Genealogical Memoranda of the Quisenberry Family; and other Families including the namesof Chenault, Cameron, Mullins, Burris, Tandy, Bush, Broomhall, Finkle, Rigg, and others byAnderson Chenault QuisenberryThe William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct., 1897), p. 133Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915377 .

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GENEALOGICAL MEMORANDA OF THE QUISENBERBY FAILY; and other Families,. including the names of Chenault, Cameron, Mullins, Burris, Tandy, Bush, Broomhall, Finkle, Rigg, and others. By Anderson Chenault Quisenberry. Washington, D. 0. 1897.

This volume evidences much careful work in the records of England and' Virginia. The Quisenberry family came at a very early date to Virginia, and some of their alliances have been especially honorable. Mary Quisenberry, who married Jno. Marshall, uncle of the Chief-`ustice, was mother of Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky. Mr. A. 0. Quisenberry himself is familiarly known to the reading public. He has made frequent and valuable contributions to, Virginia magazines and papers. In the preface Mr. Quisenberry calls attention to the use of the word "ye " in old records and on old tombstones. Most peo- ple read it as if it was pronounced as it appears spelt. But the " y " is not the modern "y" at all, and never was so pronounced. It is the Anglo-Saxon let- ter "thorn," which in the old records resembles a "t " above the line and an "h' inverted below it, and was pronounced "th." Mr. Quisenberry sa3 s. that it was rarely used except in spelling the words "the" and " that," but I have found that in the earliest book at Yorktown, 1645-1649, it is used for " th " in nearly every combination in which those letters are found.

OLD KING WILLIAM HoMES AND FAMILIES. By Peyton Neale Clark. Louis- ville, Kentucky. This is another important addition to the history of old Virginia families.

The book is gotten up with real taste, and has a number of very handsome illustrations of old homes and places in King William. This county held a. most important relation to the colony at large, being the seat of very many in- fluential families, like the Claibornes and the Wests. The book is especially valuable for containing the inscriptions of so many old tombstones in King: William.

HISTOBY OF THE CIVIL WA IN THE UNITED STATES. By David H. Pannifll Chatham, Virginia.

The MS. of this work is now ready for the printer. Mr. Pannill has received high commendation from Governor Wm. E. Cameron and other competent critics of the war, to whom the MS. has been submitted. What the public wants is an account devoid of partisanship; one that will pursue the straight line of fact, with a critical reference to original authority. Too little attention is given to the study of history by the Southern public, but it is, hoped that this generation will not pass away before there is a special chair in each of our colleges devoted to the subject. Mr. Pannill's work will furnish,. doubtless, a valuable addition to the light in which the future student may study and be instructed.

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