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A Certified GenealogistSM with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealogy and the law. [More]
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SSDI: Genealogy’s Public Enemy No. 1
Copyright and the old family photo
Certified, yes; certifiable… well…
Who does the census think you are?
Case closed? Not yet…
Science and the “10th” cousin
The ties that bond
A relative match… or maybe not
The lady and the Big Mistake
Illinois marriage permission, 1850
Part 1: How old did folks have to be
Part 2: How old did folks have to be
Part 3: How old did folks have to be
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Kentucky writ large
Kentucky law and the big writs
Okay, so I admit it. My attention wandered again yesterday afternoon while I was chasing my as-yet-unidentified third great grandparents down the rabbitholes of Kentu ...
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Those odd-looking books
Those odd-looking books on the shelf
So I'm back in Kentucky for the last few days of this combination NGS-and-research trip, still hunting for so much as a footprint to prove my 2nd great grandfat ...
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The storms of spring
The storms of spring
She never had a birthday party until she was an adult. Way too many meals were cornbread and milk. Dresses were made from flour sacks, and she owned exactly two at a time: one ...
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Why do genealogy?
So why do we do genealogy anyway?
The Legal Genealogist is still fighting connectivity issues in rural Indiana (the thick brick walls of a historic riverside hotel mean no wifi for me!), but if one ...
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My grandmother’s cousin
So... The Legal Genealogist's perfect string of daily posts meets up with internet connectivity issues in beautiful downtown Rising Sun, Indiana.
Yesterday I headed here, about 50 minutes or so wes ...
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