About that religious term…
“To the Worshippful County Court” Reader Michael Lee Stills had a “stop and think” moment looking at court records from Greene County, Tennessee, filed in 1877. He was looking at probate records involving a widow’s claim for the set-off of dower and a homestead...Enough already yet
Case law as entertainment Okay, so this isn’t exactly genealogy, but it is law, and it’s far too rich for The Legal Genealogist to let it pass without passing it on. It’s the whole idea of case law — written opinions or documents by judges...Garden State court records
Guess what? They’re not all online So it’s a New Jersey courts kind of day — or evening, actually — for The Legal Genealogist, as the Central Jersey Genealogical Club wants to hear about early Garden State courts and their records at its...No girls allowed
Women on juries in NY and elsewhere So The Legal Genealogist did her civic duty on Monday and sat around for most of a day waiting to be excused from jury service. It isn’t that I wouldn’t like to serve on a jury. It’s the fact that I’m not the...Hiring a navy
And-a privateering we shall go… It was 242 years ago today when the Continental Congress first took the critical action needed to try to balance out the enormous naval power of the British empire. It had to do it. After all, the colonies were at war. The other...Oh, yes, there are files
More on SCOTUS For the last two days, as The Legal Genealogist struggles to emerge from the fog of jetlag, we’ve been talking about the Supreme Court of the United States and its published opinions. Which, inevitably, led at least one reader — Doug Bell...Not the only game in town
More on finding Supreme Court cases Yesterday, The Legal Genealogist tried to ease back into genealogy blogging after traveling in Australia. It was not the smoothest of transitions. Starting off with not initially giving the link to the collection of U.S. Supreme...Back to work… with the Library of Congress
SCOTUS online for free The Legal Genealogist is back on U.S. soil. After all these days of wandering around Down Under, I may not be entirely certainly as to just where I am at the moment. I am definitely not certain as to what time zone I’m in. But back…...That lesser crime
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. As genealogists, we all love the bad boys (and girls) of our families. The rogues and rascals and especially the lawbreakers. Because they generally do us the...Subscribe by Email
