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[[Image:The Gentlemans Magazine May 1759.jpg|border|right|120px|Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759]]The Gentleman's Magazine began publication in 1731, and continued monthly until 1922. The monthly magazine is particularly useful to genealogists because it published notices of births, marriages, and deaths in prominent families or persons of interest, whether famous or infamous. The magazine included reports of promotions (army, and navy), preferments (Church of England clergy), and all bankruptcies. <br> | [[Image:The Gentlemans Magazine May 1759.jpg|border|right|120px|Gentleman's Magazine, May 1759]]The Gentleman's Magazine began publication in 1731, and continued monthly until 1922. The monthly magazine is particularly useful to genealogists because it published notices of births, marriages, and deaths in prominent families or persons of interest, whether famous or infamous. The magazine included reports of promotions (army, and navy), preferments (Church of England clergy), and all bankruptcies. <br> | ||
{{Wikipedia|The Gentleman's Magazine}} <br> | {{Wikipedia|The Gentleman's Magazine}} <br> | ||
A major change in format was made in 1856, when the publication discontinued the published notices useful to genealogists. Another change removed the obituaries in June 1868 (although a select few were published before complete discontinuance in December 1869).<ref>Mann, Alan E. "Gentleman's Magazine", online article available at http://www.alanmann.com/class/files/GENTLMAG.pdf.</ref><br> | A major change in format was made in 1856, when the publication discontinued the published notices useful to genealogists. Another change removed the obituaries in June 1868 (although a select few were published before complete discontinuance in December 1869).<ref>Mann, Alan E. "Gentleman's Magazine", online article available at http://www.alanmann.com/class/files/GENTLMAG.pdf.</ref><br> | ||
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An abstract of the "chief contents of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1731 to 1868” was published by George L. Gomme<ref>George Laurence Gomme, ed. The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1891</ref> in 1891. He describes it as "excerpts from the original publications containing local history and information, topographical details, and family history are presented here, organized into volumes by county." Gomme's work has been digitized and indexed by Ancestry.com and is available online to [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=31424 Ancestry subscribers] or at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=31424 subscribing Libraries]. | An abstract of the "chief contents of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1731 to 1868” was published by George L. Gomme<ref>George Laurence Gomme, ed. The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1891</ref> in 1891. He describes it as "excerpts from the original publications containing local history and information, topographical details, and family history are presented here, organized into volumes by county." Gomme's work has been digitized and indexed by Ancestry.com and is available online to [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=31424 Ancestry subscribers] or at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=31424 subscribing Libraries]. | ||
Also, a four volume set of indexes were compiled by Samuel Ayscough (Assistant Librarian of the British Museum) with some assistance or later editing by John Nichols and by Gabriel Richard. The contents of these indexes are given as<ref>"Gentleman's Magazine", Midlands Historical Data web site, 2012. http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/SHPLoader.aspx?x=Psearch/D1006_index. | Also, a four volume set of indexes were compiled by Samuel Ayscough (Assistant Librarian of the British Museum) with some assistance or later editing by John Nichols and by Gabriel Richard. The contents of these indexes are given as<ref>"Gentleman's Magazine", Midlands Historical Data web site, 2012. http://www.midlandshistoricaldata.org/SHPLoader.aspx?x=Psearch/D1006_index.htmlsc=1920.</ref>:<br> | ||
*Volume 1 - 1731 - 1786 (published by Samuel Ayscough) | *Volume 1 - 1731 - 1786 (published by Samuel Ayscough) | ||
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**Index to names and surnames (pp 687) | **Index to names and surnames (pp 687) | ||
Volume 2 includes an "Index of Names to the Marriages, Births, Deaths, Promotions, & | Volume 2 includes an "Index of Names to the Marriages, Births, Deaths, Promotions, & c. " covering 1731-1786 and volume 4 contains an "Index of Names of Persons" covering 1731-1818. The indexes are by surname only and are available online for free through Google Books: | ||
*Ayscough, Samuel and John Nichols. "General Index to the Gentleman's Magazine" Nichols, 1789. Vol. 2. Free digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=96RJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] (follow link to page 64, which is followed by the index, which is numbered as page 1). Indexes names from Vol. 1 "To the End of the LVIth Volume of the Gentleman’s Magazine" and covers 1731-1786. | *Ayscough, Samuel and John Nichols. "General Index to the Gentleman's Magazine" Nichols, 1789. Vol. 2. Free digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=96RJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] (follow link to page 64, which is followed by the index, which is numbered as page 1). Indexes names from Vol. 1 "To the End of the LVIth Volume of the Gentleman’s Magazine" and covers 1731-1786. | ||