July 4, 2024
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the...
For Juneteenth, the articles of enslavement
Ancestry’s free news article collection Ancestry is often the company genealogists love to hate. Along with every other subscriber, The Legal Genealogist would note that — sigh — it’s expensive. It’s often unresponsive to concerns. It makes changes to things that...
Today’s the day!
Registration to close for GRIP Virtual Dozens and dozens of genealogists are getting ready to be happy campers. In this year's first virtual summer-camp-for-genealogists, that is. The virtual week of the GRIP Genealogy Institute opens in just 10 days -- it runs June...
Coming up: June-July 2024
Upcoming presentations As June gets off to a start, it marks as always 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...
Memorial Day 2024
Remembering the fallen It is Memorial Day here in the United States–the official holiday and the end of the three-day weekend during which we honor those who gave all for the cause of American freedom. It was added to the federal holiday calendar in 1888 as Decoration...
Coming up: May-June 2024
Upcoming presentations The merry month of May has arrived and, with it, the National Genealogical Society conference and about nine kazillion sets of syllabus materials for the upcoming summer institute season. Yea, it's a busy time for The Legal Genealogist and, as...
A Law Day invitation
A deep dive into the way the law impacts records May 1. Law Day in the United States. And a day when The Legal Genealogist is hard at work, putting together the lesson plan for a special two-part offering that just might be what you need. It'll start in just three...
The passing of time
Marking the mortal milestones It happened for the first time on the 12th of January 2005. On that day, The Legal Genealogist had lived more days, more months, more years than an immediate forebear. My father's father -- the German grandfather I had never met -- died...
Coming up: April-May 2024
Upcoming presentations Spring has sprung -- or is giving it a good shot around most of the United States -- clearing the way for one of the first in-person appearances of 2024, and a whole lot of virtual events as well. Yeah, there's a lot coming up fast on The Legal...
The spoken word
... not a legal transfer It's a question that comes up a lot in the emails to The Legal Genealogist. This time, it came from a genealogical society that wants to honor a long-time volunteer. "This volunteer has written many columns for our newsletter over the years,"...
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