Peter V. Bergstrom, PhD

Dr. Peter V. Bergstrom hails from Wisconsin. Now residing in  Greensboro,  North Carolina, he continues his research pursuits in  Virginia. After  receiving his doctorate in early American history from  the University of  New Hampshire (1979), he spent ten years as a  research associate with  the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He has  held teaching appointments  at Illinois State University, the College of  William and Mary, Hampton  University, and Old Dominion University.  Bergstrom is the author of  Markets and Merchants: Economic  Diversification in Colonial Virginia,  1700-1775 (1985) and has been a  long-time contributor to the Virginia  Biographical Dictionary project  sponsored by the Library of Virginia. He  lectures on Virginia history  and genealogy for numerous historical and  genealogical societies in  Virginia, New Hampshire, and Illinois. Peter  serves also on the Board  of Directors for the Virginia Forum.