How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA

Jun 25, 2013

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Syllabus

Content

Welcome

2m 43s

Poll questions

1m 52s

Speaker's Introduction

1m 30s

Introduction

3m 43s

To Understand The Records

40s

Genealogical Proof

3m 16s

Why Does It Matter?

8m 46s

Common Law

7m 3s

Civil Law

1m 5s

Statutory Law

2m 45s

Church/Canon Law

2m 19s

Why We Don't Use Legal Records

3m 54s

What Does the Record Mean?

2m 50s

Where Is The Law?

3m 36s

Do As I Say...

5m 30s

State Laws

10m 35s

Conclusion

59s

Announcements / prizes

7m 52s

Questions / answers

12m 52s

Syllabus

About this webinar

To understand our ancestors' lives - why they did what they did, we need to understand the law that governed their lives in so many ways. Knowing the law our ancestors lived by helps us make sense of the records they left and find clues to more and different records.

About the speaker

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA

A genealogist with a law degree, Judy G. Russell is a lecturer, educator and writer who enjoys helping others understand a wide variety of genealogical issues, including the interplay between genealog...

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