Going the course
With wonderful workshops You remember that conference we were all going to attend last month? Yeah, that conference. The National Genealogical Society conference. In Salt Lake City, where one of the draws on top of a national conference is the Family History Library....
Documenting our own
Looking closer at our families It's something The Legal Genealogist is so so so guilty of doing. I look at people who are closest in my family, people like -- say -- my mother's siblings. And I say to myself, “Oh, I know all about those folks...” Except when I don't....
And speaking of historical affairs…
The YDNA roadblock Every two years, without fail, The Legal Genealogist takes a deep, deep breath, and takes a look once again. Not that I don't look at the YDNA results for my family members in between, mind you, but at least once every two years I take a careful...
Recognizing Juneteenth
Hint: it isn't new It's been cause for celebration since this day in 1865. This day, celebrated for 155 years. June 19th. Juneteenth. The day on which the very last persons held in bondage in the Confederacy learned of their freedom. It began that day, 155 years ago,...
Review: The dark side
Not a history to be proud of Note: As we all struggle to come to terms with current events, it may prove helpful to look back at some of our history. Believing firmly that knowing how we got here may help us all see the way forward, The Legal Genealogist will reprise...
FGS goes virtual
Final Federation of Genealogical Societies conference online COVID19 has claimed another in-person victim -- this time, the planned 2020 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, scheduled for 2-5 September 2020, in Kansas City. That's the bad news, and...
Those June babies
What a party... Every so often, The Legal Genealogist turns to a marvelous little program written by John Cardinal called On This Day. It's no longer supported, mostly because it runs against the database of a now-defunct genealogy program called Master Genealogist....
Review: a matter of degree
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Anglo-Saxon, all confusing. Note: As we all struggle to come to terms with current events, it may prove helpful to look back at some of our history. Believing firmly that knowing how we got here may help us all see the way...
Review: how white was white enough?
Race and the naturalization law Note: As we all struggle to come to terms with current events, it may prove helpful to look back at some of our history. Believing firmly that knowing how we got here may help us all see the way forward, The Legal Genealogist will...
Original sources
Of original causes These are powerful times in which we live, and part of the power of the moment comes from the tidal wave of history that is sweeping a lot of misconceptions out with it. One of those misconceptions: the Civil War was fought by southern states to...
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