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A Certified GenealogistSM and Certified Genealogical LecturerSM 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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Sleepless in Seattle?
A library to lose sleep over!
On the ground floor of a building on a street called Sand Point Way is a real genealogical treasure. And if you live anywhere in the Pacific Northwest or have ancestor ...
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What AncestryDNA doesn’t provide
On beyond AncestryDNA
Reader Ida French is having trouble figuring out how third-party utilities like Gedmatch.com can help in using autosomal test results, and particularly those from AncestryDNA. ...
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Missing cousin Fred
Would that he were still here...
Yesterday would have been his 96th birthday. Tall, slim, even stately in his bearing, he occupied a special place in The Legal Genealogist's family history... and h ...
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Seattle’s siren song
Seattle bound!
The Legal Genealogist has her feet off the ground. Literally and figuratively.
Literally, because I'm winging my way across the country en route to Seattle for this weekend's 90th ...
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Beating the odds
Johnson's acquittal
One hundred and forty five years ago today, it was Judgment Day in the United States Senate. And the odds were against the man on trial.
There were 27 states then represented ...
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