Question

The Uncommon Smiths of Cuerdley by William Eugene Smith (not the noted American photojournalist as far as I can tell) is cited as source on a number of English Smith/Smyth profiles such as that below which I adopted as being a family line. I do not find reference to the book at WorldCat, not at Family Search (where it may once have been given a notation on one profile), nor at Ancestry's library. I have noted the book on the Cuerdly (Lancashire) Smith's is showing up on Cheshire profiles. Has anyone heard of the book or know where it might be found?

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Would you add the tags Lancashire and Cheshire to this question T? One of the England Project county teams may have an answer for you.

Jo

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Added tags, thanks.

Answer 1

Googling the title brings up the Lee County Virginia Historical and Genealogical Society's library list . Perhaps a call to them? Here is their website.

Jo

Answer 2

A friend of mine has it and I have skimmed it.  It was written about 2010 I think. Good pictures of the Cheshire area, but I felt it was weak on sources, as I recall.  I haven't seen it in several years, but would like to see it again.

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Friend said she gave her copy to the Toledo, Ohio library. She said, "It simply was not solid enough to use ...and yDNA surpasses all anyway. "