About that religious term…
“To the Worshippful County Court” Reader Michael Lee Stills had a “stop and think” moment looking at court records from Greene County, Tennessee, filed in 1877. He was looking at probate records involving a widow’s claim for the set-off of dower and a homestead...The rules of guardianship
20th century Maryland style Reader Katie Garner is facing a very typical issue for genealogical research: the issue of guardianship for the child of a person who has died. Her specific question is how to find out when a guardianship was required, and how long —...It’s a fine mess
Or a post-fine mess… It’s truly a fine mess that reader Perry Streeter landed The Legal Genealogist in with a question that hit the blog this week. In an abstract at the National Archives of the United Kingdom, he came across a reference to a transaction...That landed estate
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Greek, part law French, even part Anglo-Saxon. And all confusing. Reader Debbie Hadley wasn’t having any luck. “I’ve spent the evening leafing through all kinds of texts on real property,” she said, but they...Virginia’s waste lands
The Fairfax grants Reader Kathi Jacobs discovered that an ancestor received two land grants in early Virginia that had some language in the documents she wasn’t quite sure of. “My 6x great grandfather George Edgington obtained land grants from Thomas Lord...Those other kinds of rents
The modern version of a quitrent So… Earlier this week, The Legal Genealogist explored the practice of quitrents in colonial America. Specifically in colonial Maryland1 and in colonial Virginia.2 Quitrents, of course, were a kind of land tax, payable to the...Whatever it’s called…
We still want the record It’s a point The Legal Genealogist makes in a lot of in-person presentations and, on a regular basis, right here in this blog. Legal lingo can be weird. As I’ve said, more than once, the language of the law is part Latin, part...2018 alphabet soup: P is for…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Anglo-Saxon, all confusing. TGIF!! It’s Friday!! And rarely has The Legal Genealogist reached a Friday with such relief! It’s the last day of the Chromosome Mapping course at the Genealogical Research Institute of...Oy! judicial style
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Anglo-Saxon, all confusing. The Legal Genealogist is stretched right to the breaking point. Seriously. It’s week one of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, this week being held at LaRoche College in...Subscribe by Email
