Working with the papers of so many prominent genealogists here at NEHGS, I've developed an interest in the history of genealogy in America. An offshoot of this personal research interest has been an informal effort to identify the repositories where various prominent..

NEHGS recently bought a luxuriant “genealogical tree” chart* of Queen Victoria and her descendants, published for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June 1897. The chart, removed from the issue of The Graphic dated 26 June 1897, was at one time in the collection of the..

Next week brings the first big genealogical conference of 2014, with RootsTech in Salt Lake City from February 6–8. I'll be there with some of my colleagues from NEHGS, and we hope to meet a number of you there!

We’ve been attending the conference since it started in..

As the NEHGS Director of Education, it’s part of my job to plan and coordinate our research tours and programs across the country and beyond the U.S. In past years, we have offered research trips to such places as Washington, D.C., Salt Lake City, London, Belfast, and..

For many years one of my personal projects has been to mark the graves of ancestors without gravestones. In the case of ancestors who were honorably discharged from the United States military, I honor their memory by adding an inscription relating to their service. If..

The first month or so of the New Year is turning out to be quite a busy one in terms of presenting lectures. Part 1 of a Mobile Genealogist series on Dropbox and Evernote is done, part 2 of the series on the Flip-Pal scanner and cameras is upcoming on February 1, and I..