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{{Wikipedia|The Gentleman's Magazine}} | {{Wikipedia|The Gentleman's Magazine}} | ||
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). <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> | ||
Many issues of the ''Gentleman's Magazine ''are available in digital format online. | Many issues of the ''Gentleman's Magazine ''are available in digital format online. | ||
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*Ayscough, Samuel and John Nichols. (sometimes Richard, Gabriel) "General Index to the Gentleman's Magazine" Nichols, 1821. Vol. 3. Free digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=3j9OAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA137#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] | *Ayscough, Samuel and John Nichols. (sometimes Richard, Gabriel) "General Index to the Gentleman's Magazine" Nichols, 1821. Vol. 3. Free digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=3j9OAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA137#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books] | ||
David Dobson gleaned references to American births, marriages, and deaths from | David Dobson gleaned references to American births, marriages, and deaths from Gentleman's Magazine and published it as: | ||
*Dobson, David. ''American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. {{FHL|973 V22d}}. <br> | *Dobson, David. ''American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868''. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. {{FHL|973 V22d}}. <br> | ||
A few partial indexes are also available: | A few partial indexes to genealogical events in Gentleman's Magazine are also available: | ||
*Edward Alexander Fry's Index to the Marriages in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1768<ref>Fry, Edward Alexander. Index to the Marriages in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1768 (London:[s.n.], 1922)</ref><br> | *Edward Alexander Fry's Index to the Marriages in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1768<ref>Fry, Edward Alexander. Index to the Marriages in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1768 (London:[s.n.], 1922)</ref><br> | ||
*Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1780<ref>Fry, Edward Alexander. Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in Gentleman's Magazine,1731-1780, (London: British Records Society, 1891.</ref><br> | *Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1780<ref>Fry, Edward Alexander. Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in Gentleman's Magazine,1731-1780, (London: British Records Society, 1891.</ref><br> | ||
*Marriages from Gentleman's Magazine for the years 1731 to 1768 were included in Boyd's Marriage Index<ref>Boyd, Percival comp., Boyd's Marriage Index, 555 volumes, (London: Society of Genealogists, 1938-1962)</ref><br> | *Marriages from Gentleman's Magazine for the years 1731 to 1768 were included in Boyd's Marriage Index<ref>Boyd, Percival comp., Boyd's Marriage Index, 555 volumes, (London: Society of Genealogists, 1938-1962)</ref><br> | ||
*Obituaries were included in Musgrave's Obituaries<ref>Musgrave, William, comp., Musgrave's Obituaries, 6 vols. (London, Harleian Society, 1900)</ref><br> | *Obituaries were included in Musgrave's Obituaries<ref>Musgrave, William, comp., Musgrave's Obituaries, 6 vols. (London, Harleian Society, 1900)</ref><br> | ||
*For those fortunate to have a surname beginning with a letter between Aa and Alexander, there is Joseph Foster's index to marriages, which includes marriages from this periodical as well as The Times (1865-1880 only) and the Historical Register.<ref>"Marriages of the Nobility and Gentry, 1650-1880", an article in Collectanea Genealogica, 1881-1885</ref><br> | *For those fortunate to have a surname beginning with a letter between Aa and Alexander, there is Joseph Foster's index to marriages, which includes marriages from this periodical as well as The Times (1865-1880 only) and the Historical Register.<ref>"Marriages of the Nobility and Gentry, 1650-1880", an article in Collectanea Genealogica, 1881-1885</ref><br> | ||