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From: Diana Nelson <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] Book recommendation
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:23:15 -0400
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I bought it at the annual conference of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
NEHGS is the publisher and you should be able to buy it on their site.

Diana

wrote:
> Where did you buy the book, and how were you able to check your names in it?
>
>
> In a message dated 6/7/2008 8:04:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> Last month I bought a copy of Martin Hollick's book, "New Englanders in
> the 1600s: a guide to genealogical research published between 1980 and
> 2005". If you have New England ancestors in this time frame, I recommend
> the book highly. I checked to see how many of my names were in it before
> I bought it - at least 30.
>
> What Hollick has done is review the published research from 1980 to 2005
> and create a master index of names that appear in compiled genealogies,
> the NEHGR, the Mayflower Descendant Series, Walter Goodwin Davis
> volumes, the Maine Genealogist, etc. Over 100 sources. While all of
> these sources are indexed, how many of us would think to check the Maine
> Genealogist for information on Nathaniel Woodward the immigrant? He did
> not live in Maine. (you should - they have found his English origins,
> including his marriage to Margaret Lawrence in 1608, in Northants.) I
> just spent 2 days in the Allen Co. Library in Ft. Wayne, IN looking up
> these references and learning a few things. (Note to Bob Gillis - I now
> have presumed parents of Hannah Gee who m. Samuel Hodgkins).
>
> Best $19.95 I have spent in a while.
>
> Diana
>
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