Between 1913 and 1916, William Richard Cutter published four separate series entitled “New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial.” The First Series, published in 1913, featured genealogical and biographical essays on nearly 1,000 New England families. The Second Series (1914), while containing some families not found in 1913, is substantially similar to its predecessor. The Fourth Series is essentially a collection of biographies and, thus, does not command quite the same interest among genealogist. The Third Series (1915), however, is composed of nearly 1,000 additional New England genealogical and biographical essays not found in the First Series and promises to enable New England researchers to investigate 1,000 additional lineages and nearly 10,000 New England ancestors unique to it.

This is one of the richest compendia of family histories in all of New England genealogy. Compiled by William R. Cutter, the former corresponding secretary and historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, this four-volume work boasts detailed genealogical and biographical essays on nearly 1,000 venerable New England families. Out of print and hard to locate for many years since its original publication in 1913, “New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial” is now available from Clearfield Company in an affordable paper edition.