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The Great Migration Study Project seeks to identify every European settler in Massachusetts from 1620 to 1640. This effort has already produced several published volumes in addition to the Internet database.<ref name="Wik" /> You can see a tutorial at FamilySearch Learning Center of ''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/an-overview-of-the-nehgs-manuscript-collection/185 "An Overview of the NEGHS Manuscript Collection"]''. | The Great Migration Study Project seeks to identify every European settler in Massachusetts from 1620 to 1640. This effort has already produced several published volumes in addition to the Internet database.<ref name="Wik" /> You can see a tutorial at FamilySearch Learning Center of ''[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/an-overview-of-the-nehgs-manuscript-collection/185 "An Overview of the NEGHS Manuscript Collection"]''. | ||
Their staff includes experts in early American, Irish, English, Scottish, and Canadian research.<ref> | Their staff includes experts in early American, Irish, English, Scottish, and Canadian research.<ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ Get to know NEHGS] in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> | ||
The NEHGS Research Library is arranged by floor as follows: | The NEHGS Research Library is arranged by floor as follows: | ||
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*'''5th Floor:''' local history collection, maps and atlases in open stacks. | *'''5th Floor:''' local history collection, maps and atlases in open stacks. | ||
*'''4th Floor:''' microfilm, microfiche, U.S. and Canadian censuses and census indexes, New England city directories, CD-ROMs, computers, Internet access, LDS FamilySearch Catalog, International Genealogical Index, and Ancestral File in open stacks. | *'''4th Floor:''' microfilm, microfiche, U.S. and Canadian censuses and census indexes, New England city directories, CD-ROMs, computers, Internet access, LDS FamilySearch Catalog, International Genealogical Index, and Ancestral File in open stacks. | ||
*'''Ground Floor:''' welcome, orientation, bookstore, British Isles, European, Asian, and Pacific books in open stacks, and access to the “Vault” materials by call slip.<ref>New England Historic Genealogical Society, | *'''Ground Floor:''' welcome, orientation, bookstore, British Isles, European, Asian, and Pacific books in open stacks, and access to the “Vault” materials by call slip.<ref>New England Historic Genealogical Society, [https://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors'' (accessed 14 March 2017).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||