American Ancestors

oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845
Organization nonprofit_organization Q2077377
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American Ancestors

Summary

American Ancestors is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • American Ancestors was a member of Massachusetts History Alliance[3].
  • American Ancestors was a member of Digital Commonwealth[4].
  • American Ancestors is located in Boston[5].
  • American Ancestors is in the country of United States[6].
  • American Ancestors's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[7].
  • American Ancestors's instance of is recorded as historical society[8].
  • American Ancestors's instance of is recorded as genealogical society[9].
  • American Ancestors's seal image is recorded as Seal of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.png[10].
  • American Ancestors's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[11].
  • American Ancestors's ISNI is recorded as 0000000095071928[12].
  • American Ancestors's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140025338[13].
  • American Ancestors's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80049833[14].
  • American Ancestors's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2026028756[15].
  • American Ancestors's Commons category is recorded as New England Historic Genealogical Society[16].
  • +1845-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Ancestors[17].
  • American Ancestors's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 42.3518, 'longitude': -71.0753, 'precision': 0.0001}[18].
  • American Ancestors's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/097fs7[19].
  • American Ancestors's Open Library ID is recorded as OL48047A[20].
  • American Ancestors's official website is recorded as https://www.americanancestors.org/[21].
  • American Ancestors's official website is recorded as https://www.nehgs.org/[22].
  • American Ancestors's official website is recorded as http://www.newenglandancestors.org[23].
  • American Ancestors's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New England Historic Genealogical Society[24].
  • American Ancestors's IRS Employer Identification Number is recorded as 04-2104757[25].
  • American Ancestors's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/New-England-Historic-Genealogical-Society-of-Boston[26].
  • American Ancestors's legal form is recorded as 501(c)(3) organization[27].

Body

Founding

+1845-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Ancestors[17].

Operations

American Ancestors's headquarters location is recorded as Boston[11].

Why It Matters

American Ancestors ranks in the top 8% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [3] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [4] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . projects.propublica.org. Retrieved . projects.propublica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . charitynavigator.org. Retrieved . charitynavigator.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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