New England Ancestors - Fall 2008 Issue Table of Contents

The Fall 2008 issue (Volume 9, Number 4) of New England Ancestors, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, came this week. The Table of Contents includes:

FEATURES

* A Tale of Two Women: Seventeenth Century Coffin and Starbuck Matriarchs, by Alison M. Gavin - page 21

* Researching Nantucketeers: Using the Barney Genealogical Record and Other Resources, by Georgen Gilliam Charnes and Lynn Betlock - page 25

* Notes on Nantucket Families, by Gary Boyd Roberts - page 28

* Franklin's Nantucket Connection, by Michael J. Leclerc - page 29

* A Starbuck Surname Study, by George Redmonds - page 30

* Suggestions for Researching Colonial New England Women, by Marjorie Hubbell Gibson - page 32

* Origins, Passages & Destinations:

** The Search for Sebastian Trabold's Home in Germany, by James R. Miller - page 34

** Using Passenger Lists to Trace Twentieth-Century British Immigrants to Canada, by David Allen Lambert and Lynn Betlock - page 37

** 'When Traveling conditions permit': The Ancestry.com U.S. Passport Applications Database, by Scott C. Steward - page 39

* How Did Great-Grandfather Vote? Uncovering Your Ancestors' Political Affiliations, by D. Joshua Taylor - page 43

* Notes on the 2008 Presidential Candidates, by Gary Boyd Roberts and Christopher Challender Child - page 45

COLUMNS

* Computer Genealogist: Communication Options for Genealogists, by Rhonda R. McClure - page 47

* Genetics & Genealogy: Revised Conclusions from the Rice-Royce Y-DNA Study, by Robert V. Rice, PhD, and John F. Chandler, PhD - page 48

* Manuscripts at NEHGS: The Hardinge Family Collection, by Timothy G.X. Salls, - page 51

* Tales from the Courthouse: Native Americans and Africans in Nantucket Court Records, by Diane Rapaport - page 54

* Diaries at NEHGS: Selected Excerpts from John B. Dale's Journal of the U.S. Barque Consort, by Robert Shaw - page 56.

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This issue has much information about Nantucket Island families. While I don't have any ancestry on Nantucket, the articles were interesting to read. As always, even though the articles don't have information on my particular family names or localities, the procedures and resources used to solve genealogy problems are very useful to me, and all researchers.