Because of the dedication of our many volunteers, we at the New England Historic Genealogy Society have the opportunity to continually expand the range of databases we provide to family researchers...
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It might seem odd, but the 1860 election – pitting Congressman Abraham Lincoln and Senator Hannibal Hamlin against Senator John Cabell Breckenridge and Senator Joseph Lane – did not particularly transfix the nation – at least if one goes by..
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The genealogy column in the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper has been one of the more heavily used resources at the NEHGS Library for the past century or more. The paper was published, under a few different titles, from 1830 to 1941. From 1906 through 1941, it..
Continue reading[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
By the winter of 1861, an American civil war loomed. Regina Shober Gray[1] – a native of Pennsylvania with Southern..
Continue reading[Author's note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]
[Author’s note: This series, on Mrs. Gray’s reading habits, began here.]