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...Crimes: a matter of degree
Differences in crimes It never fails. Really, you’d think that by now The Legal Genealogist would know better. Answer one question, and there’s bound to be the one you didn’t answer that pops right up that you should have anticipated. And so it was...Maybe mayhem… and maybe not
Maybe mayhem The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. Sometimes, so the saying goes, a cigar is just a cigar. But, in the law, sometimes a word doesn’t mean at all what we might think. Case in...Falling between the cracks?
Nice try, no cigar As legal arguments go, it’s one of the better ones. It didn’t work, not one bit, but it’s still a pretty good try. The year was 1866. The place, Wake County, North Carolina. And, on the first of November of that year, a man named...Name that court
Finding the records means knowing the court A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but having forty-‘leven names — depending on the jurisdiction — for one key court creating one key set of records isn’t a sweet thing for genealogists to...Books not just for lawyers
Regional case resources It was first published in 1879. It was the first of its kind, and to folks out on the Great Plains, it was a critically needed resource. And, today, it can be exceedingly useful not just to lawyers, but to genealogists as well. It’s the...Family feuds, Kiwi-style
Dueling administrators Oh, the tales the court records tell… And it doesn’t really matters whose court records or where or why… there is always a story to be told. For some reason, The Legal Genealogist ended up poking around in records of the New...Reprise: what’s in a name?
When the name’s not what you wanted The Legal Genealogist is headed to Indiana this weekend, for a two-day bash at the Indiana Historical Society. Tomorrow evening, we’ll explore Blackguards and Black Sheep: The Lighter Side of the Law, and then on...Subscribe by Email
