by Judy G. Russell | Apr 15, 2020 | General |
We’ll be online in 2020 Fact: Genealogists as a whole are members of a high-risk demographic for this dratted virus. The Legal Genealogist doesn’t feel elderly, not one bit, but the number of times the calendar has turned puts me in that high risk group....
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 14, 2020 | General |
… more on that gorgeous church The Legal Genealogist has to hand it to Nikhilesh Haval. Not only does he take gorgeous 360-degree photos of churches and turn one of them into a virtual Easter Egg hunt that kept us all entertained on Sunday,1 but then —...
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 13, 2020 | General |
So where was that dratted egg anyway? The Legal Genealogist had a lot of fun with yesterday’s virtual egg hunt at St. Mary the Virgin Church, in Freeland, Oxfordshire, England — and, from the comments, readers did, too! First, the background to...
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 12, 2020 | General |
An Easter Egg hunt for you There is an old curse: “May you live in interesting times.” The Legal Genealogist is confident we’re doing just that, right now. So where, in other years, the Presbyterian church across the street would be filled to the rafters with...
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 9, 2020 | General |
Dan Earl and Vivid-Pix throw an ongoing educational party Do you really understand the interplay of the law and the Genealogical Proof Standard? Wanna understand it better? If this is something you’ve had on your list of things to learn when you got “a...
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 7, 2020 | General |
Virtually, with proper social distancing This will, of course, come as a shock to all the readers of this blog but… The Legal Genealogist loves to travel around the country and share the gems of genealogy and the law with other genealogists and genealogical...
by Judy G. Russell | Apr 1, 2020 | General, Resources |
Privacy today, more each day in April Legacy Family Tree Webinars is making staying home a little bit better all during the month of April. No April Fool’s Day joke at all. Starting today, with The Legal Genealogist’s webinar Privacy: How to Protect Your...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 24, 2020 | General, Resources |
In a grey time The Legal Genealogist is a big fan of the new tool from MyHeritage called MyHeritage In Color™ — a tool that lets us quickly and easily colorize any black-and-white photo we might have. No, it’s not perfect — nothing is. No,...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 23, 2020 | General, Resources, Statutes |
The 2020 census The Legal Genealogist has been among the many many United States citizens who began receiving the envelopes from the U.S. Census Bureau. “This is your invitation to respond to the 2020 Census,” it begins. And there’s no chance we won’t all...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 19, 2020 | General, My family |
From isolation to broad vistas Feeling cramped? Confined? Isolated? There’s no need for that, y’know. The Legal Genealogist sure hasn’t been narrowing down. Instead, I’ve been expanding my horizons every single day, while still easily...