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Enough already yet!
Hands off the libraries, archives and museums! The words were written by a Lutheran pastor years before The Legal Genealogist was even born: First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And...
Coming up: May-June 2025
Upcoming presentations The Legal Genealogist has been slacking. Well, if you consider traveling overseas and prepping roughly a kazillion lecture handouts slacking at least... In any event, it's the first of another month, there's stuff to do, and it's already...
Coming up: March-April 2025
Upcoming presentations Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. Well, that's what The Legal Genealogist is told we need to say on the first day of the month, right? And here it is, the first of March already. Which means it's time to take stock of the fun stuff coming up on the...
About this getting older bit…
Seventy years ago today The Legal Genealogist is simply astonished by this photograph. Oh, it's a truly sweet image, no doubt about that. I mean, what's not to like about an incredibly smug older sister getting to hold her newborn brother for the very first time ever?...
IGHR 2025 registration Saturday!
You snooze, you lose Three days to get ready. Three days until Saturday rolls around. Which is The Day not to sleep in if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical education and fun — the last of what The Legal Genealogist calls summer...