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Coming up: December 2025-January 2026

Upcoming presentations It's beginning to look a lot like ... the end of another year. Yep, things are finally winding down for 2025 here at The Legal Genealogist -- and ramping up for 2026. So here's a look at what's coming up on the schedule, and you're invited to...

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In the final analysis…

What really matters In the nearly 13 years that The Legal Genealogist has been writing, death has come to visit far too many times. It's taken three of my mother's siblings in those years: my Aunt Carol in 2012.[1. See Judy G. Russell, “The pain of another goodbye,”...

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Veteran’s Day 2025

Honoring the forgotten veteran So many of The Legal Genealogist's family members are being honored today in the United States. Today. November 11. Veterans Day. First proclaimed in November 1919 by President Wilson,[1. “Veterans Day,” WWPL Blog, posted 22 March 2019,...

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Coming up: November-December 2025

Upcoming presentations Rabbit rabbit rabbit. It's the first of November. Yeah, really, already. The clocks roll back tomorrow, everything everywhere is pumpkin spice, and ... sigh ... Christmas displays have been in stores for weeks already yet. So... what's up next?...

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A raw apology

There was a little girl Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, She was very very good, And when she was bad, she was horrid. Yep. That pretty much sums up The Legal Genealogist's view of auto-mailer technology. So... about...

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