02779cam a2200373 4500 10208695 TxGeo 690318s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 68027449 (OCoLC)731216775 DLC DLC CPP TxGeo The compendium of American genealogy : first families of America : a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States / edited by Frederick A. Virkus. Abridged compendium of American genealogy : first families of America : a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. Baltimore, Md. : Clearfield, 2001. 7 v. : ill., coats of arms, ports ; 25 cm. have title on title page: The abridged compendium of American genealogy. have subtitle on title page: The standard genealogical encyclopedia of the first families of America. edited by F. A. Virkus under the direction of A. N. Marquis. "Patriotic and hereditary societies": v. 1, p. 999-1007. Originally published one volume at a time in the following years: 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1942. First published as a complete set: Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Co., c1970. 20040916. Patriotic societies United States. United States Genealogy. United States Biography. Virkus, Frederick Adams. Marquis, Albert Nelson, d. 1943. QS5