The April–June 2026 issue of NGS Magazine, Volume 52, No. 2, is being printed and is now available
digitally in the Members Only section of the website. This issue continues the
year-long theme of America250, with an issue spotlight on the 1800s.
Note to longtime members and newer
members who elected to purchase the print version of NGS Magazine:
Delivery of print copies depends upon USPS schedules.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Features
Diseases
and Epidemics in the 1800s
Lori Lyn Price
Presidential
Censuses and Passenger Manifests, Part I
Stephen P. Morse
Occupational
Clues to an Immigrant’s Identity: A Case Study
Denise E. Cross, CG
Accessing
US Synagogue Records for Jewish Family History Research
Ellen Shindelman Kowitt
A
“Union Man” Dies as a Union Prisoner of War
William
A. “Bill” Veselik
Departments
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
David Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, FNGS
EDITOR’S
NOTE
Sunny Jane Morton
TEN YEARS OF CONFERENCEKEEPER
2026 NGS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
NGS
NEWS
New
Toolkit: For a More Welcoming, Inclusive Genealogy Community
Explore
NGS’s New Online Member Community Space
In
Memoriam
2025
NGS Donors and Volunteers
SOCIEY
FORUM
Honoring
Blue-Collar Ancestors: Inclusive Programming in Practice
Kate Townsend, CG
REFERENCE
DESK
Emigrant Guides for Westward Travelers
Kathy Petlewski, MSLS
DNA
DISCOVERY
Y-DNA
and mtDNA for 1800s Research
Paul
Woodbury, AG
GENTECH
SOLUTIONS
Boo!
Boolean Searching is NOT Scary
Robert
Raymond
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