Upcoming presentations
And here we are again, at the beginning of another year.
Which, of course, means that things are ramping up for 2026 here at The Legal Genealogist.
Here’s a look at what’s coming up on the schedule, and as always I’d love to have you come along, to the extent possible, on the trip.
January 2026
• Tuesday, 6 January, 7 p.m. MST (9 p.m. EST): The Boulder Genealogical Society is hosting the virtual presentation The Robot Genealogist: Separating Fact from Fiction in AI-Assisted Research. For more information and to register, see the event page.
• Saturday, 10 January, starting at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST): The San Diego Genealogical Society is hosting its virtual all-day Annual Meeting and Seminar where I’ll be offering four presentations: “Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law; Living with Legal Lingo; A Sentence of Transportation; and Using Google Books to Find the Law. For more information and to register, see the the seminar event page.
• Thursday, 15 January, 7 p.m. CST (8 p.m. EST): The Saskatchewan Genealogical Society is hosting the virtual presentation DNA Doesn’t Lie, But Should We? Ethics and 21st Century Genealogy. For more information and to register, keep an eye on the Upcoming Events page.
• Monday-Friday, 26-30 January: The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogist (SLIG) opens the 2026 institute season (alternatively known as winter camp for genealogists or summer camp for genealogists depending…) with its line-up of courses for the Virtual 2026 Institute. I’m particularly excited about my new course, Lives in Context, where I’ll be joined by LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson and Linda Harms Okazaki for a week-long deep dive into using all kinds of resources for all kinds of families to add depth and breadth and color to family history. As the description notes, “Genealogy is so much more than names, dates, and locations. Family history can come alive when the lives of those named ancestors are put into the full context of their times and places.” There are a few seats left, so for more information and to register, see the course information page. For more on SLIG in general, see Salt Lake Institute of Genealogist (SLIG).
February 2026
• Wednesday, 4 February, 11 a.m. EST: Your DNA Guide is featuring a special virtual class — Terms & Conditions May Apply: DNA Testing Websites — through its Study Group. Study Group classes are currently wait-listed but for more info and to join the waitlist, see this page.
• Saturday, 7 February, 10 a.m. MST (noon EST): The Colorado Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists is hosting the virtual presentation Staying Out of Trouble-The Rights and Responsibilities of Today’s Genealogists as part of its annual meeting. For more information and to register, see the Annual General Meeting page.
• Saturday, 14 February, 11 a.m. EST: The Hudson County (NJ) Genealogical & Historical Society is hosting the virtual presentation Breaker Boys and Spinner Girls: Child Labor Laws and their Records. For more information about this Members-Only event (and to join!), see the Upcoming Society Events page.
• Saturday, 21 February, 7 p.m. MST (9 p.m. EST): The Legal Genealogist is Texas-bound, as the Genealogical Society of Kendall County will be holding its 22nd Annual Hill Country Family History Seminar at St John Lutheran Church Family Life Center, 315 Rosewood Ave, Boerne, TX. I’ll be presenting four topics: Linking the Generations with Court and Land Records; NARA Mythbusters: Your Family IS in the Archives; After the Courthouse Burns: Rekindling Family History through DNA; and Where There Is – or Isn’t – a Will. For more information and to register, see the seminar 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 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 2026,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 4 January 2026).
