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This CD was produced in collaboration with the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. It contains the electronically searchable text of the pages of twelve books detailing the origin and descent of various prominent southern families.

In all, the books reference more than 165,000 individuals. Many of these volumes were previously published in very small quantities and for limited distribution and were, therefore, difficult to locate. They include narrative lineage records extending from a family's earliest-known immigrant ancestor and spanning several generations, and provide information from both public record and private correspondence.

Fully indexed, the CD can be searched by name, date, location, or keyword.

The twelve books included in this CD are as follows:

• Annals of the Fowler Family, by Glenn D.F. Arthur
• Richard Clarke of Virginia, by James W. Clark
• Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye, and Tapp Families, by A. D. Cloyd
• Henry Duke, Councilor: His Descendants and Connections, by Walter G. Duke
• Our Ellsworth Ancestors, by German Ellsworth and Mary Ellsworth
• Biographical Genealogies of the Virginia-Kentucky Floyd Family, by N. J. Floyd
• The Foard Family, by John P. Foard
• Genealogy of the Folsom Family 1638-1938, by Elizabeth K. Folsom
• The Futrell Family in America, by Roger H. L. Futrell
• Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, by Raleigh Travers Green
• The Origin and Descent of an American Van Metre Family, by Samuel G. Smyth
• History of Kentucky

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled “About this Family Archive� appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16 or later: From the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.