“The Holladay Family” by Alvis Holladay is now available at FamilySearch

In September of 1983, Alvis Milton Holladay, Sr., published The Holladay Family, a 602 page compendium of his extensive research on the Holladay/Holliday/Halliday family. I have been meaning for some time to blog the fact that this book is available to read or download.

Here is the link://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/63287-the-holladay-family?viewer=1&offset=0

You may need to establish a FamilySearch account to access the document. The user interface to print or download the document is kind of obscure – let me know if you need help with this.

This work documents the extensive research of Alvis Holladay, assisted by his brothers, into the origins and history of the Holladay/Holliday/Halliday family. It is a combination of history, genealogy, and storytelling. The genealogical information focuses on John Holladay (1676-1742) who immigrated from Gloucestershire, England to Norfolk County Virginia in 1701/1702. He later lived in Isle of Wight County, King William County, Caroline County, and Spotsylvania County. His descendants lived in Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and elsewhere. This work also refers to three additional compilations of Holladay family material housed at the Tennessee State Department of Libraries and Archives.

I will have more to say this book in subsequent posts, but for now I want to make post this post and invite comments. Also to let people know I am still alive and kicking even though my last post was four years ago.