Robert Charles Anderson
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Robert Charles Anderson, (born 1944) Director of the Great Migration Study Project, was educated as a biochemist and served in the United States Army
in electronics intelligence. In 1972 he discovered his early New England
ancestry and thereafter devoted his time and energies to genealogical research. He published his first genealogical article in 1976, and about the same time began to plan for what eventually became the Great Migration Study Project
. In 1983 he received a Master’s degree in colonial American History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Anderson was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists
in 1978 and has served as Secretary and President of that organization. He became a Contributing Editor of The American Genealogist in 1979, Associate Editor in 1985 and Co-editor in 1993. He has been an editorial consultant to The New England Historical and Genealogical Register since 1989.
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
in electronics intelligence. In 1972 he discovered his early New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
ancestry and thereafter devoted his time and energies to genealogical research. He published his first genealogical article in 1976, and about the same time began to plan for what eventually became the Great Migration Study Project
Great Migration Study Project
The Great Migration Study Project is an ongoing scholarly endeavor to catalogue all emigrants to colonial New England between 1620 and 1643...
. In 1983 he received a Master’s degree in colonial American History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
.
Anderson was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists
American Society of Genealogists
The American Society of Genealogists s the scholarly honorary society of the genealogical field. Founded by John Insley Coddington, Arthur Adams and Meredith B. Colket, Jr., in December 1940, its membership is limited to 50 living fellows...
in 1978 and has served as Secretary and President of that organization. He became a Contributing Editor of The American Genealogist in 1979, Associate Editor in 1985 and Co-editor in 1993. He has been an editorial consultant to The New England Historical and Genealogical Register since 1989.