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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Hours">"Library Hours and Fees" in '' | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Hours">"Library Hours and Fees" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/visit-the-library/ (accessed 29 August 2010).</ref> [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="Visit">"Visit NEHGS" in '' | '''Address:'''<ref name="Visit">"Visit NEHGS" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/visit/ (accessed 28 August 2010).</ref> | ||
:101 Newbury Street<br> | :101 Newbury Street<br> | ||
:Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 <br><br> | :Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Library">"Library" in '' | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Library">"Library" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/NEHGS-experts-library/ (accessed 28 August 2010).</ref> 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>'''Fax:''' 617-536-7307<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours" /> | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours" /> | ||
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:Wednesday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | :Wednesday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | ||
:Closed Sunday and Monday <br> | :Closed Sunday and Monday <br> | ||
::For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [http://www. | ::For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [http://www.americanancestors.org/visit-the-library/ click here].<br><br> | ||
'''Admission fee:'''<ref name="Hours" /> Library admission is free to NEHGS research members and above; non-members (including seniors, students, and subscription level members) will be charged $15 (U.S.) | '''Admission fee:'''<ref name="Hours" /> Library admission is free to NEHGS research members and above; non-members (including seniors, students, and subscription level members) will be charged $15 (U.S.) | ||
'''Directions, public transportation, and parking:'''<ref name="Directions">"Directions to NEHGS" in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' at http://www. | '''Directions, public transportation, and parking:'''<ref name="Directions">"Directions to NEHGS" in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/directions/ (accessed 29 August 2010).</ref><ref>"Parking" in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/parking/ (accessed 29 August 2010).</ref> | ||
:For directions and public transportation, [http://www. | :For directions and public transportation, [http://www.americanancestors.org/directions/ click here]. | ||
:For public parking, [http://www. | :For public parking, [http://www.americanancestors.org/parking/ click here]. <br><br> | ||
'''Key Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Key Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/ NewEnglandAncestors.org] About NEHGS, visiting, manuscripts, virtual tour and exhibits, library catalog, collection guides, hire the experts, forums, publications, programs and events, and databases including the Great Migration Study Project, ''The NEHG Register'', and town records. | ||
*[http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org] ''News:'' Calendar, CEO's Corner, Blog, and Question of the Day; ''Explore:'' Search, Index, Databases, Experts, and Library; ''Connect:'' Experts, Facebook, Events; and ''Store.'' | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html AmericanAncestors.org] ''News:'' Calendar, CEO's Corner, Blog, and Question of the Day; ''Explore:'' Search, Index, Databases, Experts, and Library; ''Connect:'' Experts, Facebook, Events; and ''Store.'' | ||
*[http://library.nehgs.org/ Online NEHGS Library Catalog] Searches: keyword, title, author, subject, call number, and advanced. | *[http://library.nehgs.org/ Online NEHGS Library Catalog] Searches: keyword, title, author, subject, call number, and advanced. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=097 Great Migration Study Project 1620-1635] index to 7,192 names, 2,040 places, and 249 ships. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=0344&Da=190 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850] birth, baptism, admit, dismiss, intent, marriage, death, burial. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=0344&Da=191 Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910] birth, marriage, and death. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=0344&Da=192 Massachusetts Vital Records 1911-1915] birth, marriage, and death. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=094&Da=7 New York Abstracts of Wills, Administrations, and Guardianships 1787-1835] from 51 NY counties. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&Da=202 ''The Register'' database] including articles about vital records, church records, tax records, land and probate records, cemetery transcriptions, obituaries, and historical essays. | ||
{{Wikipedia|New England Historic Genealogical Society}} | {{Wikipedia|New England Historic Genealogical Society}} | ||
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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" /> | 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" /> | ||
Their staff includes experts in early American, Irish, English, Scottish, and Canadian research.<ref>"Get to know NEHGS" in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' at http://www. | Their staff includes experts in early American, Irish, English, Scottish, and Canadian research.<ref>"Get to know NEHGS" in ''NewEnglandAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/about/ (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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*[http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/NEHGSResourcesSyllabus.pdf NEHGS Research Library Resources] moderately detailed floor-by-floor collection description. | *[http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/NEHGSResourcesSyllabus.pdf NEHGS Research Library Resources] moderately detailed floor-by-floor collection description. | ||
*"New England Historic Genealogical Society," ''Ancestry Magazine'' 20 no. 5 on the Internet at http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6815 (accessed 30 August 2010). | *"New England Historic Genealogical Society," ''Ancestry Magazine'' 20 no. 5 on the Internet at http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6815 (accessed 30 August 2010). | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/african-american-genealogical-resources-at-nehgs/ African American Genealogical Resources] at NEHGS. | ||
*[http:// | *[http://americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Re=gazetteers&Run=1 Gazetteers of the World, Countries, and States] at NEHGS. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedFiles/American_Ancestors/Content/Library/Collections/italian_guide.pdf Italian Genealogical Resources] at NEHGS. | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.americanancestors.org/jewish-genealogical-resources-at-NEHGS/ Jewish Genealogical Resources] at NEHGS. | ||
*William Prescott Greenlaw, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society] (Boston, Mass.:G.K. Hall, 1979) ({{FHL|974 D22g}}). Genealogies acquired at NEHGS 1900-1940. | *William Prescott Greenlaw, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society] (Boston, Mass.:G.K. Hall, 1979) ({{FHL|974 D22g}}). Genealogies acquired at NEHGS 1900-1940. | ||
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