WEST GENEALOGY BOOKS

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Here are descriptions and locations of two sets of West Genealogy books by our cousins Donal S. West and Lola Jeanne Edwards Lindsey.

Descendants of Edwards West Sr.(1801-1870) and Sarah Edwards (1798-1870) of Brown Co., OH - Researched and Compiled by Authors: Donal S. West and Lola Jeanne Edwards Lindsey, published 1995 (5 Volumes).

The earliest WEST ancestors noted are Thomas West (b. ca. 1730 in Fairfax Co., VA) and Sarah Trammell (b. ca 1735 in Fairfax Co., VA) who married ca. 1753. Their nine children were all born in Fairfax Co., VA between 1754 and 1775.

FHL US/CAN Film 2055347 Items 2-6.
Book reference at Joseph Smith Memorial Building Family History Center (old Hotel Utah Building) in SLC, Utah is: 929.273.W52wd (Vols 1-5) (5 Volumes: Illustrated, Coat of Arms, genealogical tables, maps, etc..)

Locations: In addition to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UT (see book and film nos. above), this set has been donated by Lola Jeanne Edwards Lindsey to the following libraries (they may exist in other locales as well):

National Society of DAR in Washington, D.C.;
Library of Congress;
Ohio State Archives/Library Division in Columbus, OH;
Adams County, OH Genealogical Library
Brown County, OH Genealogical Library;
Brown Co., OH County Library;
Dallas, TX Public Library
Mesquite, TX Public Library
Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana Public Library

See title page, introduction and contents of the 5 volume set

Descendants of Joseph Reid (1702-1784) and Elizabeth Hampton, Absolom Reid (1727 - ) and Sarah Simpson (1735- ), Joab Reid (1762-1855) and Nancy West (1764-1805) of Fairfax Co., VA and Brown Co., OH. - Researched and Complied by Authors: Donal S. West and Lola Jeanne Edwards Lindsey, published 1997 (6 Volumes).

Joseph Reid (b. 1703 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland) was the son of John Reid and Margaret McCullock. In 1716, Joseph emigrated to Newport News, VA. From his will (Truro Parish, Fairfax Co., VA [Will Book A. No. 1 (1742-1855) Pages 325-327] ) we learn the names of his wife (Elizabeth) and five children (Sarah, Jane, Elizabeth, John and Absolom). The major portion of this work concerns the lines through Absolom.

FHL US/CAN Film 2056066 Items 2-7.

Book reference at Joseph Smith Memorial Building Family History Center (old Hotel Utah Building) in SLC, Utah is: 929.273.R272wd (Vols 1-6) (6 Volumes: Illustrated, Coat of Arms, genealogical tables.)

National Society of DAR in Washington, D.C.;
Library of Congress;
Ohio State Archives/Library Division in Columbus, OH;
Adams County, OH Genealogical Library
Brown County, OH Genealogical Library;
Brown Co., OH County Library;
Dallas, TX Public Library
Mesquite, TX Public Library
Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana Public Library

This set has also been donated by Raymond G. Allen of Independence, MO. to:

Mid-Continental Library, Genealogical Collection in Independence, Clay Co., MO under Catalog Number 929.2WD. The ALLEN family described in Volume II settled in Clay Co., MO.

See title page, introduction and contents of the 6 volume set