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