Coming up: March-April 2025
Upcoming presentations Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. Well, that's what The Legal Genealogist is told we need to say on the first day of the month, right? And here it is, the first of March already. Which means it's time to take stock of the fun stuff coming up on the...
About this getting older bit…
Seventy years ago today The Legal Genealogist is simply astonished by this photograph. Oh, it's a truly sweet image, no doubt about that. I mean, what's not to like about an incredibly smug older sister getting to hold her newborn brother for the very first time ever?...
IGHR 2025 registration Saturday!
You snooze, you lose Three days to get ready. Three days until Saturday rolls around. Which is The Day not to sleep in if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical education and fun — the last of what The Legal Genealogist calls summer...
CORRECTION: GRIP 2025
GRIP in person and virtual Yeah, right, oops. The Legal Genealogist goofed. The email that went out about GRIP registration was correct except... The in-person week is at the University of Pittsburgh, not at LaRoche University. So here's the scoop, stated correctly...
Get a GRIP for 2025
Registration opens Tuesday, February 4 An awful lot of folks in the genealogical community had long sad faces last week. Watching online all week along as people who shared their interests in learning new things were doing just that at the 2025 Salt Lake Institute of...
Coming up: February-March 2025
Upcoming presentations It's what? February already??? Yes it sure is, and The Legal Genealogist is sprinting into the new month with lots of upcoming events. As always, there's fun stuff coming up on the schedule, and you're invited to come along, to the extent...
Call to action: New York!
Speak out on records access It's starting again. Every so often, records access -- particularly access to vital records -- goes on the chopping block. And access to these critical records for family history -- including medical family history -- is being threatened...
Honoring the dreamer
Continuing the dream Today, in the United States, it is a federal holiday to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we remember the dreamer. And we continue to work towards the dream. “I have a dream,” he said, on August 28, 1963, a...
That ticking clock…
One last chance for SLIG 2025 classes The clock is ticking fast for one last chance to take advantage of one of the best educational opportunities genealogy has to offer. It's what The Legal Genealogist calls winter camp for genealogists[1. Hey, it's January, so it...
New public domain images!
The Public Domain Image Archive launches It's always a good day when The Legal Genealogist comes across a new source of public domain images. These are, after all, by definition, images that are free for us to use, without restriction and without concern of any kind...
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