Upcoming presentations
It’s June already! That means we’re here at the start of the summer institute season. GRIP’s virtual session, then MAAGI’s hybrid courses, then GRIP’s in-person session, then… Not to mention the individual talks for societies and libraries and…
Yep, busy busy busy — and fun. And The Legal Genealogist wants to invite you to come along, to the extent possible, on the trip. There are even still slots available in the summer institute courses, so don’t miss out!
So… what’s coming up next?
June 2025
• Monday-Friday, 16-20 June: The Texas State Genealogical Society is hosting its virtual institute, the Texas Institute of Genealogical Research (TIGR). I’ll be lecturing on finding and using Texas laws in Research in the Lone Star State. There are also courses in Building Communities Across the South, coordinated by J. Mark Lowe; and Integrating AI into Genealogical Research and Writing, coordinated by Nicole Elder Dyer. For more information and to register, see the TIGR web pages.
• Monday-Friday, 23-27 June: The all-virtual first week of the National Genealogical Society’s GRIP Genealogy Institute for 2025 includes some great courses, and there are some seats still available. I’m teaching in the now-closed AI & Genealogy: Innovations in Family History course, coordinated by Stephen J. Little & Mark D. Thompson, and in The Spirit of the Inland Seas: Research in the Great Lakes Region, coordinated by Cari A. Taplin, which does have a few seats left. For more information and to register for available classes, click on the button for the June courses on the 2025 Course Lineup page (and go on to look at the July in-person classes if June doesn’t work for you).
• Saturday, 28 June, 1:00 p.m. EDT: The Capital District Genealogical Society in Albany, NY, is hosting the hybrid virtual presentation Tracing Your Story: The First Steps in Adoptee Research. For more information and to register, see the Society’s Meetings page.
July 2025
• Tuesday-Thursday 8-10 July: The Midwest African American Genealogy Institute is hosting its virtual institute courses, focusing on researching African American families. These classes are fabulous for those who descend from the enslaved, the enslavers, free people of color and/or all those whose lives crossed path with any of them — in other words, for just about anybody. Seats are still available in all four tracks (fundamentals, slave-era research, DNA for beginners, and writing and publishing). For more information and to register, see the MAAGI website.
• Monday-Friday 14-18 July: The GRIP Genealogy Institute is hosting its in-person week of institute courses in new digs at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Courses range from advanced DNA to researching the coal industry and more. At least one seat is still available in all classes, including my own Legal Landscapes: Mapping Family History Through Law Library Records, co-coordinated with Rick Sayre. This revised course will have some real goodies (think access to some fabulous databases and resources) so don’t miss out! For more information and to register for available classes, click on the button for the July courses on the 2025 Course Lineup page (and don’t forget to look at the June virtual classes if July doesn’t work for you).
• Monday, 21 July, 7:00 p.m. EDT: The New Bern-Craven County Public Library in New Bern, NC, is hosting the virtual presentation “No Person Shall … Gallop Horses In the Streets” – Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors’ Lives. For more information and to register, keep an eye on the the Kellenberger Room page on the library website.
• Thursday, 24 July, 7:30 p.m. EDT: The new Southeast Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists is hosting a members-only virtual panel discussion on advocacy for records access specifically in support of library, archives and other relevant research repositories. For more information and to register, see the APG Calendar of Events page.
Come on out and join us, if you can, for one or more of the upcoming 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: June-July 2025,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog/ : posted 2 June 2025).
