For those on the list who might not be familiar with some of the sources cited in messages here I thought I'd give a brief list of some periodicals that have published important articles on Mayflower (and related) families and the abbreviations for them that are often used in reference notes. MD - The Mayflower Descendant. Edited by George Ernest Bowman, founding secretary of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-1937. Revived by the MSMD in recent years. Contains mostly primary sources such as vital and church records, wills and deeds. In Five Generations publications you will often see vital records cited from MD rather than from a corresponding vital records volume published by NEHGS or others. This is not elitism - the MD records are literal transcriptions of town record books which can provide genealogical information that is lost in the alphabetized NEHGR volumes. Available on CD-ROM. PN&Q - Pilgrim Notes and Queries. Five volumes supplemental to MD, edited by George Ernest Bowman and published between 1913 and 1917. MQ - The Mayflower Quarterly. Published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at Plymouth since 1935. It contains articles on Pilgrim genealogy, history, literature, arts and culture, as well as Society news and proceedings. NEHGR - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society at Boston quarterly since 1847. It is the oldest genealogical periodical in the nation. Available on CD-ROM (and online to members). Most of the articles pertaining to Mayflower families were republished by Genealogical Publishing Co. under the editorship of Gary Boyd Roberts in "Mayflower Source Records" and the 3-volume "Genealogies of Mayflower Families." All 4 volumes are available on one CD under the latter title. NGSQ - The National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Published by the National Genealogical Society at Washington DC since 1912. It is a prestigious publication containing a wealth of articles written by the nation's foremost genealogists. TAG - The American Genealogist. Founded by Donald Lines Jacobus at New Haven CT in 1922, it expanded from a Connecticut-oriented journal to one concentrating mainly on colonial American families. I consider it the premier independent genealogical journal in the country. It has published many important articles on Mayflower families by the finest researchers, including Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists (F.A.S.G.) and others involved in the Five Generations Project. Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, WWWR Roanoke VA, WCQV Moneta VA, WKBA WZZI Vinton VA, WKPA WLNI WLVA WZZU Lynchburg VA

***NGSQ - The National Genealogical Society Quarterly. Published by the ***National Genealogical Society at Washington DC since 1912. It is a ***prestigious publication containing a wealth of articles written by the ***nation's foremost genealogists. *** Thanks for the list, Dale. This one is also available on CD (FTM # 210) as well as online for a fee at GenealogyLibrary.com.