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American Ancestors Magazine

About American Ancestors

An award-winning publication

American Ancestors is a unique, full-color magazine that comes out four times a year, and offers compelling information for family historians of all levels. Features cover useful genealogical sources, helpful research strategies, compelling historical accounts, and interesting case studies. American Ancestors is a benefit of membership starting at the Individual level, as both a print publication and an online PDF. 

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Winter 2024 issue now available

In this issue of American Ancestors magazine, our new President and CEO Ryan J. Woods discusses the life-enhancing benefits of family history and his vision for our organization’s future. Other articles discuss an American’s rescue of his ancestral English manor; the first volume in a new Great Migration Study Project series; the story of a Jewish immigrant family told through meaningful objects; and the life of Fannie (Smith) (Garcia) Pogue, who experienced both racial persecution and remarkable opportunity in territorial Arizona.

American Ancestors Magazine Winter 2024: The Enduring Power and Promise of Family History
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Volume 24, Number 4, Winter 2024

The Enduring Power and Promise of Family History

In This Issue

Programs & Tours

Branches of Our Family

Obituaries

10 Million Names

Staff List

News

Family Focus

Your Member Benefits

Index
Features

The Enduring Power and Promise of Family History

Ryan J. Woods

Introducing the Great Migration Third Series

Robert Charles Anderson, FASG

Brenton Simons and David Allen Lambert Talk with Lynn
Betlock about Thirty Years on Newbury Street

 

Examining “Objects of Love and Regret” 

Richard Rabinowitz

The Brenton Simons Years: Selected Highlights

”The marriage was no marriage”: Crossing Racial Lines in Territorial Arizona 

J. Homer Thiel

Downton Shabby: How I Ended Up Rescuing My Ancestors’
Abandoned English Manor

Hopwood DePree

 
Columns

Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Spotlight

Preserving “Jewish Neighborhood Voices” and Stories of the Past 

Rachel King, Sarah Quiat, Gabrielle Roth

From Our Collections  

The Gookin Hatchment 

Gerald W. R. Ward

State Spotlight  

Laying the Foundation for Ohio’s Miami University 

Kyle Hurst

 

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You can access and download all past issues of American Ancestors magazine from 2010 to present with your American Ancestors/NEHGS membership.

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Search the magazine database by name, date, keyword, and more. You can also access a database of past issues of New England Ancestors (2000-2009), predecessor to American Ancestors magazine.

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Email letters to magazine@nehgs.org or American Ancestors magazine, 10 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. We regret that we cannot reply to every letter. Published letters will be edited for clarity and length.

Have you hit a brick wall in your research?

We seek stories of members’ most challenging “brick walls” for publication in American Ancestors. Send your story to magazine@nehgs.org. Please limit your submissions to 200 words or less; include your name and American Ancestors/NEHGS member number. We regret that we cannot publish or respond to every submission. Published submissions will be edited for clarity and length.

SUBMIT A BOOK NOTICE

American Ancestors is pleased to list members’ recently published family history and source records publications. Books must be published within twelve months of the date of submission. Visit AmericanAncestors.org/Book-Notices

GENEALOGIES IN PROGRESS, FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS, DNA STUDIES, AND WEBSITES

Genealogies in progress, family association events, and DNA studies in progress are announced free for members on a space-available basis. (The same notice will be published only once per year.) Event notices should be submitted at least six to nine months prior to the event date. Visit AmericanAncestors.org/Notices

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For information on writing and submitting an article to American Ancestorsplease click here to review our writer’s guidelines.