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NARA offers webinar series The U.S. National Archives has delighted genealogists for years by offering a free event in the fall called the Virtual Genealogy Fair. Since 2013, NARA has held the event — generally in October — with educational presentations...Telling the whole story
From 1861 to…? It’s a story that began 160 years ago today. It was the 15th of April 1861 when newly-inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation: WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been, for some time past, and are now opposed, and...The joys of ambiguity
Yes, there are quotes around that… The Legal Genealogist couldn’t believe it. Simply could not believe that any genealogist could have done such a thing. It just had to be an April Fool’s joke. I mean, I know that online family trees can be...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 —...Subscribe by Email
