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Gen-Fed 2022 goes virtual

COVID uncertainty spurs shift The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed, for short) announced late Monday that its 2022 session will be held virtually rather than in-person at the U.S. National Archives during the week of 8-13 August 2022. The...

A Valentine’s Day rabbit hole

A court case for the day The Legal Genealogist freely confesses to being an unrepentant law geek. So what else was I to do on Valentine’s Day but see what kinds of court cases might mention Valentine’s Day? And boy… did I ever end up down the rabbit...

Snow day!

… can’t make me … For some technical reason that The Legal Genealogist is trying to figure out, yesterday’s post didn’t post. Which means today’s post didn’t get written. Which also means … sigh … I don’t...

Get a GRIP for 2022

Registration opens Wednesday, February 16 Mark your calendar. Sharpen up your mouse skills. Get your fingers limber and ready. Because one week from today — Wednesday, February 16th — registration opens for both sessions of the first of this year’s...

Coming up: February-March

Upcoming presentations The Legal Genealogist has a busy schedule coming up. And I absolutely want to invite you along, to the extent possible, on the trip… Here’s an overview of what’s coming up in February, and we’ll go ahead and take a peek...

Why genealogy…

… this is why … So very often, people who haven’t been bitten by the family history bug will shake their heads in disbelief over the enthusiasm of the researcher. “Why?” they ask — even demand. “Why do you do this?” Here, on Holocaust...

Remembering the dreamer

Continuing the dream Today, in the United States, is a 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 “I am happy to join with you today in what will go...

AOTUS to retire

David Ferriero announces NARA departure date It has been a wild ride in the archival world for David S. Ferriero. This current Archivist of the United States has served for 12 years through some of the most challenging moments of the National Archives and Records...

Change at Find A Grave

Not perfect, but it’s a start Find A Grave yesterday announced a new system for the posting of memorials for the “recently deceased” (defined as anyone who has died within the past year) in an effort to give the families some greater opportunity than they have...