The March of time
Mixed emotions on a natal anniversary It is a day on which The Legal Genealogist is profoundly grateful… and profoundly sad. Grateful for having successfully completed another trip around the sun. Grateful for the fact that I woke up warm, healthy, secure in my...In orange and green
Happy St. Patrick’s Day The Legal Genealogist has no idea what happened to it. And chances are, after a year of pandemic home cooking, it wouldn’t fit anyway. But it was — without question — my favorite piece of clothing for St. Patrick’s...12.5 divided by…
When we make misteaks… The Legal Genealogist admits it. It’s a consistent failing. Even with a calculator at hand, I am mathematically challenged. I joke about owning a complete one-for-every-day set of t-shirts reading: “I was an English major, you do the...SLAM at NGS
Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 15 It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be free. And the deadline for being part of it is coming up fast. There’s lots that will be new at the 2021 all-virtual conference of the National Genealogical Society...IGHR registration redux
Registration do-over begins tomorrow Genealogists can break the internet. Well, at least parts of the internet. If you had any doubts, what thousands of hits per hour did to the registration site of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research this past Saturday...A year in the life
Documenting the pandemic Today, March 8, 2021, is the one-year mark. That’s for The Legal Genealogist, of course. It’ll be different for different people. But it was exactly one year ago today — a beautiful sunny Sunday in Central New Jersey —...IGHR 2021 registration tomorrow!
You snooze, you lose Wake up! There isn’t a single moment to waste! It’s down-to-the-wire-nail-biting-mouse-hand-warming-up-get-ready time. Because tomorrow, Saturday, March 6th, is the Big Day if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled...Silver bells for Cyndi’s List!
Celebrating 25 years It was just 1,025 links on a single web page when it launched, 25 years ago today. It is, today, one of the most remarkable, durable, and valuable genealogical resources anywhere on the internet, one The Legal Genealogist uses — and...For the one of every seven Americans…
… with German ancestors … It’s an amazing statistic in terms of ancestral origins. One of every seven Americans has German ancestors. That’s an estimate, of course: more than 46 million Americans reported German ancestry as of 20151 —...Subscribe by Email
