Scott C. Steward
Scott C. Steward was the founding editor at Vita Brevis; he served as NEHGS Editor-in-Chief 2013-2022. He is the author, co-author, or editor of genealogies of the Ayer, Le Roy, Lowell, Saltonstall, Thorndike, and Winthrop families. His articles have appeared in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEXUS, New England Ancestors, American Ancestors, and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and he has written book reviews for the Register, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
Donna, here is a January 2015 Vita Brevis post on the subject: http://vita-brevis.org/2015/01/double-dating/
On A mappa mundi
Clark, It would be fairer to say "Katherine's Swynford daughters" died without issue - the apostrophe is misplaced, I think!
On ICYMI: King Richard III’s Matrilineal Kin
Thank you all for your kind comments (signed) the Vita Brevis team
On A vote of confidence
Dear Howland. Yes. Yes, you should buy the photo. Unless the price is prohibitive, it's worth buying to have and…
On Beyond price
Thank you! Of course I agree!!
On ‘Three sorrowful households’
We do know a fair amount about them, thanks to GLS, Aunt Theo, Aunt Nancy, and Aunt Miriam. Aunt Nancy…
On Another day at the beach
Thanks, Donarita, and congratulations!
On Another day at the beach
For a variety of reasons, Virginia, many of them gone into elsewhere in the diary: his age, his relative lack…
On “What utter madness it seems”
Thanks, Jim, this is great!
On At the margin
Didi, it's nice to hear from you! I was interested to know that your grandfather was my grandfather's godfather (they…
On For want of a key