We have selected the section entitled "Immigrant Ancestors" from Volume VII of Virkus' Compendium of American Genealogy for reprinting because it is the most complete of the listings which appear in the back of each of the seven volumes. It is an alphabetically arranged list of about 2,500 immigrant ancestors whose names appear frequently in the Compendium. Information given includes ...
The Compendium of American Genealogy is the most important collection of American lineage records ever published, easily deserving its reputation (as well as its subtitle) as the genealogical encyclopedia of the first families of America. Originally a project of Marquis's Who's Who in America, though later taken under the wing of the Institute of American Genealogy, the Compendium was the ...