20th century citizens
Ninety years ago As has been true in every war ever fought by the United States, thousands and thousands of non-citizens took on the uniform of this country in the First World War and served with distinction. Those who came here from Europe, from South America, from...Truth or no consequences
The bills “Bloodless Impromptu Duel” reads the one headline in an early Richmond, Virginia, newspaper: A difficulty occurred yesterday evening between Messrs. Dabney G. Baker and L. E. Sale at the store of the former …, during which several shots were passed,...Born free
Among the earliest New Jersey birth records It is always a joy for The Legal Genealogist — indeed, for any genealogist — to come across a record we didn’t know existed. And it’s particularly a joy when the record reads like this: I do declare...Cash or credit
Buying federal land on time On the fourth day of January, 1830, a federal land patent was issued for the west half of the northeast quarter of section 5 in Township 2 North and Range 2 East in Orange County, Indiana. And with that patent, title to 82.6 acres of land...Holey reasoning on holy records
HIPAA does not affect church records Reader Mary M. is up against a real problem. An Ohio resident, she wants to see records of an old Polish church in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, but every time she asks to see them, she’s told that “the bishop...The double portion
The clues in old New York So The Legal Genealogist had a great time last time with a very attentive group of genealogists at the Connetquot (New York) Public Library, talking about the legal rights of widows and orphans and the records they left behind. There really...A homestead for Nellie
The widow’s right Life must have seemed awfully good to Nellie Philbrick in 1900. She was living then with her husband and their young daughter in what must have seemed to the 38-year-old Maine-born Nellie as the wild west, in what was then Custer County,...The case of the duty that wasn’t
The curious case of Jacob P. Dunn There’s no doubt about it: sometimes the law is just plain confusing. And there’s good reason why reader Patricia Taylor was a little bit puzzled by the language of a legal record she came across about a man she’s...A matter of diversity
Going to federal court Genealogists love court records. They tell us all kinds of things about our families we couldn’t have found out in any other way. But with all the various courts and levels of courts that existed over the years, finding the court records...Subscribe by Email
