Hello Patterson List, I am not researching the Patterson name but I came across a book while on a thrift store excursion. It is "the Patterson Family " published by the American Genealogical Research Institute in Arlington Va. contents: family name and arms {with references } ancestral emigrants {with list and references } census of 1790 {List of all heads of family bearing the name of Patterson in twelve of the thirteen original colonies with references } Patriots and Veterans {list and references } Short biographies If anyone would be interested in the book or if I could provide you any info please use my e-mail address. [email protected]