Just want to express my thanks to Margaret for putting this information out there, and to let everyone know how great these books are. I bought both books and was not disappointed. both of these books are loaded with information on my family ( and many many others). I had never heard of the Clearfield Co., before but thanks to Margaret I now have another good source for information. Thanks Sue K. > -----Original Message----- > From: Margaret K. Miller [mailto:maggiem@empnet.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 4:06 PM > To: VAROCKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAROCKIN-L] Reprints of books by John W. Wayland > > > Clearfield Company, Inc. is offering two paperback reprints of > books by John > W. Wayland. > > Books can be ordered by calling (410) 625-9004. > > 1) Men of Mark and Representative Citizens of Harrisonburg and Rockingham > County, Virginia. Portraits and Biographies of Men and Women. > > "John Wayland, the dean of Shenandoah Valley historians, was > commissioned to > assemble this collection of sketches of Rockingham County natives > and other > persons who had become identified with the county or the City of > Harrisonburg by a considerable period of residence. The subjects of the > biographies, most of which are illustrated reflect a wide variety of > occupations, achievements and interest inasmuch as they include farmers, > businessmen, educations, preachers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, jurists, > statesmen, soldiers, writers and so on. Part I, the larger of the two > components of the volume, consists of extended biographical sketches, with > accompanying portraits of Wayland's contemporaries. The subjects' careers > and civic interests are covered in some detail, as is each individuals's > date and place of birth--and sometimes death--and the names and dates > associated with the subject's marriages and children. Part II features > shorter, un-illustrated essays of a few hundred Rockingham County > luminaries > of bygone years, any number of whose lines are extended back to > the 1700's." > > The index lists every familiar family name in Rockingham County. > > First published 1943. 441 pp., illus., indexed, paper. Cost: $36.50. > > 2) Virginia Valley Records. Genealogical and Historical Materials of > Rockingham County, Virginia and Related Regions. > > "This volume is largely a source-book of genealogical and historical > materials compiled from public records of the counties of Rockingham, > Augusta, Greenbrier, Wythe, and Montgomery. Contents include Rockingham > Marriages, 1795-1825; Rockingham Landowners, 1789; Augusta County Church > Records,1756-1844; Men in Service Against the Indians, 1774; Rockingham > Petitions in Richmond, 1778-1798; Rockingham Militia, 1788; Rockingham > Regimental Book, 1813-1824; Early Settlers in East Rockingham; > Extracts from > Augusta Court Records; and Rockingham Wills (prior to 1864, when > many of the > wills were destroyed)." > > The book also includes sketches of a number of families in the area. > > First published 1930. 491 pp, map, indexed, paper. Cost $ 37.50. > > Maggie Kyger Miller >