The New England Historic Genealogical Society, also known as NEHGS, is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845. Today it has over 20,000 members worldwide. The Society's headquarters and library are located in Boston, Massachusetts at 99-101 Newbury Street. The mission of NEHGS is to, "Collect, preserve, and interpret materials to document and make accessible the histories of families in America."
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The New England Historic Genealogical Society, also known as NEHGS, is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845. Today it has over 20,000 members worldwide. The Society's headquarters and library are located in Boston, Massachusetts at 99-101 Newbury Street. The mission of NEHGS is to, "Collect, preserve, and interpret materials to document and make accessible the histories of families in America."
The Society publishes the New England Ancestors magazine and a weekly e-newsletter as well as its flagship journal, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. The Society's library catalog, which is available online, lists more than 200,000 genealogy books and other resources. The R. Stanton Avery Special Collections feature over two million manuscript items ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, covering New England and other regions. The Society maintains a very large web site with more than 100 million names in its...
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