NGS Magazine is one of the favorite benefits of members belonging to our Society. For years, readers have looked forward to each issue with its broad range of informative topics, to which they refer over and over. In this free, complimentary section of our website, you have the opportunity to sample NGS Magazine articles written by notable authors in the field of family history and genealogy.

Our NGS Magazine editor, Sunny Jane Morton, curates each issue by choosing topics and authors that help our readers elevate their research and writing skills with new information and guidance. Articles concentrate on effectively using a wide variety of records for family history research such as vital records, immigration, land, military, and courthouse records plus other records created in a variety of circumstances about a variety of individuals or populations. NGS Magazine’s columns focus on genetic genealogy, technology, reference topics, and organization issues.

Members have access to issues since 2005 in our archives.

Please accept our invitation to put your feet up, relax, and enjoy a good read that will enhance your genealogical skills.

Fonkert, J. H. “Five Tips for Starting Research in a New Locale.” NGS Magazine
 39 (Jul–Sep 2013): 29–33.

Hait, Michael. “Building Citations While Writing.” NGS Magazine 41 (Oct–Dec
 2015): 26–29.

Hatton, Stephen B. “A Genealogical Timeline as a Research Tool.” NGS Magazine
 42 (Apr–Jun 2016): 49–53.

Jones, Jordan. “Technology: Search Methodologies for Genealogists.” NGS
 Magazine 43 (Oct–Dec 2017): 35–39.

Jones, Thomas. “Getting the Most from Case Studies in the NGS Quarterly.” NGS
 Magazine 41 (Oct–Dec 2015): 47–53.

Lawthers, Ann G. “Finding the Elusive Maiden Name.”
  NGS Magazine 47 (Oct–Dec 2023): 23–28.

Miller, Julie. “The Perils of Accepting Copies of Original Records at Face Value.”
 NGS Magazine 42 (Oct–Dec 2016): 18–23.

Muhn, Judy Nimer. “Researching Children in Indian Boarding Schools.”
 NGS Magazine 48 (Jan–Mar 2022): 28–34.

Okazaki, Linda Harms. “Japanese American Internment and Incarceration Camps in World War II.”
  NGS Magazine 50 (April–June 2024): 42–49:

Raymond, Robert. “Hidden Treasures on FamilySearch.” NGS Magazine 43
 (Oct–Dec 2017): 17–22.

Stratton, Liz. “Docket: the Court’s Index.” NGS Magazine 43 (Oct–Dec 2017):
 28–33.

Wayne, Debbie Parker. “Genetic Genealogy Journey: Introduction to Autosomal
 DNA Tools. NGS Magazine 43 (Apr–Jun 2016): 57–61.