American Society of Genealogists
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The American Society of Genealogists s the scholarly honorary society of the genealogical
field. Founded by John Insley Coddington, Arthur Adams and Meredith B. Colket, Jr., in December 1940, its membership is limited to 50 living fellows. ASG publishes The Genealogist, a scholarly journal of genealogical research semi-annually.
In a time when genealogy was frequently viewed as the realm of eccentric dilettantes, the founders of ASG were leaders advocating for more rigorous research standards. This included using original sources whenever possible and documenting the source of information. Donald Lines Jacobus
noted in 1960 that a new school had developed in American genealogy circles about 1930. That movement, according to the late Milton Rubincam, "wrote accounts of specific families, documented and referenced: they showed by example how problems should be solved, what sources should be used, and how records should be interpreted."
Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists, who bear the postnominal acronym FASG, have written some of the most notable genealogical materials of the last half-century. In particular, current Fellow Robert Charles Anderson
is director of The Great Migration Study Project, an effort to catalog the earliest Europe
an immigrants to New England
. John Frederick Dorman, currently the senior fellow, recently completed the fourth edition of Adventurers of Purse and Person, chronicling the earliest settlers in colonial Virginia
.
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
field. Founded by John Insley Coddington, Arthur Adams and Meredith B. Colket, Jr., in December 1940, its membership is limited to 50 living fellows. ASG publishes The Genealogist, a scholarly journal of genealogical research semi-annually.
In a time when genealogy was frequently viewed as the realm of eccentric dilettantes, the founders of ASG were leaders advocating for more rigorous research standards. This included using original sources whenever possible and documenting the source of information. Donald Lines Jacobus
Donald Lines Jacobus
Donald Lines Jacobus of New Haven, Connecticut, was widely regarded among genealogists as the dean of American genealogy during his lifetime. He established the New Haven Genealogical Magazine in 1922, which became The American Genealogist ten years later. He served as the periodical's editor...
noted in 1960 that a new school had developed in American genealogy circles about 1930. That movement, according to the late Milton Rubincam, "wrote accounts of specific families, documented and referenced: they showed by example how problems should be solved, what sources should be used, and how records should be interpreted."
Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists, who bear the postnominal acronym FASG, have written some of the most notable genealogical materials of the last half-century. In particular, current Fellow Robert Charles Anderson
Robert Charles Anderson
Robert Charles Anderson, Director of the , was educated as a biochemist and served in the United States Army in electronics intelligence. In 1972 he discovered his early New England ancestry and thereafter devoted his time and energies to genealogical research...
is director of The Great Migration Study Project, an effort to catalog the earliest Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an immigrants to New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
. John Frederick Dorman, currently the senior fellow, recently completed the fourth edition of Adventurers of Purse and Person, chronicling the earliest settlers in colonial Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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