Why genealogy…
… this is why … So very often, people who haven’t been bitten by the family history bug will shake their heads in disbelief over the enthusiasm of the researcher. “Why?” they ask — even demand. “Why do you do this?” Here, on Holocaust...Remembering the dreamer
Continuing the dream Today, in the United States, is a holiday to commemorate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we remember the dreamer. And we continue to work towards the dream. I Have A Dream “I am happy to join with you today in what will go...AOTUS to retire
David Ferriero announces NARA departure date It has been a wild ride in the archival world for David S. Ferriero. This current Archivist of the United States has served for 12 years through some of the most challenging moments of the National Archives and Records...Change at Find A Grave
Not perfect, but it’s a start Find A Grave yesterday announced a new system for the posting of memorials for the “recently deceased” (defined as anyone who has died within the past year) in an effort to give the families some greater opportunity than they have...Snippet: marking your Germans
Adding umlauts and the like This is definitely going to be snippet week around The Legal Genealogist. I are a student!! With the last-last minute decision of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy to go virtual, I was able to snag a seat in Warren Bittner’s Gothic...One year ago today…
Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “One year ago today,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 6 Jan 2022).Coming up: January-February
Upcoming presentations The Legal Genealogist has done a credible job, these past few weeks, of looking backward. But … sigh… I’ve been a bit remiss in the other direction. So it’s time, and past time, now, to look forward. To invite you along,...Rules of my road: 2022
Not legal advice! So many reader questions come in that are beyond what The Legal Genealogist can answer in this blog, because they’re asking for legal advice. Um… that’s not what this blog is all about. Not what this blog can do. It’s...Happy New Year 2022!
And a BIG anniversary here at TLG Ten years ago today, on the first of January 2012, the very first post appeared here at The Legal Genealogist. It explained that: My purpose in writing The Legal Genealogist is, in part, to help folks understand the often arcane and...Subscribe by Email
