I got my copy of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register today. No – not in the mail, but as an online magazine. After getting The Register for eons as a print publication, I finally decided that I’d rather get it online. First off, I don’t have room for the publications anymore. Secondly, I can blow the online magazine up on my screen by clicking on the magnifier, then sit back and read. My eyes are old and tired. Online reading is now easier on them.
The Register now has an entirely new look. Gone are the boring covers, replaced by colorful works of art, complete with teaser surnames on the front.
According to the introduction to the Editorial, several important changes have been made. They are as follows:
- “An expanded editorial focus, providing genealogical content of national and international scope — while still retaining an emphasis on New England, New York State, and out-migrations from New England.” NEHGS had already moved in that direction in 2009, when they started the annual American Ancestors Journal supplement, whose content they are now integrating into the quarterly issues The Register.
- NEHGS has added “Quarterly News” inside the back cover, highlighting NEHGS developments of particular interest to readers of The Register.
- Changes in editorial style, reflecting their decision to conform completely with the guidelines presented in the Guide to Genealogical Writing (NEHGS, 2014) are also noted.
Articles found in The Register, Vol. 169, Whole Number 673, Winter 2015 are:
- Identifying Anna Pierce, Wife of Francis Whitmore of Medford, Massachusetts
- Untangling the Ancestry of the Two Men Named Abraham Andrews in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Elisha, Stephen, Thomas, Isaac, and Samuel: The Five Probable Sons of Elisha4 Morehouse
- Confirmed English Ancestry of Thomas1 Betterley of North Carolina and Boston
- Descendants of John Everson of Plymouth, Massachusetts
- The Elwyn Family Revisited John5 Eggleston of Watertown, Connecticut, and Broome County, New York
- Two Men Named Antoine Chapouil, Emigrants from Meyssac, Corrèze, France, to New England
- William Sewall of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants: A Reconstruction of a New England Mixed-Race Family
- Book Reviews
Anyone signed up to get the electronic version of the magazine can read it as a FlippingBook publication, without having to download it at all – or if you like, you can download a PDF version for storage on your personal cloud or hard drive.
