by Judy G. Russell | Mar 1, 2021 | General |
A look at captioning with Irfanview The Legal Genealogist is a big fan of Irfanview, a free graphics editing program. One thing I like best about it is how easy it is to use Irfanview to add a caption to a photograph to save the source citation information. So, twice...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 26, 2021 | General |
… or creepy, or both … It’s a brand-new feature from MyHeritage… and The Legal Genealogist can’t quite decide whether it’s cool, or creepy, or both at the same time. Just rolled out in time for the huge RootsTech Connect 2021...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 25, 2021 | General |
And there are these law-related talks… So it’s off to the races at RootsTech Connect 2021. In case you’ve missed the hype over the last few weeks, the absolutely huge all-virtual RootsTech Connect 2021 is now officially underway in all time zones....
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 22, 2021 | General, My family |
It’s fun but… So the big all-virtual RootsTech Connect 2021 conference kicks off this week — three days of live-streamed “main stage” events like celebrity keynotes and cultural performances together with a full year of access to hundreds of recorded...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 16, 2021 | General |
Really. Disregard it please… The Legal Genealogist is just testing a change to the back end. Apologies for the need to use you all as guinea pigs… So, at least to make up for it a little, here’s a cute picture of a guinea...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 15, 2021 | General |
Registration opens Wednesday, February 17 There’s sure no excuse for not getting a first-class genealogical education in 2021. No reason to feel left out when all your friends post what they’re learning. Because everything is still virtual in 2021, and not...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 12, 2021 | General, Records Access |
NARA Seattle sale on hold Yep, The Legal Genealogist survived the server swap yesterday and all is well. At least as well as it ever is around here. And there’s more cautiously good news to report, this time on the...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 11, 2021 | General |
Website change, that is The Legal Genealogist’s web hosting company is doing some maintenance today. Including moving things around on different servers. So… We may be out of commission a bit from time to time today. Not to worry. It’ll all be back...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 3, 2021 | General |
No, that’s not a mistake A matter of genearosity, huh? The Legal Genealogist assures you, that’s not a typo. It’s not misspelled. It’s the title of a new quarterly webinar series offered by the Virtual Genealogical Association, and it’s...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 2, 2021 | General |
Richmond conference pivots to online The National Genealogical Society announced yesterday that its May 2021 conference will be all-virtual, including five days of live events and presentations and a wide variety of on-demand talks. The...