by Judy G. Russell | Dec 29, 2019 | DNA, General |
Top DNA posts of the year Here we are, in the last days of 2019, and The Legal Genealogist is continuing to take the chance some extra time-off allows, to think back and reflect. It’s now the last Sunday of the year — the last of this decade — and...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 28, 2019 | General, My family |
Top family posts of the year Here we are, in the last days of 2019, and The Legal Genealogist is continuing to take a chance to think back and reflect. It’s Saturday… the day I usually focus on my family here in the blog. And it’s in the heart of the...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 27, 2019 | General |
The overall winners of 2019 Here we are, in the last days of 2019, and — as has been the custom here at The Legal Genealogist in recent years — it’s time once again to take just a moment to think back and reflect. Blog posts here generally fall into...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 26, 2019 | 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, 2019 | General |
Merry Christmas! From The Legal Genealogist to all those who have so enriched my life in 2019… I wish you the merriest of Christmases! DisclaimerTerms and conditions may apply. Timely delivery of wishes from this server through the Internet is not guaranteed....
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 23, 2019 | General, Records Access |
Speak out against USCIS fee hike! Today, December 23, there is just one week to go. One week to speak out. One week to say that a public agency raising fees for public records well beyond the reach of any average citizen is just not acceptable. One week to join The...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 18, 2019 | General |
From Prohibition to DNA to methodology It was a cold bleak sad day 102 years ago today when the United States Senate concurred in amendments passed by the House of Representatives to a measure already passed in the upper chamber. With that final Senate vote on the...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 11, 2019 | General |
Soon has finally arrived If memory serves, it was the RootsTech conference in 2013 when Brooke Schreier Ganz stood up in a FamilySearch question-and-answer session and asked the question the first time: “When will the FamilySearch Family Tree allow genealogists to...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 9, 2019 | General |
FHDU presenter The Legal Genealogist is beyond thrilled to be able to confirm it — it’s official now. I’ll be returning to Australia in March 2021 to be one of the presenter team at Family History Down Under, a multi-day-multi-track event sponsored...
by Judy G. Russell | Dec 2, 2019 | General |
Speak out on proposed USCIS rule Two weeks left. That’s all the time there is to speak out against a proposed rule by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that will raise the fees for genealogical records by nearly 500%. The deadline for comments on the...