Not my fault!
I take no responsibility The Legal Genealogist is not to blame. I had nothing whatsoever to do with it. I take no responsibility at all of any kind for the horror that is known as the Russell Indexing System. I am deep in the weeds of tracing the history of the house...
A daily dose of history
From the U.S. National Archives It's one of The Legal Genealogist's favorite parts of the day. Checking out the daily dose of history online in one special place. On September 14th, it featured a report on the bombardment of Fort McHenry.[1. “Document for September...
RIP RBG
The loss of a legal champion From a Rutgers Law alum to a Rutgers Law prof, thank you for your tireless efforts on behalf of the rule of law. To quote Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.: "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Court have...
Newspapers and their images
Another new tool, for finding news images If there's a genealogist alive who doesn't love newspapers, The Legal Genealogist hasn't encountered such. And if there's a newspaper-loving genealogist alive in the United States who doesn't love Chronicling America, well,...
Nope, not me…
But maybe you...? The Legal Genealogist is not a Mayflower descendant. In fact, as far as I can tell, I have no ancestors -- none -- not even a single one -- even born north of the Mason-Dixon line, much less linked to New England. My German-born father and his...
Cool new research tool
NARA launches explorer for Presidential Libraries One of the most underutilized elements of the National Archives system in the United States is its network of 14 Presidential libraries. From Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama, Presidential Libraries hold a wide variety...
Permissions and the tombstone photo
Things to consider before publishing Reader Robert is writing a book on his family history that will be self-published. “I seriously doubt if I will sell more than 100 copies - there's only so many family, friends and neighbors,” he writes. But he has a concern: “Can...
In 2020, still not soup…
Estimates! They're only estimates! Yes, The Legal Genealogist got the same update in the admixture estimates at Ancestry as everyone else this week. Yes, my estimates changed. No, I'm not going to lose my mind over the fact that I now have no Swedish, compared to 7%...
Apologies to the cousins…
And a pension file to be ordered The Legal Genealogist owes an apology to cousins Lydia and Jacob. For years, I've been saying that my mother's family was so deeply embedded in the American south that I had to go out to a second cousin, five times removed, to find a...
Year 19… never forget…
19 years later... There was a moment when it appeared that it wouldn't happen. That, for the first time in all these years, the lights wouldn't shine. In mid-August, it sure looked like the COVID-19 crisis would cancel the Tribute of Lights: the twin columns of light...
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