Monday, August 23, 2010

American Ancestors Magazine - Summer 2010 Issue Table of Contents

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The Summer 2010 issue (Volume 11, Number 3) of the magazine American Ancestors, New England, New York and Beyond, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, is available:



A summary of the contents for this issue was found here, with a link to a PDF of the magazine here.

The Table of Contents includes:

UP FRONT

* page 5 -- Greetings from NEHGS
* page 6 -- In This Issue
* page 7 -- Letters & Feedback
* page 8 -- Announcements
* page 13 -- Education Programs & Tours

* page 16 -- The Online Genealogist, with David Allen Lambert

FEATURES

* page 17 -- Images of the Revolutionary War Generation, by Maureen A. Taylor
* page 21 -- Strategies for Tracing Revolutionary War Veterans, by David Allen Lambert
* page 25 -- The Collections and Publications of the DAR Library, Washington, D.C., by Eric G. Grundset
* page 27 -- Revolutionary War-Related Research Problems? These Articles May Help, by Henry B. Hoff
* page 28 -- From the North Atlantic to the Great Lakes: Researching U.S. Naval Service During the War of 1812, by John P. Deeben
* page 32 -- Country Life in New England — Then & Now, by Louise Heath Miller

* page 35 -- Boston’s Holy Trinity German Church: Its Formation and Its Records, by Michael E. Hager
* page 38 -- Documenting a German-American Jewish Family: The Obermayers, by Lynn Betlock
* page 40 -- Piecing Together My Nova Scotia Ancestry — Online, by Lynn Mastrangelo
* page 42 -- Seen Elsewhere: New York-Related Articles in 2008–2009 Issues of Some Non-New York Journals, by Henry B. Hoff

COLUMNS

* page 45 -- Genetics & Genealogy: Sewall Family DNA: A Project Status Report, by Eben W. Graves
* page 47 -- Manuscripts at NEHGS: Revolutionary War Collections at NEHGS, by Timothy G. X. Salls
* page 50 -- Diaries at NEHGS: Excerpts from the Diary of Brigadier General Jedidiah Preble (1707–84) of Falmouth, Maine, by Robert Shaw
* page 52 -- Tales from the Courthouse: From Mann Hill to Cowen Rocks: A Tale of Early Scituate, by Diane Rapaport
* page 54 -- Focus on New York: Peopling New Netherland, by Dorothy A. Koenig

This was an enjoyable issue to read. Maureen Taylor's article has a few of her images, and the articles about Revolutionary War records and research are helpful.

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