The Carter and Fulcher families came to America from England. William Carter was baptized 24 January 1770 in Folkestone, England. He married Sarah Harrold on 24 Mar 1798. Henry Harrold Carter who was third generation Carter was the grandfather of Harriet Elizabeth Carter Chapman of Biloxi, Mississippi. The author, Jane Elizabeth Chapman Whitt was born 4 Mar 1923 in Biloxi, Ms. and married Samuel Sullivan Whitt on 6 Feb. 1942.

This work concentrates upon families with a strong connection to Virginia and Kentucky, most of which are traced forward from the eighteenth, if not the seventeenth, century. The compiler makes ample use of published sources some extent original records, and the recollections of the oldest living members of a number of the families covered. Finally. The essays reflect a balanced mixture of genealogy and biography, which makes for interesting reading and a substantial number of linkages between as many as six generations of family members.

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.

Roster of heads of families in 1790, so far as can be shown from records of the Census Office. The returns for Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee and Virginia were destroyed by fire in 1814. --Cf. introd.