The American Genealogist is an independent quarterly journal dedicated to the elevation of genealogical scholarship through carefully documented analyses of genealogical problems and through short compiled genealogies. For almost one hundred years, The American Genealogist, affectionately known as TAG, has been America’s premier independent genealogical journal. Now in its centennial year, TAG was founded in 1922 by Donald Lines Jacobus (1887–1970), the father of scholarly genealogy in the United States, and the first person elected to the National Genealogical Society’s National Genealogy Hall of Fame. TAG was Jacobus’s vehicle for elevating genealogical scholarship to the same high standards as other scholarly disciplines, and it was at the center of what is now known as the “Jacobus School,” a group of professional and amateur genealogists who were dedicated to these standards.

Throughout its long run, TAG has emphasized carefully documented compiled genealogy and analyses of difficult genealogical problems, all directed toward providing serious genealogists with examples of how they too might solve such problems.

Schedule: Volume 92, no. 3 has gone to press in June 2023. See the listing of recent and forthcoming issues on this page.

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TAG is, still, at present, print-only. TAG accepts online payment for print subscriptions or back issue orders. Please select the menu option Order > Subscriptions for subscriptions, or Order > Back Issues for back issues.