Gentlemans Magazine

Many issues of the Gentleman's Magazine are available in digital format online.

Indexes
The following book includes an "Index of Names to the Marriages, Births, Deaths, Promotions, &amp;c. to the End of the LVIth Volume of the Gentleman’s Magazine" and covers 1731-1786. The index is by surname only and is available online for free through Google Books (starts on page 2):


 * Richard, Gabriel. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 2. E. Cave, 1789. Free digital version at Google Books.

David Dobson gleaned references to American births, marriages, and deaths from this English newspaper:


 * Dobson, David. American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.