> 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.