by Judy G. Russell | Mar 12, 2021 | General |
Deadline for submissions is Monday, March 15 It’s going to be fun. It’s going to be free. And the deadline for being part of it is coming up fast. There’s lots that will be new at the 2021 all-virtual conference of the National Genealogical Society...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 9, 2021 | General |
Registration do-over begins tomorrow Genealogists can break the internet. Well, at least parts of the internet. If you had any doubts, what thousands of hits per hour did to the registration site of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research this past Saturday...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 8, 2021 | General, My family |
Documenting the pandemic Today, March 8, 2021, is the one-year mark. That’s for The Legal Genealogist, of course. It’ll be different for different people. But it was exactly one year ago today — a beautiful sunny Sunday in Central New Jersey —...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 5, 2021 | General |
You snooze, you lose Wake up! There isn’t a single moment to waste! It’s down-to-the-wire-nail-biting-mouse-hand-warming-up-get-ready time. Because tomorrow, Saturday, March 6th, is the Big Day if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 4, 2021 | General |
Celebrating 25 years It was just 1,025 links on a single web page when it launched, 25 years ago today. It is, today, one of the most remarkable, durable, and valuable genealogical resources anywhere on the internet, one The Legal Genealogist uses — and...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 2, 2021 | General |
… with German ancestors … It’s an amazing statistic in terms of ancestral origins. One of every seven Americans has German ancestors. That’s an estimate, of course: more than 46 million Americans reported German ancestry as of 20151 —...
by Judy G. Russell | Mar 1, 2021 | General |
A look at captioning with Irfanview The Legal Genealogist is a big fan of Irfanview, a free graphics editing program. One thing I like best about it is how easy it is to use Irfanview to add a caption to a photograph to save the source citation information. So, twice...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 26, 2021 | General |
… or creepy, or both … It’s a brand-new feature from MyHeritage… and The Legal Genealogist can’t quite decide whether it’s cool, or creepy, or both at the same time. Just rolled out in time for the huge RootsTech Connect 2021...
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 25, 2021 | General |
And there are these law-related talks… So it’s off to the races at RootsTech Connect 2021. In case you’ve missed the hype over the last few weeks, the absolutely huge all-virtual RootsTech Connect 2021 is now officially underway in all time zones....
by Judy G. Russell | Feb 22, 2021 | General, My family |
It’s fun but… So the big all-virtual RootsTech Connect 2021 conference kicks off this week — three days of live-streamed “main stage” events like celebrity keynotes and cultural performances together with a full year of access to hundreds of recorded...