This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.

Luther Owens (1910-1984) was the second child of James Alderson Owens (b.1889) and Elizabeth Sutherland of Prater, Buchanan Co., Virginia. He married Velva Dare Taylor (b.1912), the daughter of William Jackson Taylor and Emma Curtis Sutherland of Tenso, Dickenson Co., VA. They were the parents of three children: Daniel, Jack and Shirley. Family members are descendants of William Owens of Russell Co., VA, Moses Ramey of Pike Co., KY, Charles Rakes, David Diel/Deel and other early settlers. Several generations of descendants are given.

William Teft Bly was born 20 Jan 1812 in Norway, Herkimer County, New York to William Bly and Isabella Tefft. He studied for the ministry at Madison Literary and Theological Seminary and preached in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota. He married Elizabeth Rose (Miller) Bly, born 26 Sep 1822 in Ohio to Reverend Adam Miller and Sara Prior, 5 May 1839. They moved to Minnesota in 1853. William died 12 June 1897 and is buried at Etna Cemetery near Spring Valley, Minnesota. They were the parents of ten children. Descendants have lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, California, Oregon and elsewhere in the United States.

A story of the progress of four generations of Cherokees who endured the hardships of the removal, the Civil War, reconstruction years, and finally, the depression of 1929 and problems of the early 1930s in Oklahoma to receive the rich rewards of a treasure that had been kept secret for over a hundred years. An historical fiction based on a true story which had its beginnings in Georgias Salacoa Valley with the construction of the John Martin, Jr., house in the 1820s subsequently purchased in 1838 by the Erwin family and preserved until the date of this book. A story which depicts the rich heritage of families of the Cherokee Nation as they moved to their new home at Tahlequah and grew from a primitive society to a civilized and cultured nation in the state of Oklahoma.

Richard Dever and his wife, Grace, were living in Maryland by 1658. Richard died 5 February 1702. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

The MacDowalls traces the glories, tragedies, and amazing accomplishments of MacDowall kindred from their beginnings in Scotland and Ireland hundreds of years ago to their illus-trious present in such countries as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, and Russia. The cast of characters ranges from kings and barons to artists and generals, farmers, homemakers, and teachers. Their stories unfold as a history in progress, as each has made a unique and significant impact on the world.

Robert Shaw was born October 25, 1813 in Virginia. He married Rachel Direndy Vaughn November 13, 1841 and died February 22, 1882 at Dark Corner, Bowie County, Texas.

Descendants of Richard Curtis, Sr., who was born 1728 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia, a son of William and Hannah Curtis. His mother, Hannah, married William Cook (d. 1739) and 1740 Robert Courtney. He married Phoeby Courtney Jones born in 1724. She was the daughter of Robert and Abigail Courtney. Phoebe was previously married to William Jones (d. 1745) in 1743. They had one son, John. Phoebe and Richard Curtis had four sons and three daughters, who were born in North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina. Family migrated from South Carolina to Natchez, Mississippi.

John Browne (1584-1662) married Dorothy Beauchamp (?) in 1611, and immigrated about 1630 from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, moving to Taunton about 1637/1640, and later to what became Rehoboth, Massa- chusetts. Descendants and relatives--arranged in alphabetical order by surname, and chronologically thereunder--lived in New England, New York, Michigan, Illinois, California and elsewhere.