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Where he lies…

Cemetery may have been located He is The Legal Genealogist's favorite mystery correspondent. I don't know much about him, except that his name is Andrii, he lives in Kalush, Ukraine, and he speaks English and German. Oh, and that he is systematically helping me find a...

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The meaning of that word

What invalid means in military parlance Reader Carol Bickel was stumped: “I cannot find a good definition for the meaning of ‘Invalid’ on the jacket of a military record.” And what it means here is a really good question, isn't it? Because The Legal Genealogist is...

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About those origins…

Where the African DNA might come from So it's been a week since RootsTech 2023 wrapped up and The Legal Genealogist has just had a chance to sit for a second, take a deep breath ... and dive into a new tool announced at RootsTech that Ancestry now offers to help with...

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Kudos to NCHRO!

Land grants digitization complete! So many times, The Legal Genealogist has to remind a reader: it's not all online. Except... Thanks to the untiring personal effort and commitment of one North Carolina researcher and his team, there is one set of critically important...

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IGHR registration tomorrow!

You snooze, you lose It's tomorrow. Saturday, March 4th. The Day not to sleep in if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical education and fun — otherwise known as summer camp for genealogists. Because tomorrow, Saturday, March 4th, is...

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Coming up: March-April 2023

Upcoming presentations The Legal Genealogist has traveling shoes on, bags packed and webinar log-in information in hand as the spring season sprints into high gear. RootsTech kicks things off for this year-in person, but there's more... so much more... coming up. And,...

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Color me…

When it comes to RootsTech Relatives... As of 9:30 a.m. Eastern time today, The Legal Genealogist reportedly has 9,219 relatives attending the RootsTech 2023 conference either in person or virtually next week. They're all on my mother's side (what's up with my...

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