State Constitutions: Oregon
The Beaver State It was 164 years ago today when it became a territory; nearly nine more years passed before it became the 33rd state admitted to the union.1 It gave up its original motto — “She Flies With Her Own Wings” or Alis Volat Propiis in Latin — in...State Constitutions: Colorado
The Centennial State It was part of Spain, France — no, Spain — no, France — both Spain and France, the United States and Mexico and Texas, and then just the United States. At least some part of its land at one time or another had been in the...State Constitutions: Alaska
The Last Frontier Throughout what’s commonly called the continental United States — also known as the Lower 48 — you’d have to be a centenarian — or a native of Washington, D.C. — to have been born anywhere other than within the...State Constitutions: Iowa
The twice-admitted State It was part of the territory claimed for France by LaSalle in 1682,1 traded back to Spain by the Treaty of Fontainebleau in 1762,2 ceded back to France by the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 18003 and sold to the United States as part of the...State Constitutions: North Dakota
Constituting the Peace Garden State It’s officially nicknamed the Peace Garden State; some folks call it the Flickertail State, after the Richardson ground squirrels that, well, flick their tails, and some call it the Roughrider State because of a 20th-century...State Constitutions: Alabama
Alabama’s Six Constitutions One, two, three, four, five, six. Count ’em — six Constitutions for the State of Alabama. It may not be a record, but… Then again Alabama has had a long and convoluted governmental history, so maybe it’s not so...The law as it was: federal
What the law was and is: federal One thing The Legal Genealogist preaches (to the point where some people are tired of it for pete’s sake already yet) is this: We need to understand the law at the time and in the place where our ancestors lived in order to...State Constitutions: Wyoming
Wyoming’s Constitution So yesterday The Legal Genealogist launched what will be a very lengthy process of working with readers to catalog as many solid sources of American primary law as we can, to put together a resource that will help us all answer a key...Subscribe by Email
