Amercing the crime
The language of the law It may come as a bit of a surprise that our ancestors couldn’t be convicted of the crime of assault in early Alabama. Assault, by definition, is an “unlawful attempt or offer, on the part of one man, with force or violence, to inflict a...The “don’t we wish” law
Maryland’s early vital statistics law It was one of those laws that The Legal Genealogist loves … indeed, that would warm the cockles of the heart of any genealogist anywhere. Passed by the General Assembly of Maryland — that state’s...For Maryland laws…
One-stop shopping This Saturday, March 26th, The Legal Genealogist is getting together with a whole bunch of Maryland genealogists at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore for the Pratt Annual Genealogy Lecture — four lectures, in all, focusing on genealogy...Early Arizona law
Arizona Memory Project So this past weekend The Legal Genealogist had the chance to spend a whole day, and then some, reviewing the law and genealogy with the Family History Society of Arizona. It was a blast. And it was warm and sunny, something that can’t be...Divorce, early Arizona style
It’s The Legal Genealogist’s mantra — the phrase repeated time and again, over and over. To understand the records, we have to understand the law — and not just the law in general, but the law of the time and the place. That’s because, so...Educable children
Mississippi laws and lists There’s very little that’s as useful genealogically as a school census. Putting children together into a household, particularly in a non-regular-census year, can be the clue we’re looking for when we’re trying to...Honoring Susie Blue Buchanan
One hundred years ago… By this time tomorrow, The Legal Genealogist will be standing in Pearl, Mississippi. Pearl. On the Pearl River. In Rankin County. Where my third great grandfather once rode circuit as a Methodist Episcopal preacher and where he was one of...Freedom in more ways than one
The stories in the law book There are always stories to be found in those dusty old law books. Sometimes the most powerful and compelling stories of all. And all we need to do is look for them. Case in point: a set of pages in the back of a volume entitled The Revised...The missing pages
Nope, it’s NOT all online There’s a really interesting statute that was passed by the Mississippi legislature in 1819, dealing with the licensing of physicians and surgeons. None of us, The Legal Genealogist included, tend to think of medical licensing...Subscribe by Email
