Dear list members, While not wishing to detract in any way from the recent and well-deserved outpouring of thanks to Dorothy Koening and *New Netherland Connections*, it has reminded me of another debt of gratitude owed by the genealogical community. Harry Macy, who still works tirelessly on behalf of the *New York Genealogical and Biographical Record*, served as Associate Editor from 1987 to 1988 and as Editor from 1989 to 2006, and following his retirement continued on as a member of the publication committee for more than a year to ease in the transition of the editorship to his successor. During Harry's twenty-year incumbency, I had the privilege of contributing several articles to the journal; and it would be impossible to convey the level of care with which he shepherded them from their crude beginnings into published form. Harry is able to share his vast knowledge so unobtrusively that even the most callow researcher feels bolstered by it. Although I have not yet had the opportunity of meeting Harry in person, I have been acquainted with him through correspondence for over 18 years, and hope he will not be embarassed by my claiming him as a long-distance mentor. Best wishes, John Blythe Dobson

Both Harry Macy and Henry Hoff of the NYG&B were so much help to me when I began researching more than 20 years ago.  Again, my thanks to both of them and to all those who help the newbies out there. Dee in Phoenix When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris     From: John Dobson <johnblythedobson@gmail.com> >To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com >Sent: Friday, January 4, 2013 12:29 AM >Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Thank you to Harry Macy and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record > >Dear list members, > >While not wishing to detract in any way from the recent and well-deserved >outpouring of thanks to Dorothy Koening and *New Netherland Connections*, >it has reminded me of another debt of gratitude owed by the genealogical >community. > >Harry Macy, who still works tirelessly on behalf of the *New York >Genealogical and Biographical Record*, served as Associate Editor from 1987 >to 1988 and as Editor from 1989 to 2006, and following his retirement >continued on as a member of the publication committee for more than a year >to ease in the transition of the editorship to his successor. During >Harry's twenty-year incumbency, I had the privilege of contributing several >articles to the journal; and it would be impossible to convey the level of >care with which he shepherded them from their crude beginnings into >published form. Harry is able to share his vast knowledge so unobtrusively >that even the most callow researcher feels bolstered by it. > >Although I have not yet had the opportunity of meeting Harry in person, I >have been acquainted with him through correspondence for over 18 years, and >hope he will not be embarassed by my claiming him as a long-distance mentor. > >Best wishes, >John Blythe Dobson > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > http://www.azwvgs.org/

another researcher who knows his stuff...thanks to Harry I know about my earliest Montfoort ancestry and recommend his works to others quite often. barbara whiteside ----- Original Message ----- From: John Dobson <johnblythedobson@gmail.com> To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:29:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Thank you to Harry Macy and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Dear list members, While not wishing to detract in any way from the recent and well-deserved outpouring of thanks to Dorothy Koening and *New Netherland Connections*, it has reminded me of another debt of gratitude owed by the genealogical community. Harry Macy, who still works tirelessly on behalf of the *New York Genealogical and Biographical Record*, served as Associate Editor from 1987 to 1988 and as Editor from 1989 to 2006, and following his retirement continued on as a member of the publication committee for more than a year to ease in the transition of the editorship to his successor. During Harry's twenty-year incumbency, I had the privilege of contributing several articles to the journal; and it would be impossible to convey the level of care with which he shepherded them from their crude beginnings into published form. Harry is able to share his vast knowledge so unobtrusively that even the most callow researcher feels bolstered by it. Although I have not yet had the opportunity of meeting Harry in person, I have been acquainted with him through correspondence for over 18 years, and hope he will not be embarassed by my claiming him as a long-distance mentor. Best wishes, John Blythe Dobson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message