Andrew, Jacob and Henry Falkenburg immigrated from Germany to Augusta and Orange Counties, Virginia by 1736, moving to Bladen (later Anson) County, North Carolina by 1746. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Faulkenberry or Fortenberry) and relatives lived in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Mississippi, 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.

John Connerly lived in Johnston County, N.C. He married Kesiah Herring. Their son, Cullen, was born ca. 1745. He married Letitia Ward. Their descendants are scattered throughout the U.S.

William Magee (1762-1827) came out of the Carolinas in the late 18th century, settling what is now Walthall County, Mississippi. He moved to Washington County, Louisiana ca. 1801.

Traces the line of Robert Brodie, Sr. who came to Charleston in the 1780s from Scotland.