by Judy G. Russell | Feb 2, 2020 | General |
Musings on a February morning It’s February 2, 2020. Write it out numerically, and it’s a palindrome — it can be read just as well forwards or backwards. 02022020. That’s cool. But The Legal Genealogist notes that it’s not all that rare....
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 29, 2020 | General |
Genealogy at the next level Everyone who’s ever tried a hand at a video or computer game knows what it means to level up. To bring the skills already learned — usually the hard way — and move one step up the ladder. To face new tasks. To take on new...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 23, 2020 | General |
… a note to subscribers It appears that the service that The Legal Genealogist uses to send blog posts out electronically does something a bit odd when the word for electronic mail is used in the post and set off in parentheses. It converts it to the electronic...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 20, 2020 | General |
The genealogy of a national hero This year — on the 15th of January, 2020 — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 91 years old. He was born 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. And those of us old enough to remember know only too well that he died...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 10, 2020 | General |
The Genealogy Guys point the way Those who know The Legal Genealogist in real life, rather than virtually, know better than to use the word “organized” anywhere in the vicinity. Just because I manage to meet the deadlines and not miss the plane does not make me...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 9, 2020 | General |
The informational legacy of modern times The Legal Genealogist has often joined with others in lamenting the dearth of personal writings and personal memorabilia that we in modern times are leaving as our legacy for the future. As genealogists, we have the great good...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 3, 2020 | General |
Speaking out in 2020 The Legal Genealogist continues to be quite certain that it will come as a great surprise to everyone out there. No-one before this moment would never ever have guessed that … well … I like to talk about genealogy. I know, I know. Such...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 2, 2020 | General |
Not legal advice! So many reader questions come in that are beyond what The Legal Genealogist can answer in this blog, because they’re asking for legal advice. Um… that’s not what this blog is all about. Not what this blog can do. It’s...
by Judy G. Russell | Jan 1, 2020 | General |
And an anniversary here at TLG Eight years ago today, on the first of January 2012, the very first post appeared here at The Legal Genealogist. It explained that: My purpose in writing The Legal Genealogist is, in part, to help folks understand the often arcane and...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 31, 2019 | General |
To the hosts and more of 2019 It isn’t really already…? How can it be…? Seriously…? Can it really be the last day of 2019 — and the decade — already? Already. Looking back, it’s been yet another whirlwind year where I’ve had the chance to meet folks from a...