FYI -- New England Historic Genealogical Society offers *temporary* free access to one of its databases. This may be worth checking out if things get boring over the US Thanksgiving Day weekend. However, if your ancestors did not come over on the Mayflower you're likely to find nothing here. Sigh. Please note: This is *everything* I know about this service. Also, after you take the survey, be sure to check what kind of cookies and possible spyware the site may have set! -------- Free Non-Member 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 all 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. To obtain free access to the Register, we only ask that you complete a short survey to help us better define future free offers. All information given in the survey is kept strictly confidential within NEHGS. After completing the survey, you will automatically be taken to the Register database. Search for your ancestors in the Register at http://surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=46883732209 <http://rd.bcentral.com/?ID=2322816&s=46351870>! -- --- Richard A. Danca, Newton, MA mailto:rdanca@ix.netcom.com ----