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The Pennsylvania Genealogist Cover
We are very happy to have added 3 volumes the genealogical journal the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine database. This update adds volumes 46, 47, and 48 which cover the years 2009 to 2012. This update adds over 900 pages and 24,000 searchable names.
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, published by the Philadelphia-based Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania since 1895 contains family histories, original records, book reviews, and scholarly essays. Since 1965, the journal expanded the focus of its scholarship to facilitate genealogical research beyond southeastern Pennsylvania and has maintained a balance between publishing compiled genealogies and original source materials.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The complete run of the journal is available at the NEHGS Research Library, call number F 146 G32.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
The Connecticut Nutmegger cover.
We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Connecticut Nutmegger database. This update adds volumes 44 and 45 covering the years 2011 and 2012. This update adds over 800 pages and 14,500 searchable names.
The Connecticut Nutmegger has served as the “journal of record” for the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc. (CSG) for forty years. During this time, it has captured a wealth of information for genealogists. Vital records, probate records, bible records, headstone records, memorials and other useful records have been published and made readily accessible for genealogical research. Well-documented family histories and genealogical articles, covering hundreds of families – mainly with Connecticut ties – have been presented. Published articles include commentary on and corrections to previously published family lines, vital records and town histories. Book reviews, research tips, queries and other valuable tools for genealogists have been presented. The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The Connecticut Nutmegger is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F91.C82.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Shelton side of the Ousatonic Water Power Company Dam. Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
It recently came to our attention that the town of Huntington was not included in the database Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870. We are happy to have added a new volume for Huntington, Connecticut that contains over 2,200 new searchable names associated with records between 1739 and 1839.
As noted in the introduction, the town of Huntington officially changed its name Shelton in 1919. It was originally named for Governor Samuel Huntington, and was renamed in honor of Edward Nelson Shelton, according to a New York Times article.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The complete Barbour collection contains information on 136 Connecticut towns. Our library also offers the complete Barbour collection on-site.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
St. Mary Church Boston. From “One hundred years of progress : a graphic, historical, and pictorial account of the Catholic Church of New England”, Archdiocese of Boston. 1895 Courtesy of Internet ArchiveToday we’ve added thirteen new volumes to Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1900 for St. Mary of Boston. These volumes cover the years from 1836 to 1900.
Saint Mary of Boston was one of two churches built in Boston less than ten years after the original cathedral was enlarged. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day of 1835, and the extensive parish records start in 1836. This update adds over 300,000 new names, 3,300 pages, and 85,000 records to search.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
The American Genealogist of October 2011
We have just posted a new volume to The American Genealogist database. This update adds volume 85 and was released in the years 2011 through 2013, and adds 380 pages and 6,200 new searchable names.
Founded in 1922 by Donald Lines Jacobus, The American Genealogist (TAG) has been published quarterly and represents an important body of scholarly research covering the breadth of the United States. TAG is edited by a quartet of NEHGS members: Editor and publisher, Nathaniel Lane Taylor, FASG; coeditors Roger D. Joslyn, FASG and Joseph C. Anderson II, FASG, who is also editor of The Maine Genealogist; and consulting editor, David L. Greene, FASG. These distinguished genealogists, along with dozens of highly-regarded contributors, uphold and advance the standards for genealogical scholarship so carefully articulated by Jacobus and the Jacobus “School.”
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
The entire run of The American Genealogist is available at the NEHGS Boston research library, call number F104.N6 A6.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
The Maine Genealogist of November 2012
We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Maine Genealogist database. This update adds volumes 33 and 34 covering the years 2011 to 2012. It also adds over 450 pages and 10,500 new searchable names.
Published since 1977, The Maine Genealogist is the quarterly journal of Maine Genealogical Society, founded in 1976. Beginning as a newsletter for the society, the publication evolved into The Maine Seine, published until 1990. The title was changed to The Maine Genealogist in 1991, and each issue, now 48 pages, contains scholarly articles on Maine families, emphasizing the solving of long-standing problems and primary source documentation.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including guest members.
The Essex Genealogist of November 2012
We are very happy to have added 2 years of the genealogical journal The Essex Genealogist database. This update adds volumes 31 and 32, covering the years 2011 to 2012. This update adds over 400 pages and 5,500 searchable names.
The leading publication for genealogical research in Essex County, Massachusetts, this quarterly journal has been published since 1981 by The Essex Society of Genealogists (founded in 1975). Within the pages of this journal are selections of cemetery transcriptions, bible records, vital and church records relating to families from Essex County, Massachusetts. The Essex Genealogist has had published numerous Ahnentafel’s (Ancestor Tables) of the ancestry of their members, as well as verbatim transcriptions of lectures over the years. This journal continues to serve those researching Essex County families with valuable resources now entering nearly four decades in print.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the database digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
King Charles II Charter from Volume 39.
We are very happy to have added 5 years of the genealogical journal Rhode Island Roots database. This update adds volumes 35 through 39 for the years 2009 to 2013. This update adds over 1,300 pages and nearly 22,000 searchable names.
The Rhode Island Genealogical Society publishes Rhode Island Roots quarterly. It features many Rhode Island records, such as cemetery and tax lists, General Assembly petitions, civil and military records, and genealogical articles — all focusing on Rhode Island families. Other features include articles about Rhode Islanders in other state census records, queries and a list of RI research volunteers. The authors include well-known genealogists as well as RIGS members with stories of their own families to tell.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to all NEHGS members, including guest members. Consider membership.
Cover of the Autumn 2012 issue of the Mayflower Descendant.
Volume 60 and 61, for the years 2011 and 2012, have been added to The Mayflower Descendant database and are fully searchable. This update adds approximately 450 new pages and 3,800 searchable names.
Mayflower Descendant has been published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants since 1899. It is an essential source of information on many New England families, and its focus is not limited to those with Mayflower lineage. The journal includes transcriptions and abstracts of deeds, wills, vital records, and other original documents. In addition, it features compiled genealogies and analytical studies of genealogical problems.
The indexing for these records includes full names, Publication year (not the year of the record), and article titles and authors.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer David Anderson. If you have some time and would like to get involved in the digitization and indexing process please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.
Clark’s map of Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1858. Weston and Wilton are in the center to the right of the Bridgeport inset. Public Domain courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Two new volumes have been added to the North American Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscripts, 1642-1977 database which provide extensive coverage of Weston and Wilton in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The indexing efforts of our volunteers has produced over 15,000 new records and 45,000 searchable names. The new volumes are:
- CT, Fairfield: Weston (CT WES 40)
- CT, Fairfield: Wilton (Mss A 2777)
Both manuscripts were written by Francis Ferdinand Spies in 1934 and are in the NEHGS manuscripts collection. They contain inscriptions copied from the graveyards, arranged with genealogical and historical notes and an index. Weston and Wilton are next to each other in southwestern Connecticut. The indexing for these records includes birth and death records with full names, cemetery locations, and names of parents and spouses where available.
This update is made possible by the efforts of our volunteer Edna Curtin. If you have some time available and would like to get involved in the digitizing and indexing process, locally or remotely, please contact Rachel Adams, Database Services Volunteer Coordinator via email at rachel.adams@nehgs.org.
Please note: This database is available to Individual-level and above NEHGS members only. Consider membership.