Penny, Certainly "a" source is better than "no" source at all. This book is used frequently, though I copied this from the MBW catalog description about it which may of interest to you and others on the Brent line: <<According to a letter from 1981 tucked in the back of our book, Hugh Brent, emigrant to Virginia, was the the third son of Humphrey Brent of Wine Street, Bristol, England and was born between 1610 and 1616. He migrated to Lancaster County, Virginia in 1642 and lived on Fleet's Bay, and was a member of Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County. This book also includes notes from the diaries of Landon Haines Brent and Landon Newton Brent, 1783-1909 of Nelson County, Virginia. Names and places in this section are NOT in the index to the book. Curd Family, Doggett Family, Edmonds Family, Fleet Family, Lawson Family, Nutt Family, Wale Family, Behethland Family, Bernard Family, Bunting Family, Hathaway Family, Nevil Family, Newton Family, Savage Family, Vaughan Family. Hardback, 274 pages with partial Index.>> I have not used this book very often, and therefore cannot comment on its validity. Does the author cite his sources? Does his work seem credibe to you? I note it was written in 1936. There is of course quite a bit of data on this family at the MBW. If you have some specific questions, you can post them here and/or send an email request to the library. Jus typine "Brent" into the search box showed 28 hits. It is of course imortant to have the Brent family included in our on-going database at ancestry.com. Thank you very much for being one of the editors. Craig On Oct 4, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Penny Alby wrote: > Is it OK to use Chester H. Brent's book, *Descendants of Hugh Brent ....* as > a source on the NN of VA family tree on Ancestry or are we going to only use > primary sources? I posted this question on FB, too. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message