#FamilyHistoryMonth Day 5 – Free AmericanAncestors Offerings

 

 

On Day 5 of Family History Month, visit the founding genealogical organization in the United States, NEHGS or AmericanAncestors.org, and see what they’ve been up to since 1845.

The New England Historic Genealogical Society offers “family history researchers the most-used genealogical society website in the world. AmericanAncestors.org provides access to more than 1.4 billion records spanning twenty-two countries covering the United States, the British Isles, continental Europe, and beyond, including one of the most extensive online collections of early American genealogical records, the largest searchable collection of published genealogical research journals and magazines, and the largest collection of U.S Catholic records online.”

Sign up for a free guest account and you’ll have access to:

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850

• Worcester County, MA: Index to Probate Records, 1731-1881

• Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati

• Gloucester, MA: Burials in Gloucester Cemeteries

• Social Security Death Index

• Irish Immigrant Advertisements, 1831-1920

• New York Wills, 1626-1836

• Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners

• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871

• Rhode Island Roots journal

• Mass Historical Data Relating to Cities and Towns

• American Jewish Historical Society – New England Archives: Jewish Cemeteries in Massachusetts

• Sharon, MA: Sharon Memorial Park Cemetery

• Ware, MA Families, Genealogies of

• Weymouth Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors

• Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881

• Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881

• Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881

• Suffolk County Court of Common Pleas – Index to Cases, 1756-1776

• Norfolk County, MA: Index to Probate records, 1793-1900

• Armenian Immigrant Births, Deaths and Marriages in Massachusetts – 1880-1915

• Boston, MA: Taking Records, 1800

• Family Tree Samplers

 

 

With your free guest account, you’ll also be able to access their online learning resources and watch family history webinars or read subject guides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t want to create a guest account? You can still visit their site and use their scholarly articles and town guides to assist your research.

You’ll also have free access to the first 76 volumes of the New England Historical Genealogical Register, a quarterly publication since 1847 which includes vital records, cemetery records, church records, land records, probate records, tax records, obituaries, and compiled genealogies.

There are also free, online surname and subject indexes for the first 50 volumes of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.

 

 

 

NEHGS has multiple membership options and you can follow AmericanAncestors on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Instagram, and Google+ for news on their latest collections and offers. They often have specials on their membership during the month of February, sometimes in October, and will usually offer free access during the week surrounding the Fourth of July. Best in your research, whether it’s fee or free.