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.

For many years, researchers of the Parks families of the eastern part of old Rowan County, North Carolina, have puzzled over the origins of the several Parks who settled there in the generation straddling the Revolution. ... Three of the eastern Rowan County Park settlers, George Park (d. 1782), Noah Park (d. 1815), and Moses Park (1738- 1828), will be given particular attentions in this essay. ...

Chester Claude Cox was born 1 April 1875 in Elk City, Kansas. His parents were Henry Cox and Nancy Collett. He married Lillie Mae Harmon (1878-1963), daughter of Joseph Clinton Harmon and Leah Lovia Merrill, in 1898. They had nine children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas.

The surname Whitaker appears to have originated with the English place- name of Whitacre. Alexander Whitaker was the first Whitaker to immigrate to America, arriving in Jamestown, Virginia in 1611. One of the earliest whitakers in Kentucky was Isaac Whitaker of Perry County. He and his wife, Susannah were the parents of nine children. Descendants live in Kentucky and other parts of the United States.