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Reverend Horace Edwin HAYDEN, continues to be the leading genealogist of the PEYTON family of Virginia. His celebrated book, “Virginia Genealogies,” published in 1891, included a chapter on the PEYTON family: “PEYTON, ‘of Iselham,’ Cambridgeshire, England, Gloucester, and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia.” The author closely followed the English PEYTON lines in the 1878 book “Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley,” by Robert E. Chester WATERS.

One hundred seventeen years ago, when Reverend HAYDEN published the lineage and history of the PEYTON family of Virginia, his work was the most comprehensive and accurate in data, scope and material ever received. Since then, his extensive “Peyton” chapter in “Virginia Genealogies” has formed the basis of all succeeding published genealogies of the Peyton family. This scanned reprint will be a welcome and necessary resource for those studying the PEYTON family of Virginia. His acclaimed essay “Descent” is included.

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United States Census Enumerators were instructed to take down the names of the family they were visiting, as the family was composed on the OFFICIAL DATE of the census — not the day of the actual visit.

The OFFICIAL DATES of the various censuses were:

• –First Monday in August for 1790-1820 Schedules.
• –June 1st for 1830-1880 Censuses.
• –First Monday in June for 1890 (Most of This Census Was Destroyed by Fire in 1921).
• –June 1st for 1900.
• –April 15th for 1910.
• –January 1st for 1920.
• –April 1st for 1930.

For more information on using census records for genealogical research, see:
“U.S. Census Records: Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids”

A NEW RESOURCE FOR FINDING ENGLISH ANCESTORS ONLINE

An interesting new resource is being discussed for finding our English ancestors online. A group of professional genealogists in Salt Lake City, Utah, Price & Associates, Inc., recently released 500+ of its favorite English websites: English Family History and Genealogy.

Their web links are divided into categories such as baptism, marriage, and burial indexes, occupations, religious sources, military records, emigration lists, and more. Most of the links lead to databases useful for genealogists. Those sites that require fees are distinguished by color. You may learn more of Price & Associates at their website: www.pricegen.com. Have fun!