The October-December 2024 Issue of NGS Magazine is Now Online

The October-December 2024 issue of NGS Magazine, Volume 50, No. 4, is now available to members only on the website. This issue’s theme is Tax Records.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

The Genealogical Value of Tax Records

Carol Cooke Darrow

 

Expanded Free Access to New Jersey Ratables

H. Husted, MLIS

 

Using Early Ohio Tax Records

Dana Ann Palmer, CG, CGL

 

Records of Tax Delinquency

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

 

Taxation During the American Revolution

John D. Sinks, PhD

 

DAR and Revolutionary War Supply Taxes

Sara Louise Sukol

 

Irish Tax Records, Part 1: Tithe Applotment Books

Fiona Fitzsimons

Departments

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

David Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, FNGS

 

EDITOR’S NOTE

Deb Cyprych

 

NGS NEWS

 

REFERENCE DESK

American Tax Revolts: Shays's Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion

Kathy Petlewski, MSLS

 

THE GENEALOGY TECHNOLOGIST

FamilySearch Full-Text Search: Part 2, Beyond the Basics

Robert Raymond

 

DNA DISCOVERY
DNA and Family Tree Tools

Paul Woodbury, MEd, AG

 

SOCIETY FORUM

History Helpers: Ten Volunteer Roles Every Genealogical Society Needs

Amy Lenertz, MLIS, MS, CFE

 

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