{"id":6218,"date":"2020-04-22T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2020-04-22T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T22:30:12","slug":"find-retrieve-a-specific-article-in-the-american-ancestors-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/find-retrieve-a-specific-article-in-the-american-ancestors-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Find & Retrieve a Specific Article in the American Ancestors Database"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let\u2019s say you find a reference to a New England Historical and Genealogical Register<\/i> article while searching PERSI<\/a>. Or perhaps you come across an article of interest that is referenced in a lecture syllabus or in a citation. As a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society it dawns on you that you have access to The Register<\/i> through the website (yes, all issues are digitally available!). But how do you find and retrieve the article among their massive American Ancestors database?<\/p>\n

If the issue was published between 2010 and the present, you can head over to The Register<\/em>\u2019s page<\/a> on the American Ancestors website<\/a> (this is found under the News<\/i> menu). From there, make sure you are logged in, then click the View Archive<\/i> button. Locate the issue from the list and then read the issue online or download the PDF. Simple enough.<\/p>\n

For any issue (except the current volume year), you can use the American Ancestors database to access the article. There are a few ways to find the specific article, but I find the following to be the simplest way.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s work with a real example. After a search in PERSI, you find an item about Samuel Hawes. It was published in The Register<\/i> in 1977 and appears in volume 131, issue 1. This is all you need to find the article in the American Ancestors database.<\/p>\n

\"PERSI-Results\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s find this article!<\/p>\n

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  1. Make sure you are logged in to the American Ancestors website.<\/li>\n
  2. Head to the Journals and Periodicals<\/i> section of the database (this can be found under the Search<\/i> menu).
    \n    \"NEHGS-Search-Menu\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Click the See all databases in this category<\/i> button.
    \n    \"NEHGS-Journal-Page\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Scroll down and click the link for the New England Historical and Genealogical Register<\/i>.<\/li>\n
  5. Now you are in the database specifically for The Register<\/i>.
    \n    \"NEHGS-Search-Screen\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. In the search screen:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n