William Johnston (d.1714) emigrated from Scotland to St. Peter's Parish in New Kent County, Virginia, and married Sarah Massie in 1698. His brother, John Johnston, also emigrated from Scotland and married Lucretia Massie in 1698. Edward Johnston, a great-uncle of William and John, married Elizabeth Walker (sister of George Walker) in 1677 and, as Quakers, they emigrated from Scotland to New Kent County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives of the three Scottish immigrants (William, John, Edward) lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and elsewhere. Includes much ancestry (chiefly living in Scotland) to about 75 A.D.

This "Supplement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress" lists all genealogies in the Library of Congress that were catalogued between 1972 and 1976, showing acquisitions made by the Library in the five years since publication of the original two-volume Bibliography. Arranged alphabetically by family name, it adds several thousand works to the canon, clinching the Bibliography's position as the premier finding-aid in genealogy.

Lists about 2500 books found in major libraries throughout the U. S. containing genealogies of families from Virginia and West Virginia. The books listed deal with families of Virginia origins but often follow their descendants far and wide across the continent. Each book is listed under the surname of the primary Virginia family covered in it. Many of the titles listed deal with several families, not all of which may have Virginia roots. Citations to all these allied families are listed in a cross-reference table, regardless of the geographic focus of the family, making this bibliography of use to researchers with interests outside Virginia also.