January 2, 2024

Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco

Pryor Wives is unlike most genealogy books. It does not focus on one family—instead the author looks at women who married into several Pryor families who shared a common surname, but probably did not share blood or share a family tree. The book contains sketches of some women who married into the author’s own Pryor family, but it reaches across the branches of multiple family trees to look at women in a time that women seldom appeared in records.

209 pages, surname index, 500+ footnotes with URLs
ISBN 978-0-9744281-8-5
Size: 6 in. x 9 in.
Paperback
Available on Amazon.com

“I’ve been sorting through Pryors for years. There are so many interesting stories that unfold with the families’ genealogies. Pryor Wives will likely spark your interest in family history and point toward further research.

You may think you know these families. 
Looking at relationships and life through the stories of women who married Pryor men serves up intriguing surprises.”

Vanessa Wood

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Vanessa Wood is a genealogical researcher and writer specializing in American family history, with particular depth in Southern states, California, and families with roots in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS), and holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University. She is a First Prize winner of the 2026 Montana Family History Writing Contest and has 25+ published articles in journals including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Vanessa is the author of Pryor Wives: Stories of Family, Fortune, and Fiasco (2023), Board in Venice (2025), and The Kinship Papers, Vol. 1. Her books are available on Amazon.com. She can be contacted via email.

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