Greetings from NEHGS
D. Brenton Simons

In this Issue
Lynn Betlock

Letters & Feedback

Announcements

• New from NEHGS Books
• Celebration and Book-signing: Wasn’t That A Time!
• 2008 Annual Report — Additions and Corrections
• Obituary: Albert Hamilton Gordon
• New Searchable Databases on NewEnglandAncestors.org
• NEHGS Employees of the Year
• NEHGS Welcomes New Officer, Trustees, and Councilors
• Annual Meeting and Benefit Gala Dinner 2009
  

• Scottish Family History Tour
• The Gods of Copley Square: Dawn of the Modern American Experience
• NEHGS Weekend Seminar — Oakland, California
• Salt Lake City Research Tour
• Online and Boston Educational Programs

Retracing a Vermont Family’s Migration to the Holland Purchase
Julie Foster Van Camp

The Records of the Holland Land Company in Western New York
Karen E. Livsey

Genesee Fever: The Lure of Land on the New York Frontier
Marian Henry

Dead or Alive? The Strange Story of David Starrett
Christopher Benedetto

Betting on Land in Missouri: A Family Story
Jim Boulden

Discovering an Unexpected Past: Thomas Wiswall of Arundel, Maine
Elizabeth Goddard

The Virginia Genealogist — Now on NewEnglandAncestors.org
Eric G. Grundset

Index to 750,000 Church Records Available at NewEnglandAncestors.org
Michael J. Leclerc

Computer Genealogist
So Many Opportunities: Genealogy Online Today
Rhonda R. McClure

Genetics & Genealogy
A Hodges DNA Study — Finding a Clue to an English Origin
Christopher Challender Child and Arthur C. Hodges

Manuscripts at NEHGS
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Timothy G. X. Salls

Diaries at NEHGS
From the Diaries of Diadema (Bourn) Swift (1812–1888)
Robert Shaw

Tales from the Courthouse
The Devil and Dr. Reade
Diane Rapaport

Focus on New York
No More Heavy Lifting: Classic New York Resources Online
Peter Haring Judd