{"id":1750,"date":"2019-08-22T09:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:43:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:43:49","slug":"a-chance-to-use-my-christmas-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=1750","title":{"rendered":"A Chance To Use My Christmas Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/082219_1638_AChancetoUs1.png\" alt=\"\" align=\"right\">Last December my husband\/tech advisor gave me a wonderful Christmas gift\u2014a membership in the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), sometimes known as HisGen. He assumed, correctly, that I would like this gift because I have numerous New England ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>So far this year I have enjoyed reading the publications I have received from NEHGS. These include the magazine <em>American Ancestors<\/em> and the journal<em> The<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Register<\/em>. Both come packed with information of genealogical interest.<\/p>\n<p>Members also have online access to the databases the Society offers. I have spent most of my time this year working on my Nordic ancestors, so I have not used these databases much yet. I would like to find time to dig into them to search for more information on my New England lines.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its publications and website, NEHGS provides yet another opportunity for me to learn about my American ancestors. They offer webinars. I have now registered for my first one.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I will log in for <em>Top 10 Published Resources for Early New England Research<\/em>. I think I already know what some of these resources might be, but I cannot tick off a list of ten. A webinar pointing me to sources I should use will help me formulate a research plan when I am ready to tackle my New England lines.<\/p>\n<p>So who are these colonial ancestors of mine? They belong to my paternal grandmother, Grace (Riddle) Reed (1896-1976):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Her grandmother, Olive Hall (Dunbar) Riddle (1823-1902), was the New Englander. Olive was born at Chatham, MA to Benjamin E. Dunbar (1776-1831) and Rhoda Hall (1784-aft 1850).<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin E. Dunbar descended from Robert Dunbar (1630-1696) of Hingham, MA. Surnames of women who married into this Dunbar line include Hathaway, Cole, and Garnet.<\/li>\n<li>Rhoda Hall descended from John Hall (abt. 1611-1696) who settled on Cape Cod. Other surnames in this line include Snow, Burgess, Bramhall, and Bangs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My wonderful Christmas gift provides me with so many ways to learn more about my New England roots. All of those I have mentioned can be used from home. There is one more option. The Society maintains a wonderful library in Boston. Perhaps I will take a trip to use it someday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last December my husband\/tech advisor gave me a wonderful Christmas gift\u2014a membership in the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), sometimes known as HisGen. He assumed, correctly, that I would like this gift because I have numerous New England ancestors. So far this year I have enjoyed reading the publications I have received from NEHGS. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy","category-seminars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}