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Excerpt from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 2: Published Quarterly, Under the Patronage of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, for the Year 1848 People begin seriously to think that there is no reason why they should not know something about their progenitors while on the other hand they be gin to think there is a good deal of reason why they should be informed upon the subject. In short, other orders of animals have no reason for not being informed in these matters; we have a reason for them - but none for ourselves. In regard to articles of genealogy, what names should be admitted, and to what extent they should be published, we hear much from all quarters. In answer to which we would say, that we intend gradually to fall into more uniformity, and not carry families out in so great detail, in late generations; and that we know no preferences in names, as who should be first or last admitted; but must in this be directed by such considerations and circum' stances as may from time to time arise. A moment's reflection will con vince any one, or ought to convince him, that a conductor of a work like the present must have a mind of his own; he cannot run from A to B, and so on to the last letter of the alphabet to find out how he must do this or that; our experience teaches us that in doing this to please every body we should be pretty sure to please nobody. We shall exercise what ability and judgment we have, and hope thereby to please our patrons and co workers. If we succeed, it will go a good way towards making up for the intended embarrassments some have attempted to throw in our way; and for the anxiety we have had, and the no small exertions and sacrifices we have made to bring the work to its present state and condition. We have intimated in another place that our materials for carrying on the work are abundant; it is so, and they daily increase. Five and twenty years labor in the antiquarian field has not been wholly lost by us; we have, during that period, laid in a store not soon to be exhausted; a store we hesitate not to say, as rich in material for the edifice we are building as can be found possessed by any single individual, at least by any within our knowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.