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Coming up: May-June 2024
Upcoming presentations The merry month of May has arrived and, with it, the National Genealogical Society conference and about nine kazillion sets of syllabus materials for the upcoming summer institute season. Yea, it's a busy time for The Legal Genealogist and, as...
A Law Day invitation
A deep dive into the way the law impacts records May 1. Law Day in the United States. And a day when The Legal Genealogist is hard at work, putting together the lesson plan for a special two-part offering that just might be what you need. It'll start in just three...
The passing of time
Marking the mortal milestones It happened for the first time on the 12th of January 2005. On that day, The Legal Genealogist had lived more days, more months, more years than an immediate forebear. My father's father -- the German grandfather I had never met -- died...
Coming up: April-May 2024
Upcoming presentations Spring has sprung -- or is giving it a good shot around most of the United States -- clearing the way for one of the first in-person appearances of 2024, and a whole lot of virtual events as well. Yeah, there's a lot coming up fast on The Legal...
The spoken word
... not a legal transfer It's a question that comes up a lot in the emails to The Legal Genealogist. This time, it came from a genealogical society that wants to honor a long-time volunteer. "This volunteer has written many columns for our newsletter over the years,"...