John Beecher (1594-1637/1638) married widow Hannah Potter, and immi- grated in 1637 from England to Boston, Massachusetts, setting at what is now New Haven, Connecticut later that year. Descendants led in New England, New York, Illinois, California 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.