Mary Frances (Trader) Carey (1923-2019), was a retired Accomack County high school teacher who became a certified genealogist in 1981 and spent an additional 20 plus years tracing family histories and recording local tombstones. Her book Tombstone Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, VA was printed in 1995. All her ancestors on all sides were from the Eastern Shore of Virginia going back to the early 1600s. She once told M.K. Miles to always start research on a family history project by visiting the E.S.P.L. at Accomac and ask Dr. Miles Barnes to show you the local genealogy reports that have been donated to the library by past genealogists, such as Mark Lewis. M.K. always followed her advice and also visited her to see what she had on the families he was working on. The more he used her files the more he realized that her work was more accurate and detailed than many of the files at the library. On a later visit with her, she asked him “What should I do with my files once I no longer need them?” M.K. suggested that she donate them to the library so that the next generation of genealogists could use her files as she used those of Mark Lewis and others. She responded, “Can you take care of that for me?” M.K. agreed. Eager to make them publicly available in her memory, M.K. has scanned 52 of her reports which are now available for download here.
One Line of Descent of John Bird of Muddy Creek
Addendum to One Line of Descendant of John Bird of Muddy Creek
Nathaniel Bradford of Accomack County, VA, One Line of Descent
The Bulls of Accomack County, VA
The Bundicks of Accomack County, VA, the Metompkin Line
The Bundicks of Accomack County, VA, the Parksley Line
The Bundicks of Accomack County, VA, the Bradford Neck Line
The Bundicks of Accomack County, VA, the Gargatha Line
The Bunting Family of Jenkins Bridge
The Early Buntings of the Eastern Shore of Virginia (revision of 1981 report)
Descendants of Thomas Cary of Monye Creek and Worcester County, MD
The Copes Family of Accomack County, VA, Four Early Generations
Ancestors and Descendants of John Wesley Davis
Ancestors and Descendants of John William Davis of Wattsville, VA
George Dix & son Thorogood T. Dix of Bullbegger, Accomack County, VA
Drummonds of Accomack County, VA, One Line of Descent (4 generations)
The Finneys of Meadville, Accomack County, VA
The Fletchers of Wallops Neck, Accomack County, VA
Descendants of William Hickman of Accomack County, VA
A Holland Family of Maryland & Accomack County, VA
Ancestors & Descendants of Captain Robert W. Hurley of Dorchester Co, MD & of Accomack County, VA
Hildred Clark Johnson and Parental Ancestors of Accomack County, VA
Elijah Hastings Justice and Parental Ancestors of Accomack County, VA
John Kelly Family of Muddy Creek, Accomack County, VA
The Knights of Messongo, Accomack County, VA
Lambertsons of Accomack County, VA, Somerset Co, MD & N.C.
The Laws Family of Accomack County, VA
The Lewis Family of Hunting Creek, Accomack County, VA
The Mason Family of Kegotank, Accomack County, VA
One Line of Descent of Bartholomew Mears of Accomack County, VA
The Accomack County, VA Nelson Line
The Nocks of Upper Accomack County, VA
The Poulsons of Accomack County, VA
The Satchell Lineage of Accomack County, VA
Griffin Savage, an Accomack County, VA Savage Line
Justis B. Taylor’s Ancestors of Accomack County, VA
Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel T. Taylor of Accomack County, VA
Taylors of Long Love Branch, Accomack County, VA
Traders of Messongo Creek, Accomack County, VA
James Tull – Maryland Ancestors andAccomack County, VA Descendants
Ancestors of John William Waterfield of Accomack County, VA
Ancestors and Descendants of George R. West of Accomack County, VA
The Wilkersons of Miona, Accomack County, VA
Descendants of Littleton T. Williams of Chincoteague Island, VA
Wrights of Accomack County, VA
John Young of Youngs Creek, Accomack County, VA 1981 &1996
The Youngs of Accomack County, VA