  We describe a new construction of families of Galois coverings of the line
using basic properties of configuration spaces, covering theory, and the
Grauert-Remmert Extension Theorem. Our construction provides an alternative to
a previous construction due to Gonz\'alez-D\'{i}ez and Harvey (which uses
Teichm\"uller theory and Fuchsian groups) and, in the case the Galois group is
non-abelian, corrects an inaccuracy therein.
