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.
Thanks, Annie and William!
On “No friend at court”
Ann, I've had an idea for a book for some time now about the various branches of my paternal grandfather's…
On Checking family stories
Jennifer, my Whites are from Baltimore (and, previously, Belfast). My great-great-great-great-grandfather Dr. John Campbell White came to Baltimore circa 1800,…
On Checking family stories
Viola, I think it was because they were "poor relations": poor in the sense that he had to make enough…
On A wedding at a glance
Joyce, Louis Lorillard was born in 1849 and died in 1910. The period of his marriage was 1874-1910; Aunt Kate…
On A wedding at a glance
Thanks, Michael, that's great advice. I see that she died in Los Angeles County on 5 September 1937; it look…
On Family plots: Part Two
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On Mrs. Gray on marriage
She was sent to the Somerville Asylum, and Mrs. Gray has some choice words about that. I'm not sure what…
On Mrs. Gray on marriage
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On A research exercise updated
Great questions! I am actually editing the first six volumes (1860-65) into a single volume; my reading of the rest…
On Mrs. Gray on marriage