The Legal Genealogist’s Christmas & Holiday Wish 2023
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! From The Legal Genealogist to all those who have so enriched my life in 2023... I wish you the merriest of Christmases and happiest of Holidays! DisclaimerTerms and conditions may apply. Timely delivery of wishes from this server...
23andMe amends terms of service
A change in arbitration rules There's been a lot of angst recently, in the genealogical community and in the popular press, about a change in the terms of service at 23andMe posted at the end of last month. The change follows disclosures in October of a data hack at...
Sixty years ago today
Childhood's end It was sixty years ago today when childhood ended. At least The Legal Genealogist's childhood. There may not have been all that much remaining, that bleak day in November 1963. I was, after all, a child who learned to curl up in a ball in an elementary...
Deadline: today!
Last chance to comment Today, Monday, November 13, is the last day to comment on a proposal by the U.S. National Archives to delay full public access to a key genealogical record. Until 2092. Yep, you read that right. The delay in full public access would be nearly 70...
Deadline: tomorrow!
Comments due on SS-5 access As much as The Legal Genealogist tries to keep up with legal issues that impact genealogy, sometimes things sneak past. This is one of those that almost snuck past, so here's a very late call to action: We have until the end of the day...
Veterans Day 2023
Honoring those who served In the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918 — one hundred and five years ago today — the guns fell silent. On the battlefields of Europe, where war had raged for more than four years, and throughout the world, those...
Choosing number 39
Nominations sought for National Genealogy Hall of Fame Thirty eight times, the genealogical community has honored one of our best, one that we've lost. Thirty eight times, the focus has been on someone who has made contributions to the field of genealogy that were of...
Coming up: November-December 2023
Upcoming presentations Frost warnings. Daylight Savings Time ending. Holiday plans. Ulp!! It really is November already! And as the year winds down, The Legal Genealogist takes a deep breath and looks at what's coming up on the lecture schedule -- a lighter schedule...
Living legacy of Dred Scott
Scott descendant to keynote at RootsTech 2024 There's often reason for a bit of skepticism over the selection of most keynoters at RootsTech, the huge annual genealogy conference in Salt Lake City. It's often more a matter of celebrity than genealogy or family...
Change your password!
23andMe suffers data hack Like everyone else who's DNA-tested at 23andMe, The Legal Genealogist was dismayed this past week to learn of an apparent data hack at the DNA testing website. If the reports are accurate, it's not exactly a security hole that 23andMe could...
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