A beastly problem
The issue of the strays Reader Teresa Kahle was puzzled by some early New England records reflecting the handling of stray animals. “In Suffolk Deeds, I’m seeing many notices regarding the finding of stray animals like cows and horses,” she wrote. “It says they...The laws of Christmas: reprise
It wasn’t always a holiday Here’s The Legal Genealogist’s day-after-Christmas question for you: Did you have a good Christmas holiday yesterday? And, with apologies to all of our first responders and health workers and others who did have to go in...The ordinance
Why not a statute? So reader John D. of Louisiana tossed an email to The Legal Genealogist yesterday after reading about the creation of land offices in the Northwest Territory and the requirement that federal officials involved in those land offices be bonded....Title of the bond
What’s that called? Reader and friend Larry Head was doing what The Legal Genealogist so often recommends — poking around the statute books — when he realized that he wasn’t entirely sure what to call something he was coming across in those...The X files
Re-recording history So The Legal Genealogist is in the last stages of preparing for a really fun webinar, taking place later today, sponsored by the Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region. It’s called “Inventing America – Records of the U.S....A taxing form
Treasury 3227 Reader Tom Phelps reported that he had “old copies of what appear to be applications for a Social Security Number, but they are a US Treasury Department Form 3227 (Application for Account Number).” And, he said, “I gather this used to be an alternative...The testate intestacy
When the testate estate isn’t Genealogists worth their salt know that an estate can be testate or intestate. Testate, meaning an estate where the person who has died “has made a will; one who dies leaving a will.”1 Intestate, meaning an estate where the person...New Jersey’s laws
Historical laws in one place In anticipation of tomorrow’s Genealogy and the Law day — the annual seminar of the Genealogical Society of Bergen County in Mahwah — The Legal Genealogist has been poking around the old law books again. This time, New...Bonding the bride and groom
What exactly is a marriage bond? Time and again, whenever a marriage bond is referenced, the question comes up. What happens if the two people named in the marriage bond don’t get married? Isn’t there some kind of court action or record that happens then?...Subscribe by Email
