Gary Boyd Roberts is the author of several authoritative publications, including The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States, Ancestors of American Presidents and Notable Kin (volume 1 and volume 2) as well as American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales.  His most recent book is The Best Genealogical Sources in Print: Essays by Gary Boyd Roberts.
He is a native of Houston, Texas, and received a B.A. from Yale University and a M.A. from the University of Chicago. He also attended the University of California at Berkeley. Gary joined the NEHGS staff in 1974 and has since held the following positions:

Reference Librarian - 1974-77
Director of Research - 1982 - 84
Special Projects Director - 1984 - 87
Director of Publications - 1987 - 96
Senior Research Scholar - 1996 - 2005
Senior Research Scholor Emeritus 2005 - Present

Gary is also a freelance genealogist, teacher, author and editor. He is a member of the Society of Genealogists, NEHGS, and the Connecticut Society of Genealogists.

Gary's genealogical interests include immigrant origins and royal descents; royal and noble genealogy; ancestry of notable figures, esp. presidents; colonial New England, mid-Atlantic states, and the South; editing of major compendia; writing and lecturing on all of these topics.

**Mr. Roberts is available for a personal tutorial with you at our Boston Research Library. For more information, please call 617-226-1233.  Visit Gary Boyd Roberts' website - http://www.notablekin.org/ !