Not just for mariners!
New York City’s Marine Court Reader Nancy Spencer had a question that sent The Legal Genealogist scrambling for the law books. “My g-g grandfather was a policeman at the Marine court at Castle Garden,” she wrote. “Where would the record for his position be...A gift for Keystone State researchers
Pennsylvania law online It’s a gift that keeps on giving: the guides to online state law resources at The Advancing Genealogist. And now Keystone State researchers can find the bulk of Pennsylvania’s historic law resources online in one place, thanks to...Saying no to nullification
Preserving the union, 1830s style It was on this day 189 years ago that it began, in South Carolina. A special state convention voted 136 to 26 to declare that certain tariffs imposed by acts of Congress in 1828 and 1832 “unauthorized by the constitution of the United...That stitch in time
Nope, not Franklin The Legal Genealogist is no fan of changing the clocks twice a year. It doesn’t truly save time anywhere. It throws off circadian rhythms for days, even weeks, after each change. And you will never ever get my cat to accept that a clock change...When the answer is right there…
For heaven’s sake, look at the law! Fair warning: The Legal Genealogist is on a rant. No matter how many times I make one key point, it seems that way too many genealogists just don’t get it. That point: if we want to understand the records, we have got to...The 31st state
Recording California The Preamble was short and sweet: Whereas the people of California have presented a constitution and asked admission into the Union, which constitution was submitted to Congress by the President of the United States, by message dated February...Labor Day 2021
First Monday in September No matter how fast or slow any particular summer seems to be, it always seems to catch The Legal Genealogist by surprise. It’s the first Monday in September. Here in the United States, today is the first holiday of the fall: Be it...Snippets 2021 v.3
About those guardians… It’s institute season here at The Legal Genealogist — which means busy times! When I’m not teaching genealogy courses in one institute, I’m doing it at another, or at a conference, like today and tomorrow in...The third part
A third leg to the consent tripod The age of consent has been an issue the last couple of days. Yesterday, The Legal Genealogist responded to a discussion on Facebook, and explained the difference between the age of consent (in criminal law) and the age of consent (in...Subscribe by Email
