Writing Genealogy and Family History

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Comment by Shari McLaws on July 29, 2009 at 9:26pm

This is awesome! I'm almost done writing my Grandpas life story. I'm going to publish next month!

Comment by M. Diane Rogers on July 29, 2009 at 7:14am

Becky - Our BC Genealogical Society has a subscription to the NEHGS. I have found them quick to respond to any question/problem. There is a 1 888 # - have you tried calling? I know that # works from both Canada & USA.

Comment by September McCarthy on July 29, 2009 at 5:24am

Hi Becky,
I'm glad you are not giving up on NEHGS. While not excusing the fact that you have not had a response from their website manager, please realize that, unlike sites like Ancestry.com, FamilyTree, and other paid subscription services, NEHGS is a non-profit organization. As such, they rely heavily on volunteers and donations. They do have a very professional (and paid) staff who all try to do the work of many. In the case of the website manager (yes, just one individual), given the priority of resolving the weekend problems, it is likely he/she simply hasn't had time to respond to their full inbox of emails. I'm not trying to make excuses for them. I'm just sharing some insight into their operation and honest effort to make their services and information available to us all.

Comment by Becky on July 29, 2009 at 4:15am

By the way, after writing the site master the other day...I have not heard one word from them..

Comment by Becky on July 29, 2009 at 4:14am

Thank you all for your help. I am fixing to try it again and see if it will work this time.

Becky

Comment by Katherine McArthur on July 27, 2009 at 1:17pm

Have you tried Google Books?

Kathy

Comment by September McCarthy on July 26, 2009 at 11:59am

Hi all,
Caro and Trudy -- I also found the Heilman Family book on www.archive.org, which is free to view and/or download. I also noted the contributor, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, which is always a place to check. They are also the center for PERSI, and the place to request copies of magazine/journal articles. Makes me almost wish I lived closer!

Becky -- I'm sorry to hear of your troubles accessing the NEHGS website. If you have ancestry in New England, and even beyond, then I can only say it is well worth the price (and you got $15 off the regular cost) once you see what is available. . . they have been publishing the very well-respected "Register" on a quarterly basis since 1864, and it is all available online. They are also beginning to post older issues of TAG (The American Genealogist), and included in your subscription is full access to 3 archives of historical newspapers. I do not work for them, nor am I paid by them. I have been a paying member for the last few years, and consider it well worth the price. They do occasionally have website issues, and are not open/staffed on Sundays, so perhaps your membership needs to be processed in some way to activate your access. Whatever you decide, I'm sure they will refund your membership, or correct the problem.

Comment by Trudy Doolittle on July 26, 2009 at 9:19am

Caro, I didn't find the specific book you are looking for, but here is a location that has one of the books for my family online free for the download. I did find something about Heilmans in Pennsylvania. www.archive.org. There are other websites like this out there. I'm trying to remember how I got old an old copy of the 100th anniversary of the town one of my ancestors settles. But not sure where I found that one. Do you know any more about the book, like the author, where it was published.

Comment by Becky on July 26, 2009 at 8:26am

Well....I just paid the $60.00 to join and constantly got the following message on nearly every bit of information that I needed to search. If that is the way it is, then don't waste your money.
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Error occurred while completing this request:
Please report the problem to NEHGS (webmaster@nehgs.org) specifying the page on the web site where this error message was displayed, if you are searching a database please provide search parameters (e.g. name, year, volume etc.), database name and database link.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Comment by September McCarthy on July 25, 2009 at 9:49pm

Hi Caro,
NEHGS (www.newenglandancestors.org) has a huge library of family histories. They are the oldest gen society in the country (since 1864, I think). Anyway, you can search their library online without being a member, and they will print a copy (for a price, of course). I just did a quick search on "Heilman" and it returned 8 records, 3 of which are manuscripts. If you have any trouble accessing the info, just let me know and I'll see what I can do to help.

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