Nothing new under the sun
Anti-immigrant sentiment long ago It was George Santayana who said it: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”1 So come along with The Legal Genealogist and spend a little time remembering the past today… through the prism of the laws of...A mystery in the tax books
His and hers? Or…? If The Legal Genealogist says she’s going to be speaking this weekend at the 2016 Conference of the Montana Genealogical Society, you’d already know what was coming, right? Yep. Poking around in the statute books last night. But...Names on a list
Militia service in early Maine The Legal Genealogist is off to Maine this weekend for the Maine Genealogical Society’s 2016 Annual Fall Conference in Brewer — and am sure hoping to see many friends old and new at the conference. But of course that means I...The law of Maine statehood
Going their separate ways Did you ever wonder what happened to the property and things that were part and parcel of one state when a new state was created out of its territory? So much of the United States was carved out of virgin territory — lands that, for...Maine-iacal laws
Those very early Maine laws… So The Legal Genealogist is getting ready to head off to Maine this weekend for the Maine Genealogical Society’s 2016 Annual Fall Conference in Brewer and, as usual, decided to delve into that state’s early laws. And...Put in a laboring oar
Focus on a laboring ancestor today The Legal Genealogist slept in this morning. Tired from yesterday’s homeward travel that began with a 5:40 a.m. flight, and from the rigors of participating in the 40th annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical...Pulling the strings
Those disorderly puppets After yesterday’s post about disorderly persons in early Michigan laws, reader Ann Curtis Collins was puzzled. She wrote: “I would like to know the history of why these people were listed under this topic: ‘who exhibit or perform for...Disorderly conduct
What was it in early Michigan? So… your ancestor was charged in early Michigan with being disorderly. Just what exactly did he do? And no, The Legal Genealogist isn’t raising this question because of the conduct of any of the genealogists attending...The distraction of the law
A matter of definition So… it wasn’t a good idea to be distracted. Not in Delaware. Or the Dakota Territory. Not in the District of Columbia. Or in Iowa. Not in Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, or...Subscribe by Email
