A History of the McElvain-McIlvaine Family Line: The Notes of Frank C. McElvain, 1948

"This book, unlike most of the family histories in print, does not confine itself to one particular family, or branch, but traces the lines back to its origin, the only attempt to do so extant, so far as I can learn. There were some ten to twelve Colonist settlers in America, dating back to 1718 authentically and probably two others who arrived before that, and each of these lines has been segregated and connected up with the original family with only two or three breaks in the connection."--Introduction.