The Table of Contents for the Holiday 2008 issue (Volume 9, numbers 5-6) of New England Ancestors, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, includes:
UP FRONT:
page 5 - Greetings from NEHGS, by D. Brenton Simons
page 7 - In this Issue, by Lynn Betlock
page 8 - Letters & Feedback, including My Most Challenging "Brick Wall"
page 10 - Announcements
page 15 - Education Programs and Tours
page 18 - New England Online, by David Allen Lambert
FEATURES:
page 20 - Crossing borders: Slavery and Two New England Families, by Rev. David Allen Pettee
page 25 - Slavery in Rhode Island, by Christy Mikel Clark
page 30 - Reflections on the Great Migration Study Project, by Robert Charles Anderson
page 35 - Presenting Boston Beheld, by Penelope Stratton
page 38 - "For the Benefit of the Rising Generation": Reclaiming Hannah Mather Crocker's Lost History in Boston, by Eileen Hunt Botting
page 40 - Researching Newfoundland Ancestors, by Judith Lucey
page 45 - Discovering Family Treasures . . . The 10th NERGC Conference in Manchester, New Hampshire, by D. Joshua Taylor
page 46 - Discovering My Revolutionary Connections, by Carl W. Carruthers, Sr.
page 49 - The Diary of Reverend Thomas Cary of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG, FASG
COLUMNS:
page 51 - Computer Genealogist: Repositories Going Digital, by Rhonda R. McClure
page 53 - Genetics & Genealogy: Results of a Y-Chromosome DNA Study on Surnames Sisson and Sissons, by Carol Sisson Regehr
page 56 - Manuscripts at NEHGS: Scrapbook Genealogies, by Timothy G.X. Salls
page 58 - Diaries at NEHGS: Excerpts from the Journal of William Freeman, by Robert Shaw
page 61 - Tales from the Courthouse: Fighting for Freedom: True Tales of Slave-Ship Insurrections, by Diane Rapaport
FAMILY FOCUS:
page 63 - Genealogies in Progress, Genealogies Recently Published, Other Books & CDs Recently Published, Family Associations, DNA Studies in Progress
INDEXES:
page 70 - Index of persons (for Volume 9)
page 95 - Index of advertisers (for Volume 9)
This issue of New England ancestors was jampacked with interesting and useful information. David Allen Lambert's column New England Online: From the Desk of the Online Genealogist, deals with nine research problems, providing short answers to questions about records, repositories, cemeteries, etc.
There were three short stories in the My Most Challenging "Brick Wall" section - all challenging research problems presented in hopes that someone else has information that will help the submitting researcher. NEHGS actively seeks stories of readers' most challenging "brick walls" - solved or unsolved, for publication in New England Ancestors. If you would like to contribute, please send your story to magazine@nehgs.org or NEA-Feedback, 101 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116-3007.
I continue to wonder why NEHGS and other societies that solicit "brick wall" problems and stories don't post them on the Internet on a blog or a web site where search engines can find them. The same applies to Tables of Contents, Book Reviews, Indexes, etc. If they just posted them where a researcher could find them with a search engine, they might gain more members and/or subscribers.
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