Adam Sherrill, son of William Sherrill, was born in about 1700 in Cecil County, Maryland. He married Elizabeth in about 1722 and they had eight sons and possibly two daughters. Their son, Samuel, was born October 1, 1725 in Cecil County. In 1742 the family moved to Virginia. Samuel married Mary in 1746. They had nine children. In 1747 Adam and his children and married children's families moved to Rowan County, North Carolina and were the first settlers in the area. Samuel died in Washington County, Georgia in 1800. Descendants and relatives lived in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and elsewhere.

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.

George Hardesty (d.1688/1694) immigrated from England to Calvert County, Maryland in 1662. Descendants lived in Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio and elsewhere.

"Only lines which seem to be fairly well supported by Death Certificates, 1820-1880, 1900, 1920 U.S. censuses, or prior research of the author, are shown here. Some are very short -- no further connections were found. A few are long, being supported by much research."--Page 75.

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.