by Judy G. Russell | Dec 26, 2025 | General |
What to do with the returns cash Okay. Let’s all admit it. Come on. Say it out loud and get it over with. Here… The Legal Genealogist will go first: Not everything we got for a holiday gift was a hit. Yep, folks, that soap-on-a-rope just isn’t quite...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 25, 2025 | General |
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! From The Legal Genealogist to all those who have so enriched my life in 2025… I wish you the merriest of Christmases and happiest of Holidays! DisclaimerTerms and conditions may apply. Tariffs may also now apply. (Sigh.) Timely...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 1, 2025 | General |
Upcoming presentations It’s beginning to look a lot like … the end of another year. Yep, things are finally winding down for 2025 here at The Legal Genealogist — and ramping up for 2026. So here’s a look at what’s coming up on the...
by Judy G. Russell | Nov 11, 2025 | General, My family |
Honoring the forgotten veteran So many of The Legal Genealogist’s family members are being honored today in the United States. Today. November 11. Veterans Day. First proclaimed in November 1919 by President Wilson,1 Armistice Day became a national holiday by...
by Judy G. Russell | Nov 1, 2025 | General |
Upcoming presentations Rabbit rabbit rabbit. It’s the first of November. Yeah, really, already. The clocks roll back tomorrow, everything everywhere is pumpkin spice, and … sigh … Christmas displays have been in stores for weeks already yet....
by Judy G. Russell | Oct 28, 2025 | General |
There was a little girl Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, She was very very good, And when she was bad, she was horrid. Yep. That pretty much sums up The Legal Genealogist’s view of auto-mailer technology....
by Judy G. Russell | Oct 1, 2025 | General |
Upcoming presentations October 1. Already. Sheesh. Three fourths of the year gone, and it doesn’t seem possible that we’re already — what — 10 days or so officially into the fall season in the Northern Hemisphere — and spring Down Under....
by Judy G. Russell | Sep 11, 2025 | General |
24 years later… It was 24 years ago today. A stunningly beautiful day, one of those early fall days in the northeast that fills your heart with joy as you inhale the crisp morning air under deep blue skies with brilliant sunshine. A day on which, you might have...
by Judy G. Russell | Aug 1, 2025 | General |
Upcoming presentations We are right in the Dog Days of summer in the United States these days, aren’t we? Long hot sultry days, flashy afternoon thunderstorms, humidity enough to curl straight hair and straighten curly hair. Hard to believe it’s already...
by Judy G. Russell | Jul 4, 2025 | General |
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...