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, Judy, Carol, and Debra! Howland, i attach the link to Meaghan's piece on her family farm in the Catskills:…
On Two hundred posts on Vita Brevis
Annie, I don't think it's an either/or equation: we probably all have high- and low-status ancestors in some form or…
On Title troubles
I don't think it's a question of recognition: my point is that the hereditary title forms part of the name.…
On Title troubles
Exactly, Carol.
On Title troubles
Thanks, Susan!
On Title troubles
Thanks, Julie!
On Title troubles
Robert, your last paragraph captures my experience: I certainly wasn't looking for Uncle George, or thinking (if I even knew)…
On Serendipity in genealogy
David was my classmate -- small world!
On “My ancestor was born … where?!”
I have George and Constance (Atherton) Forster's sons as Henry Atherton and Frederic Everard Forster. Is your Frederic Prentiss Forster…
On “My ancestor was born … where?!”
Jennifer, One of my Atherton cousins married a Forster: Constance Atherton, daughter of Henry Lee Atherton, U.S. Consul -- evidently…
On “My ancestor was born … where?!”