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July 4, 2024
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America, WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the...
For Juneteenth, the articles of enslavement
Ancestry’s free news article collection Ancestry is often the company genealogists love to hate. Along with every other subscriber, The Legal Genealogist would note that — sigh — it’s expensive. It’s often unresponsive to concerns. It makes changes to things that...
Today’s the day!
Registration to close for GRIP Virtual Dozens and dozens of genealogists are getting ready to be happy campers. In this year's first virtual summer-camp-for-genealogists, that is. The virtual week of the GRIP Genealogy Institute opens in just 10 days -- it runs June...
Coming up: June-July 2024
Upcoming presentations As June gets off to a start, it marks as always the start of the summer institute season. GRIP's virtual session, then MAAGI's hybrid courses, then GRIP's in-person session, then... Not to mention the individual talks for societies and libraries...
Memorial Day 2024
Remembering the fallen It is Memorial Day here in the United States–the official holiday and the end of the three-day weekend during which we honor those who gave all for the cause of American freedom. It was added to the federal holiday calendar in 1888 as Decoration...