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To the families of the victims…
Here, in 2026, on this federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., there is an apology worth repeating.
It begins with a story from some years ago. The Legal Genealogist‘s first cousin once removed just couldn’t understand the whole notion of genealogy when it came up in a con...
Looking back to 2025, forward to 2026
There’s no doubt about it.
The very best part of genealogy is the stories.
Stories in The Legal Genealogist’s family take us back a long way in America on the maternal side and in Germany on the paternal side.
Stories that begin, in this country, in the late 1600s. Stories in ...
Upcoming presentations
And here we are again, at the beginning of another year.
Which, of course, means that things are ramping up for 2026 here at The Legal Genealogist.
Here’s a look at what’s coming up on the schedule, and as always I’d love to have you come along, to the extent possible, on the trip.
Jan...Not legal advice!
So many reader questions come in that are beyond what The Legal Genealogist can answer in this blog, because they’re asking for legal advice. Um… that’s not what this blog is all about. Not what this blog can do.
It’s necessary, or at least advisable, to explain every so often some of the lim...
The copyright clock keeps ticking
For most folks in the United States, this is the second day of January 2026.
For The Legal Genealogist, it’s the second day of 1930.
No, that’s not a typo. I really do mean 1930.
The year that books like Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon and Carolyn K...
