Originally from Putnam, Connecticut, Chris Child has worked for various departments at NEHGS since 1997 and became a full time employee in July 2003. He has been a member of NEHGS since the age of eleven. Chris graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey in 2003. He belongs to the National History Honor Society - Phi Alpha Theta.

His genealogical interests include the American and English descendants of Wolstone and Ellen (Empson) Childe of London; Southern New England, especially Connecticut; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy.

Chris has written articles published in a few genealogical journals including an article in New England Ancestors in 2003 on the maternal ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. You can email Chris at cchild@nehgs.org or contact him by phone at 617-226-1282.

Christopher Child, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007, cchild@nehgs.org