Upcoming presentations
The Legal Genealogist is getting back into the swing of things here in 2024, and as always the year is getting off to a fast start.
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 January, and we’ll go ahead and take a peek at February.
January 2024
• Monday, 8 January, 10 a.m. MST (noon EST): The Heritage Eagle Bend Genealogy Club, Aurora, CO, is hosting the virtual presentation Finding the Law for members only.
• Thursday, 11 January, 7 p.m. EST: The Centre County (PA) Genealogical Society is hosting the virtual presentation DNA and the Hidden Half of the Family. To attend this open-to-the-public session, use the Zoom link.
• Saturday, 13 January, 10:30 a.m. EST: The Central Virginia Genealogical Association is hosting the in-person presentation NARA Mythbusters: Your Family IS in the Archives at the Northside branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 705 Rio Road West, Charlottesville. Note that this will also be offered via Zoom for members only.
• Wednesday, 17 January, 7 p.m. EST: The Sachem Public Library is hosting the virtual presentation After the Courthouse Burns: Rekindling Family History through DNA. For more information and to register, check out the events page.
• Saturday, 20 January, noon EST: The Bristol Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists is hosting the virtual presentation DNA and the Hidden Half of the Family. For more information and to register, check out the events page.
• Monday-Friday, 22-26 January: It’s the first of the 2024 Institute weeks, as the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy gets underway virtually. I’m co-coordinating one of my favorite courses, Family History Law Library, with my friend and colleague Rick Sayre, and teaching in courses on Advanced Genealogical Methods; and Advanced Research Tools: Land Records.
February 2024
• Saturday, 10 February, 11 a.m. EST: The Hudson County (NJ) Genealogical & Historical Society is hosting the virtual presentation After the Courthouse Burns: Rekindling Family History through DNA. Note that this is a members only event.
• Saturday, 17 February, 10:30 a.m. CST (11:30 EST): The Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries will host the virtual presentation The Fair Court – Records of Chancery Courts. For more information, see the event page.
• Saturday, 17 February, 3 p.m. CST (4 p.m. EST): The Denton (TX) Public Library is hosting the virtual presentation Doing Time–Prison Records as Genealogical Resources. Get more information at the library’s event page.
• Tuesday, 20 February, 6:30 p.m. PST (9:30 EST): The Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society is hosting the virtual presentation From 1619 to Juneteenth — Slavery and the Law Before the Civil War. To register and for more information, see the event page.
• Wednesday, 28 February, 6:30 p.m. PST (9:30 EST): The Villages Genealogical Society is hosting its 24th Annual Family History Seminar Finding Your Women Ancestors in hybrid form (in person for locals and via Zoom for members and the public). I’ll be presenting “Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law; Dower and Dowry: Women, Property & Legal Records; No Vitals? No Problem! Building a Family for Isabella through Circumstantial Evidence; and DNA and the Hidden Half of the Family. For more details, see the event page.
And starting on the 29th of February — yep, it’s a Leap Year! — and running through March 2nd is RootsTech 2024, the combination in-person and virtual conference in Salt Lake City and around the world. I’ll be there in person, presenting four sessions: on 1 March at 9:30 a.m. MT, From Eula to John: A Case Study in DNA, Land and More, and at 4:30 p.m. MT, Deemed a Runaway – Black Laws of the North; then on 2 March, at 9:30 a.m., From Grey to Blue: Galvanized Yankees Taming the West, and then at 1:30 p.m. MT, Unexpected Treasures: Family History in the American State Papers.
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 are 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: January-February 2024,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 4 January 2024).
