NGSQ September 2023 Issue is Now Online

Mary (Cesta) Calabrese (1912–1997), circa. 1921

The September 2023 Issue of the NGSQ is Now Online

The September 2023 issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 111, Number 3, is available online in the members-only section of the website and printed issues are being prepared for mailing. The USPS is still experiencing delays in some areas for the delivery of print copies. We apologize if your print copy is affected.

CONTENTS:

FEATURE ARTICLES

• “The Recordless Marriage of Virginia Jones from Caroline County, Virginia, and Henry Brooks of Covington County, Alabama,” by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG

• “Stanislao Cesta and Fortunato Cesta: Merging Identities,” by Eva Holmes, CG, AG

• “A Family for Samuel Robbins of Sumner, Maine,” by Aaron D. Spohr, CG

• "Willis Gay: The Testator, the Groom and Their Wives,” by Susan Michael, CG

EDITORS’ CORNER

• Never Give Up

SIDELIGHTS

• Dual Diagnoses

• Husbands and Blackberries: Take Your Pick

• The Butler Did It?

REVIEWS

• Bon Tempo, Carl J. and Hasia R. Diner. Immigration: An American History. Reviewed by J. H. Fonkert, CG

• Bakkala, Jenifer Kahn. The Maynard, North, and DeForest Families: A Story of Immigration, Industry, and Community. Reviewed by Aaron Goodwin

• Middleton, Saundra. The Pioneering Life of Peter Kirk from Derbyshire to the Pacific Northwest. Reviewed by Jill Morelli, CG

• Hackenesch, Silke, ed. Adoption Across Race and Nation: US Histories and Legacies. Reviewed by Janet Hall Werner, JD

• Hämäläinen, Pekka. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. Reviewed by Tracy Neely

The National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ) is published four times per year, in March, June, September, and December. The journal is edited by Margaret R. Fortier, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG.