Upcoming presentations
The Legal Genealogist is putting on traveling shoes here at the start of 2023 — lots still virtual but more and more in-person.
And, as before, I want to invite you to come along, to the extent possible, on the trip…
Here’s an overview of what’s coming up in February, and we’ll go ahead and take a peek at March — including one BIG event: RootsTech 2023.
February 2023
• Saturday, 11 February, 10 a.m. EST: The Westchester County (NY) Genealogical Society is hosting the virtual presentation “Don’t Forget The Ladies”: A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law. Note that this is a members only event, but members can invite guests.
• Saturday, 11 February, 2 p.m. CST: The Appleton (WI) Public Library is hosting the virtual presentation Where There Is – or Isn’t – A Will. To register and for more information, see the event page.
• Thursday, 16 February, 10:30 a.m. CST: The Elmhurst (IL) Public Library is hosting the presentation No Vitals? No Problem? Building a Family through Circumstantial Evidence (Who in the World was Paul Knop?). To register and for more information about this in-person event (I’ll be virtual), see the event page.
• Starting Friday, 24 February, through Sunday, 26 February: The New Jersey Family History Institute is holding a virtual conference with an amazing team of great presenters focusing on research both within and beyond the Garden State. I’m honored to be included, presenting both Where There Is–Or Isn’t–A Will (Friday, 1:30 p.m. EST) and Who, What, Why, When, Where, How of American Divorce (Sunday, 4:45 p.m.). For more information, see the home page; there’s a link to register in the upper right corner.
March 2023
• Thursday, 2 March, through Saturday, 4 March, in Salt Lake City: RootsTech 2023 is back in person at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, and I’ll be presenting four lectures: The Road to Decision: Family History in Federal Court Records (Thursday, 9:30 a.m. MST); Landing the Fourths: Proving a Case with Court, Land, and DNA Evidence (Thursday, 3:00 p.m. MST); Linking Generations: Using Court and Land Records (Friday, 1:30 p.m. MST); and Follow the Money! Records of the Record Makers (Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MST). To see schedules and more, see the 2023 RootsTech page and to register see the registration page.
• Saturday, 4 March, 10:0 a.m. CST: The Houston Genealogical Forum is hosting the presentation Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Law for Genealogists. To register and for more information about this hybrid in-person/virtual session (I’ll be virtual), see the event page.
• Saturday, 18 March, 10:0 a.m. EDT: The Fairfax (VA) Genealogical Society is holding its hybrid in-person/virtual Spring Fair at the Dunn Loring Fire Hall. The morning session is a workshop, “When Worlds Collide: Resolving Conflicts in Genealogical Research,” and the afternoon lecture is “No, No, Nanette! What Negative Evidence Is…And Isn’t.” For more information and to register, see the event page.
• Thursday, 23 March, 10:0 a.m. EDT: The Boston Public Library is hosting the presentation “Deemed a Runaway” — Black Laws of the North. For more information and to register, see the event page.
• On Friday, 24 March, and Saturday, 25 February: The North Carolina Genealogical Society is holding a virtual conference with eight presenters focusing on a wide variety of ways to do good research in the Tarheel State. I’m honored to be included, presenting “No Person Shall … Gallop Horses In the Streets” – Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors’ Lives (Friday, 11:15 a.m. EDT). For more information and to register, see the event page; there’s a link to register at the bottom of the page (cursor down!!).
Come on out and join us, if you can, for one or more of these events and note, in some cases, that registration will be free or at a reduced cost to members of the host society — and some are limited to members only… There are some reaaaaaaally good reasons for joining genealogical societies… Just sayin’…
Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “Coming up: February-March 2023,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 9 February 2023).
* This article was originally published here
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