James McCall, of Scottish lineage, immigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania, and moved to Virginia about 1746. He remained a Loyalist, but two of his sons were Revolutionary War soldiers. Descendants lived in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, 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.

Includes entries for maps and atlases.

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