Upcoming presentations

The Legal Genealogist has traveling shoes on, bags packed and webinar log-in information in hand as the spring season sprints into high gear. RootsTech kicks things off for this year-in person, but there’s more… so much more… coming up.

And, as before, I want to invite you to come along, to the extent possible, on the trip…

Here’s an overview of what’s coming up in March, and we’ll go ahead and take a peek at April — starting off with one of the year’s biggest events: RootsTech 2023.

March 2023

• Thursday, 2 March, through Saturday, 4 March, in Salt Lake City: RootsTech 2023 is back in person at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, and I’ll be presenting four lectures: The Road to Decision: Family History in Federal Court Records (Thursday, 9:30 a.m. MST); Landing the Fourths: Proving a Case with Court, Land, and DNA Evidence (Thursday, 3:00 p.m. MST); Linking Generations: Using Court and Land Records (Friday, 1:30 p.m. MST); and Follow the Money! Records of the Record Makers (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MST). To see schedules and more, see the 2023 RootsTech page and to register see the registration page.

• Saturday, 4 March, 10:00 a.m. CST: The Houston Genealogical Forum is hosting the presentation Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Law for Genealogists. To register and for more information about this hybrid in-person/virtual session (I’ll be virtual), see the event page.

• Saturday, 18 March, starting at 10:00 a.m. EDT: The Fairfax (VA) Genealogical Society is holding its hybrid in-person/virtual Spring Fair at the Dunn Loring Fire Hall. The morning session is a workshop, When Worlds Collide: Resolving Conflicts in Genealogical Research, and the afternoon lecture is No, No, Nanette! What Negative Evidence Is…And Isn’t. For more information and to register, see the event page.

• Thursday, 23 March, 6:00 p.m. EDT: The Boston Public Library is hosting the presentation “Deemed a Runaway” — Black Laws of the North. For more information and to register, see the event page.

• On Friday, 24 March, and Saturday, 25 February: The North Carolina Genealogical Society is holding a virtual conference with eight presenters focusing on a wide variety of ways to do good research in the Tarheel State. I’m honored to be included, presenting “No Person Shall … Gallop Horses In the Streets” – Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors’ Lives (Friday, 11:15 a.m. EDT). For more information and to register, see the event page; there’s a link to register at the bottom of the page (cursor down!!).

April 2023

• Tuesday, 4 April, 7 p.m. EDT: The Morris Area (NJ) Genealogy Society (MAGS) is hosting the virtual presentation “Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law. For more information, see the meeting schedule page.

• Thursday, 13 April, and Friday, 14 April: Legacy Family Tree Webinars is hosting its 4th annual 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon and my own new presentation, When Enough is Enough, will be one of the events at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Friday the 14th. To register and for more information, see the webinar page.

• Saturday, 15 April, starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT: The Olympia (WA) Genealogical Society is holding its all-virtual 2023 Spring Seminar at which I’ll be presenting four lectures: Where There Is – or Isn’t – a Will (9:00 a.m. PDT); Property Rights and Wrongs – African-Americans at the Courthouse (10:15 a.m. PDT); Linking the Generations with Court and Land Records (12 noon PDT); and “Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law (1:15 p.m. PDT). For more information and to register, see the event page.

• Saturday, 22 April, starting at 10:00 a.m. CDT: The Dallas Genealogical Society is holding its 2023 Spring Seminar at the J. Eric Johnson Central Library. I’ll be presenting four lectures during the day: in the morning, Finding the Law and Making a Federal Case Out of It; and in the afternoon, From 1619 to Juneteenth – Slavery and the Law Before the Civil War and Dower and Dowry: Women, Property, & Legal Records. For more information and to register, see the event page.

• Saturday, 29 April, starting at 9:45 a.m. MDT: The Colorado Genealogical Society is holding its hybrid in-person/virtual seminar at the Englewood Civic Center, Hampden Hall. I’ll be presenting four lectures during the day: in the morning, Revelers, Hogkillers and Disobedient Children: Early State Laws and Advertising the Law: The Gems in the Legal Notices; and in the afternoon, “An Act for the Relief of Gregory Thomas and Others” – The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments and Margaret’s Mother: Using DNA to Solve a Mystery. For more information and to register, see the event page.

Come on out and join us, if you can, for one or more of these events and note, in some cases, that registration will be free or at a reduced cost to members of the host society — and some may well be limited to members only… There are some reaaaaaaally good reasons for joining genealogical societies… Just sayin’…

Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “Coming up: March-April 2023,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 1 March 2023).