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.
Mrs. Shober's brother was Frederic Hall Bradlee; he married Lucretia Wainwright, Rebecca Wainwright's aunt.
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Thanks, Gerald! Certainly in European royal circles, both Lady Diana Spencer and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon would have been considered ineligible…
On “Daylight upon magic”
Thanks, Grant!
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Thanks, Candy! In my view, Charles and Camilla's marriage is not morganatic -- both because morganatic marriages are not recognized…
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Thanks, Gerald, for looking into the play -- I think you're probably right, and that Mr. Loring was the director…
On “Mr. Loring’s play”
Thanks, Jeff! She is both a product of her times (born in 1818, after all) and -- what makes her…
On A slice of life
I see in our Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 database that William L. Shields and Rosaline G. Rivers were married in…
On A slice of life
Thanks, Alice!
On Not quite right
Linda, there is currently a photo on eBay of Nowell citing his work in BEN-HUR.
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Thank you, Candy, this looks like fun!
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