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When the internees fought back It remains one of the most shameful episodes in American history. That time when the United States rounded up tens of thousands of people, the vast majority of them American citizens, and locked them up in camps far from their...In Record Group 21
The records of a life-changing event Her name was Lucy Ridsdale. She lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 107 years ago today she lost a gold English watch, a silver tea pot, Spanish lace scarves and more, amounting to more than $3,000 in value. His name was Emilio...Order in Virginia courts
Doubling down on the records Reader Steven Morrison worked hard to find an answer — but didn’t come up with a good explanation for a perplexing question: What in the world was meant by the use of the term “order books” for some early Virginia court...A fractional case
To understand the records, understand the law The Legal Genealogist is looking back over Alabama court cases in anticipation of this weekend’s 2019 Alabama Genealogical Society seminar at Samford University. And there’s still not much to beat 1/4 of 1/8 of...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...Subscribe by Email
