What is an FFV?
First Families of Virginia. — Members of these families are descended from the original English aristocrats who settled Virginia in the 1650s. They established the pattern of the elite slave-planter society later emulated throughout the South. To be included, your family tree requires (legitimate) branches into the 100 plus families of prominence such as the Lees, Randolphs, Masons, Chesnutts, Carters, Custises, Berkeleys, Beckworths, Byrds, and other names reflected in county, school, and street names found throughout the Old Dominion.
