For those with New England roots, here's a great deal! Alice US GenWeb County Coordinator for Marshall Co., KS http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marshall/ Listmom for KSMARSHA-L *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** > >Open Access to NEHGS' Register Thanksgiving Weekend > > >"A Feast of Ancestors! Enjoy Free Access to the Register Online Over >Thanksgiving Weekend! > >NEHGS is pleased to offer free access to its New England Historical and >Genealogical Register database on NewEnglandAncestors.org over the >Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Normally only available to NEHGS members, the >Register database will be accessible to everyone from Thursday, November 25 >through Sunday, November 28, 2004. We encourage all NEHGS members to spread >the word about this offering, and we hope that those of you who are not >members find a veritable feast of ancestors in the Register database! > >Published quarterly since 1847, The New England Historical and Genealogical >Register is the flagship journal of American genealogy and the oldest >journal in the field. The online database includes issues from 1847 to >1994. > >The Register has featured articles on a wide variety of topics since its >inception, including vital records, church records, tax records, land and >probate records, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, and historical >essays. >Authoritative compiled genealogies have been the centerpiece of the >Register >for more than 150 years. Thousands of New England families have been >treated in the pages of the journal and many more are referenced in >incidental ways throughout. The articles in the Register range from short >pieces correcting errors in print or solving unusual problems to larger >treatments that reveal family origins or present multiple generations of a >family. > >Look for details on how to obtain free access to the Register in a special >eNews bulletin to be sent out Wednesday, November 24. A link will also be >available on that date on the home page of our website, >www.NewEnglandAncestors.org." > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********