FGS early bird prices ending
Register now!! If you want your best deal for the 2020 virtual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), you need to act now. It’s a you-snooze-you-lose deal, since early bird pricing for this last-ever conference of this soon-to-be-merged...Sobering statistics
The numbers continue to rise It will be no surprise to long-time readers of The Legal Genealogist that there have been far fewer posts to this blog in recent weeks. Numbers like this are the reason why: This graph, from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus...Business as usual
Investment firm buys controlling interest in Ancestry Lots of reader questions coming in to The Legal Genealogist in the last few days all focus on one issue: “What do you think of the sale of Ancestry?” The questions come from the announcement this week that...SLIG 2021 registration opens Saturday
Get ready for genealogy’s first virtual winter camp This Saturday, August 8, may provide a once-in-a-lifetime chance for some genealogists. Those who have wistfully eyed the offerings of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) every January and mournfully...July 4, 2020
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the...Going the course
With wonderful workshops You remember that conference we were all going to attend last month? Yeah, that conference. The National Genealogical Society conference. In Salt Lake City, where one of the draws on top of a national conference is the Family History Library....Recognizing Juneteenth
Hint: it isn’t new It’s been cause for celebration since this day in 1865. This day, celebrated for 155 years. June 19th. Juneteenth. The day on which the very last persons held in bondage in the Confederacy learned of their freedom. It began that day, 155...Review: The dark side
Not a history to be proud of Note: As we all struggle to come to terms with current events, it may prove helpful to look back at some of our history. Believing firmly that knowing how we got here may help us all see the way forward, The Legal Genealogist will reprise...FGS goes virtual
Final Federation of Genealogical Societies conference online COVID19 has claimed another in-person victim — this time, the planned 2020 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, scheduled for 2-5 September 2020, in Kansas City. That’s the bad...Subscribe by Email
