MORE ON COLLECTOR JOHN G. MILLS
The E-Sylum (11/17/2013)
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Pete Smith writes:
When I was originally doing research for ANB, I spent months in various libraries looking first at standard biographical publications but also more obscure sources. I paged through every issue of The Numismatist and the American Journal of Numismatics.
I believe that today a person could find more information without leaving their computer. I have never paid for a subscription to one of the services, but I am amazed at what can be found on Ancestry.com and similar sources.
With ANB now available on the NBS site, someone can learn everything I know about an individual by looking at just that site. Then with a little more work they can expand well beyond what I published.
While I have become reasonably proficient at doing research on the web, there are people who are even better. We are fortunate to have some of those people contribute to The E-Sylum.
Pete adds:
While looking for John G. Mills, I learned that he was a pigeon fancier. This reminded me of recent research I was doing on George F. Seavey. He was also a pigeon fancier. Was this common among numismatists? Are there others who pursued both hobbies?
To read the earlier article, see: NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: NOVEMBER 10, 2013 : Robert Coulton Davis Photo (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n46a10.html)
To read Pete Smith's 2012 American Numismatic Biographies, see: www.coinbooks.org/resources/anb_2012.pdf