The OWL : official publication of the Wing Family of America, Inc
(Periodical)

Annual

Frequency varies: Monthly vols. 1-2. Quarterly vols. 3-34 (with 3 issues only in vol. 29). Single annual issues from 1936-1954. Four issues per volume published annually (1955-1962). One annual issue per volume thereafter.

Vol. 1 no. 1 (1898) -

Cover title: The OWL is an acronym derived from title page. Full title is "The Our Wing Lineage.".

Subtitle varies: a genealogical quarterly magazine published in the interest of the Wing Family of America; official publication of The Wing Family of America Incorporated.

Editor: George Dikeman Wing; George Washington Wing; Mary Gertrude Wing; Caroline E. Wing Parker; Daniel D. Lovelace; Grace Winifred Wing Barnes; Frank E. Wing; J. Melville Warwick; Edwin Olney Wing; David Wing Nilsson; Ruth V. Sisson; Deborah O. Wing; Herbert Gilman Wing; Lois Wing Smith.

George Dikeman Wing was the original publisher of "The Owl" from 1898 to 1910, although his father, George Washington Wing, has been credited as its founder from 1899. George W. Wing assumed editorship of "The Owl" in 1910--v. 12 no. 2 p. 1. Publication suspended from Dec 1927-Mar 1929 (with Mar 1928 issue released in Mar 1929). Publication suspended in 1934-1935 and in 1958.

Probably never issued: vol. 3 no. 3; vol. 29 no. 3; vol. 32 nos. 1-3; vol. 35; and vol. 55.

Published: Kewunee, Wisconsin; Wareham, Massachusetts; Acushnet, Massachusetts; New Bedford, Massachusetts; Algoma, Wisconsin; Clinton, Iowa; Newton, Massachusetts; Des Moines, Iowa; E. Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Back issues available on microfilm and microfiche. Some pages are soiled or faded, have tight bindings, or are otherwise difficult to read. Best copy available.

Comes with: Wing Family of America, Inc. newsletter. Filmed with: Vol. 56 no. 3 (1957) issue of "Wing Family of America, Inc. newsletter" vol. 2 no. 1 (Aug 1962).

Some issues are indexed.

Pagination begins in 1901 and is continuous through all volumes/issues up through vol. 34 (1932-33). During the years 1936-1954, the each annual issue of "Wing family annals" began with p. 1. In 1955, the periodical resumed its original title "The Owl" and its original pagination to simplify indexing--which requires renumbering back issues published from 1936-1954, beginning with p. 3182. Numbering errors: Vol. 7 no. 3 (Mar 1906) erroneously designated as vol. 3 no. 7; likewise was vol. 7 no. 4 (June 1906) designated as vol. 4 no. 7; likewise was vol. 8 no. 1 (Sep 1906) designated as vol. 1 no. 8; vol. 13 no. 3 (Mar 1912) was designated as [the second] vol. 13 no. 2; vol. 13 no. 4 (June 1912) was designated as vol. 13 no. 3; a (Dec 1927) issue was published between vol. 28 no. 4 (Sep 1927) and vol. 29 no. 1 (Mar 1928) which was not released until March 1929; vol. 35 omitted; vol. 36 (Mar 1936) designated as vol. 1 no. 1 in error; vol. 37 no. 1 (Mar 1937) designated as vol. 1 no. 2 in error; original numbering was re-established with vol. 38 (Jan 1938); vol. 55 not issued;.

Journal for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Wing (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from England, Holland, and Wales. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of Revered John Wing and his wife, Deborah Bachiler who married before 1613. Their children were: Deborah, John, Daniel, Stephen, and Matthew. Rev. John was born in 1584 at Banbury, England. He served as a minister in Germany, England, and Holland. He died in 1630 in London, England. Deborah, his wife was the daughter of Rev. Stephen Bachiler. In 1631, Deborah and her children, and her father, Rev. Stephen Bachiler immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts. They stayed four years at Saugus, then moved to Sandwich, Massachusetts. In the early 1600s, some Wing families settled in Sandwich, a town in the Plymouth Colonies of Massachusetts. Some moved to Canada, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont before the Revolutionary War. Descendants and relatives also lived in British Columbia and Ontario (Canada), and in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, and elsewhere.

Also available on microfilm.

Title varies: The Owl; Wing family annals, a continuation of The Owl (1936-1954); The Owl (1956- ); Annals of the Wing Family of America, Inc.; The Wing Family of America, Inc. annals.

The Wing Family of America was first organized and incorporated in June 1902 for the purpose of acquiring a site to erect a memorial to Reverend John and Deborah Bachelor Wing, and to house historical and genealogical information there. The Wing Family of America, Inc. publishes two periodicals, The OWL : official publication of the Wing Family of America, Inc., and the Wing Family of America, Inc. newsletters. For more information, see their Web site.

A separate cumulative index to vols. 1-56 is available.