The Blair magazine : official bulletin of the Blair Society for Genealogical Research
(Microfiche, Microfilm)

Semi-Annual

Semiannual.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (Nov 1925) - vol. 1 no. 13 (Nov 1931)

Editor: John Elmer Reed.

Publication ceased with vol. 1 no. 13 (Nov 1931).

Also available on microfiche and microfilm.

Includes an index.

Bulletin for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Blair (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Ireland and Scotland to America in the 1600-1700s. One early progenitor was William de Blair, who lived in 1260 in Scotland. Some of his descendants immigrated to America, and others moved first to Ireland and from there came to America. One immigrant ancestor was Dr. James Blair, a graduate of Edinburgh University. He was sent as a missionary to the American Indians, and later founded a college at Williamsburg in 1693, and the William and Mary College. He and other Blair immigrants settled in Quebec, Montreal, Upper Canada, and in Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia. Later descendants also lived in Nova Scotia (Canada), Barbados, and in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, West Virginia, and elsewhere.

Also available on microfiche.

The Blair Society for Genealogical Research was first organized 1925. It fell into dormancy ca. 1937, due to the Great Depression. It was revived in 1983 through the efforts of Raymond Blair of Louisville, Kentucky and William E. Osborne of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1991, the Society was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1984, and granted exempt status. It is a member society of the American Family Records Association (AFRA), the Association of One Name Studies (AONS), the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), and the National Genealogical Society (NGS). This Society is not a part of the Clan Blair Society, USA, but does work in cooperation with it. The Blair Society promotes the policies of excellence and ethical standards in genealogical and historical research of all these fine organizations. It has various local branches throughout United States and Canada. Their Web site includes an index to the 1850 Blair Census, which is a database searchable on first name, age, place of birth, and census state for over 7,800 Blairs in the 1850 census. Their 1850 Census Update contains new listings to the 1850 Census, as well as comments from those who purchased the census and found listings that pertain to their family. Their Web site includes Blair cemetery listings, and other valuable data bases and indexes. For more information see their Web site.

Also indexed in: "An index of the Blair magazine,".

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