Among his devoted fans, his pieces were known simply as McGs. Robert McG. Thomas Jr. commemorated fascinating, unconventional lives with signature style and wit for New York's premier newspaper. Here are 52 of his post-mortem best.

A delightfully quirky and inspiring collection celebrates the one-of-a-kind talents of the late Robert McG. Thomas, who transformed the task of obituary writing into an art form where he commemorated unconventional lives with signature style and wit.

“The best worst poet”, is the term often used to describe William McGonagall and although the claim may have some element of accuracy, it tells nothing of the man or the life he led. W McG reveals his story. Billy, an American journalist, is on a working visit to the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and meets Dougie, a local performer, who in conversation describes McGonagall's character and idiosyncrasies. Friends and foe serve to play their part in the poet's adventures, the trials and tribulations, the successes and failures and eventually his demise. Billy is enthralled, only to later learn McGonagall had unknowingly been an influence in his own life.

This book is the answer to the perennial question, "What's out there in the world of genealogy?" What organizations, institutions, special resources, and websites can help me? Where do I write or phone or send e-mail? Once again, Elizabeth Bentley's Address Book answers these questions and more. Now in its 6th edition, The Genealogist's Address Book gives you access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers, and special interest groups.