David Bell (1722-1779), son of William Bell and Mary McGowin, immigrated from Ulster, Ireland to Augusta County, Virginia, married Florence Henderson, and moved later to Fayette County, Kentucky. Descendants lived in Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in the United Kingdom, France and elsewhere.

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

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.