A matter of rank
The brevet rank in military law Reader GR Gordon is struggling to understand the use of “Brevet” military ranks by several men from a maternal grandfather’s home town in upstate New York, who were members of the Company H, 5th New York Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, in...2019 alphabet soup: N is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. The Legal Genealogist has been off gallivanting in England, and isn’t quite sure today what time zone it is, what day it is, or even what continent this...2019 alphabet soup: M is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Anglo-Saxon, all confusing. So The Legal Genealogist is off across the pond this week, looking forward greatly to The Genealogy Show which gets underway Friday at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England....2019 alphabet soup: L is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. SCGS Jamboree, and its 50th anniversary. The Genealogy Show UK, the first of what we can all hope will be many. And about a kazillion deadlines for handouts,...That legal demise
A suggestion of death The issue of death seems to The Legal Genealogist to be pretty much a black and white issue. Either you’re dead or you’re not. But the way that can be referenced in a legal document can be … well … downright odd, and...2019 alphabet soup: K is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. Five days to go. That’s what’s left for final preparations before one of genealogy’s great annual parties gets underway in St. Charles,...2019 alphabet soup: J is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. One week from today, the party begins. That great gathering of genealogists from all over called the 2019 Family History Conference of the National Genealogical...2019 alphabet soup: I is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. It’s road trip time again for The Legal Genealogist. Tomorrow, it’s the 2019 Spring Seminar of the Virginia Genealogical Society in Richmond...Revisiting the bond
Those marriage bond issues again It’s not an easy thing to wrap our heads around. For those of us living in the 21st century, understanding what a marriage bond was, how it worked, and what it was used for just isn’t the easiest thing to manage. We all...Subscribe by Email
