Category Archives: My family

Happy Father’s Day to my brothers

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

A tribute to the fathers of my family For a change of pace this Father’s Day, The Legal Genealogist celebrates the fathers of my generation: my brothers who are fathers. Evan My older brother Evan and his daughter, my niece … Continue reading →

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Warren then and now

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Happy 50th, bro… One of the really nice things about The Legal Genealogist being the genealogist of the family is that I have the old family photos. And one of the really nice things about being the photographer of the … Continue reading →

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Giving their all

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Honoring our fallen heroes Two very different wars, in two very different times, in two very different places. And two members of The Legal Genealogist‘s family giving their all for the freedom we all enjoy today. It is Memorial Day … Continue reading →

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A question of place

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Whence Opal? If you accept the record evidence, she was born on the same day to the same parents in two different towns, in two different counties, a little more than 42 miles apart as the crow flies. Sigh… it’s … Continue reading →

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Reprise: the storms of spring

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

The storms of spring Note: The Legal Genealogist doesn’t make a practice of reprinting earlier posts. But the horror of yesterday’s news out of Moore, Oklahoma, has my cousin Thelma so front-and-center for me, and her story so much in … Continue reading →

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Missing cousin Fred

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Would that he were still here… Yesterday would have been his 96th birthday. Tall, slim, even stately in his bearing, he occupied a special place in The Legal Genealogist‘s family history… and he is missed. Frederick Merledon Gottlieb was born … Continue reading →

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The whiz kids

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Congratulations to the nieces! Speaking at the National Genealogical Society conference today in Las Vegas has relieved The Legal Genealogist from a terrible dilemma: how to be in two places at one time this afternoon. Because, later today, in two … Continue reading →

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Welcoming Martin

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

Welcome to baby Martin! It’s a darned good thing that Saturdays are reserved for The Legal Genealogist‘s family around here, because BOY do I want to sing out! Just 11 months ago we welcomed a new nephew by marriage into … Continue reading →

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Standing alone

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

The plight of the youngest This photo, the one below, breaks my heart. The people depicted are so very dear to me. From left to right, they are my Aunt Marianne, my Aunt Trisha, my grandmother Opal (Robertson) Cottrell, my … Continue reading →

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Five entries in a database

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Judy G. Russell

A cousin lost She entered this world 98 years ago tomorrow — on the 21st of April 1915 — in Texas. And she left it 76 years ago today, on the 20th of April 1937 — one day shy of … Continue reading →

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