by Judy G. Russell | Oct 8, 2019 | Court Cases, Records Access |
… it’s a grave matter The Legal Genealogist cannot resist the pun: calling the case of Knick v. Township of Scott a grave matter. It’s factually a case about access to graveyards.1 That’s not even remotely the legal issue involved, which...
by Judy G. Russell | Oct 7, 2019 | Ethics, General |
… it really is time to take action It was two months ago that The Legal Genealogist added this space’s voice to that of others calling for a moratorium on non-family-members posting memorials for the recently-deceased on Find A Grave for at least some time...
by Judy G. Russell | Oct 4, 2019 | Resources, Statutes |
A one-stop shop for early Kansas statutes It’s called the Sunflower State, and the sunflower has been the official state flower since 1903. Its people sometimes call themselves Jayhawkers, with a source ascribed to some blending of a noisy blue jay and a...