{"id":1754,"date":"2007-09-22T20:35:34","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T03:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/22\/a-boston-ballad\/"},"modified":"2007-09-22T20:35:34","modified_gmt":"2007-09-23T03:35:34","slug":"a-boston-ballad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1754","title":{"rendered":"A Boston Ballad"},"content":{"rendered":"

“TO get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early”.<\/p>\n

The first line of Walt Whitman’s poem “A Boston Ballad, 1854” came to mind last night as I was packing for my trip to Boston. To be honest, I didn’t rise early; I took the red-eye from San Francisco to Boston and arrived at Logan Airport at 7 AM.<\/p>\n

I’m in Boston for a week for a conference related to my full-time job in the biotech industry. I’ll be in workshops and seminars most of the day Sunday through Wednesday but, by taking the red-eye, I was able to spend\u00c2\u00a0today at the library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS<\/a>)\u00c2\u00a0in Boston.<\/p>\n

\"NEHGS<\/a><\/p>\n

NEHGS Library, Boston<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: The New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 22\u00c2\u00a0Sep 2007.<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a><\/p>\n

Front Entrance to the NEHGS Library<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

SOURCE: The Front Entrance to the New England Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko 22\u00c2\u00a0Sep 2007.<\/p>\n

I had been to the library once before for a three day research getaway, but I really didn’t remember where everything was. Fortunately Barbara Poole, who has written several guest articles\u00c2\u00a0for this blog, met me at the library and gave me a refresher tour.<\/p>\n

I really wasn’t prepared for everything Barbara had to show me. Since she knows I’ve been researching Quebec families, Barbara showed me the wealth of resources the NEHGS holds for that province.<\/p>\n

There were\u00c2\u00a0indexes of Quebec marriage records, notarial records, and church records. There were shelves and shelves of books, and many cabinets full of microfilm and microfiche.<\/p>\n

I had barely begun to research the Drouin marriage indexes (not available online, as far as I know), when the clock struck five and the library closed.<\/p>\n

I’ll be in Boston until Friday morning. That means, after\u00c2\u00a0the conference,\u00a0I’ll have the opportunity to visit the NEHGS on Wednesday evening and all day Thursday to continue this research.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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