Researching Beyond Kin
“For every soul a story, a family a name.” Beyond our parents. Beyond our brothers and sisters. Beyond our grandparents, aunts and uncles. Beyond our cousins. Beyond even those who might be considered our kin. Beyond them all, our people had other people to whom they...Marriage, Kentucky style
How old did they have to be? Reader Marian Corya was stumped on an issue of Kentucky law. “How do I find the legal age for marriage for men and women in various time periods and places?” she asked The Legal Genealogist. “I want to know how old a person needed to be in...Reading the fine print
Those legal notices Time and time again, genealogists are told to make sure they never overlook one key resource in looking for their ancestors: The local newspapers in the areas where they lived. And there’s no doubt at all that the news and society and...One cent and no thanks
Rewards for runaways There was a great discussion on Facebook last week of advertisements for the return of runaways. In this case, not ads the initial poster was used to seeing — not ads for the return of runaway slaves. No, these were ads for the return of...Processing the borders
Service of process limits So last week The Legal Genealogist tackled the question of service of process — the notion that somebody has to be given a copy of the documents that require an appearance in court. Process, in this regard, is the legal term for the...The dog that did bark
Ooooops… The Legal Genealogist had an absolute ball last night giving a webinar for the Board for Certification of Genealogists, through Legacy Family Tree Webinars, on negative evidence. It’s available online right now and for a few days will be free to...Chasing adoption records
It’s mostly a matter of time It’s one of the most frustrating aspects of genealogical research: knowing that an ancestor was adopted and not being able to find the records. And it’s the frustration that reader Kitty K. ran into: “I know my great...Of gages… and dead-gages…
The language of the law. Part Latin, part Anglo-Saxon, all confusing. You have to love a lot of things to be really good as a genealogist. Family, for sure. History, oh yes. And words. Words — and you already know The Legal Genealogist is going to legal...The mileage fee
For witnesses and jurors, a clue Every document — every single document — in every single court file in every single repository — might tell a story. Which is why The Legal Genealogist so often recommends getting court records, and milking them for...Subscribe
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