --United States. > United States --Genealogy. > United States --Biography. > LC classification: CS69 .V53 > Dewey class no.: 929.2/0973 > Geographic area code: n-us--- > CALL NUMBER: CS69 .V53 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms > -- Status: Not Charged > CALL NUMBER: CS69 .V53 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, > LJG42) > -- Status: Not Charged > _____________________________________________________ > LC control no.: 64001935 > > LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/64001935 > > Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) > > Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed. > > Main title: Immigrant ancestors; a list of 2,500 immigrants to > America before 1750. > > Published/Created: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1963 [i.e. 1964] > Description: 75 p. 24 cm. > > Notes: "Extracted from Volume VII, Compendium of American genealogy." > > Subjects: United States --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > --Biography. > LC classification: E187.5 .V5 > Dewey class no.: 920.073 > Geographic area code: n-us--- > CALL NUMBER: E187.5 .V5 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms > -- Status: Not Charged > CALL NUMBER: E187.5 .V5 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Reference - Local History & Genealogy RR (Jefferson, > LJG42) > -- Status: Not Charged > ___________________________________________________________ > > LC control no.: 28028329 > > LCCN permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/28028329 > > Type of material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.) > > Personal name: Virkus, Frederick Adams. [from old catalog] > > Main title: The family line, > > Published/Created: Chicago, Ill., F. A. Virkus & company, 1927. > Description: 80 p. 20 x 27 cm. > Subjects: Genealogy --Forms. > LC classification: CS24 .V5 > CALL NUMBER: CS24 .V5 > Copy 1 > -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms > -- Status: Not Charged > ____________________________________________ > > Note that in 1927 he apparently had his own publishing company. > > Yours Aye, > > Lauren > > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > > The website below tells us that there are 7 Volume of:- > > > > The Compendium of American Genealogy, Seven Volumes, Frederick A. 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