Content
Welcome
1m 34s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 31s
Introduction
9m 53s
Chartering Documents
11m 6s
Statutory Law
15m 42s
Common Law
11m 33s
Special Issues
5m 23s
Announcements / prizes
5m 9s
Questions / answers
17m 24s
About this webinar
Is this man John the father or John the son? Could that man be my ancestor who married in 1802? Knowing a person’s age is often the key to distinguishing between two people of the same name. But if no record gives a birthdate, how do you know how old someone was? The law can often give the answer.
\nAbout the speaker
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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Terrific as usual!\n\nThank you for this webinar. \n\nThank you!\n\nThanks. Always love Judy's talks!\n\nThis was a great Webinar. Judy Russell's unique subjects always surpass our expectations. The examples she showed will help to remove brick walls.\n\nThis was a very interesting and informative webinar. I appreciate the way the speaker presents the material very clearly and carefully. Thank you for the very thorough resource list at the end of the syllabus.\n\nThis was absolutely fantastic!! Probably the MOST USEFUL of all of Judy's webinars...and they are all great!! The syllabus today is incredible. Thanks, Judy. Thanks, Geoff. \n\nThis was an EXCELLENT webinar! Who knew?! I learned so much that I didn't know before. This webinar offered VERY practical tips for figuring out how old our ancestors had to be. I can't wait to watch other Judy Russell webinars!\n\nThis was fascinating. Her presentation style (and images) were outstanding!\n\nThis was such an enlightening seminar. I've been working on genealogy for over 30 years and Judy made the law of the land so each to understand. Thank you, Judy\n\nThis webinar was wonderful. I had no idea the wealth of information that is out there to help determine age at an event. Judy is an amazing speaker. I love her detailed syllabus as well. I have already looked up two of the citations she shared! Thank you!!\n\nTotally news to me! This will be so helpful. \n\nVery effective webinar. She explained the information slow enough so I could hear and understand. Bravo!!!\n\nVery helpful!\n\nVery helpful, but fun, too! Thanks!\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative. Thank you for your time and effort.\n\nVery interesting and useful for those challenging issues.\n\nVery interesting and useful information\n\nVery interesting round up of many legal matters related to age. I was oblivious to state constitutions in the US.\n\nvery specific if needed\n\nvery timely\n\nVery useful and informative webinar. \n\nWonderful webinar that taught me things I haven't known or haven't paid attention to. Judy Russell is a great deliverer. Many thanks for this webinar.\n\nWonderful! Thank you! Always enjoy Judy's lessons!\n\nWonderfully helpful! \n\nWow lots of ideas for determining my 1807 MD will with children named ages, two daughters not mentioned (one married and one not yet), wife's responsibilities and the fact that all 4 sons named a child William! \n\nWow! Very interesting! Thank you!
Judy is always the best!\n\nJudy is amazing and so much of genealogy is tied to laws we never even knew about! It is great to have someone explain how so much of this works! \n\nJudy is an excellent explainer to the layman. Well done as always! Thanks Legacy Tree for making this available for free.\n\nJudy is so engaging with her presentations, it is clear to see (hear) that she has a great passion for the subjects she covers. Also, her handouts are chock-full of very useful information.\n\nJudy is such an expert on this topic, and she makes all of her presentations very interesting! She makes this kind of research seem much easier than it actually is.\n\nJudy is the best! Presentation style, content and clarity are always awesome.\n\nJudy is the best! Her webinars are packed with information, but beautifully paced so you can follow the concepts, and the handouts are exquisite. \n\nJudy is the most awesome presenter. \n\nJudy is wonderful\n\nJudy Russell always provides new information based on her exacting scholarship, which opens new avenues for genealogists to research.\n\nJudy Russell always shares wonderful knowledge and ideas.\n\nJudy Russell is ALWAYS so fun and interesting to listen to...... no matter what the topic!\n\nJudy Russell is always wonderful to listen to. So much good information and lots of good stories.\n\nJudy Russell is an excellent presenter!! I liked this webinar so much I took advantage of the 10% and became a member!!\n\nJudy Russell is an interesting and entertaining presenter.\n\nJudy Russell is such a great presenter--knowledgeable, clear, using a variety of enlightening examples. She always make sure that we can follow where she's leading. I learn so much from her. It is always worthwhile to hear her speak.\n\nJudy Russell is the ultimate presenter! So clear and concise~\n\nJudy Russell shared so much information with her listeners. She is very organized, and her slides open the doors to her explanations. Thank you for sharing this webinar. \n\nJudy Russell should do a webinar for other presenters on how to make their topics succinct and relevant, on how to present with a voice and tone that keep our attention, on how to make slides with one idea presented well.....I could go on. Her explanations are precise and her delivery is perfect.\n\nJudy Russell's knowledge, willingness to share, and excellent presentation skills are gifts to us all.\n\nJudy sure knows her stuff. Keep bringing her back!\n\nJudy was great as always!\n\nJudy was great as always.\n\nJudyRussell is always outstanding. I want more on the legal issues. I have had difficulty finding statutes for particular timeframes. Easy to find the current ones.\n\nJudy's always interesting\n\nJudy's presentations are always interesting and valuable. Thanks!\n\nJudy's presentations are ALWAYS top notch!!! Thanks to Judy and Legacy!!!\n\nJudy's presentations have never been less than a 5 for me (and I'm critical--LOL)! Thank you!\n\nJudy's talks are always so informative and interesting!!!\n\nJudy's webinar was extremely helpful.\n\nJudy's webinars are always excellent!\n\nJudy's webinars are always exceptional as was this one! She is one of my all time favorite presenters!!\n\nJudy's webinars are always so well done and so informative. Excellent information today.\n\nLearned more about how to do my research, meaning 'I have a lot of work to do.' Lots of sources and references. Presented well and graphics were good. Thanks so much.\n\nLove Judy Russell ! Always a clear concise presentation with a little humor thrown in. Great handout.\n\nLove Judy Russell! She is always a treat. \n\nLove Judy Russell's webinars! She creates a clear pathway through the legal documents shown with her highlights on the page to illustrate her points which connect the dots for us. Great explanation of the Hierarchy of Laws. Thank you so much, Judy, for coming to Berkeley a few years ago - no one wanted the all day seminar to end. I will never forget the presentation on - Why you are lucky to have Criminals in your Ancestors! \n\nLove the way she teaches analyzing every bit of information.\n\nNew way to do our genealogy\n\nOne of the best I have viewed! Thank you, Judy!!\n\nOpened up where to look for useful resources regarding age\n\nOutstanding speaker and content!\n\nOutstanding! Judy Russell sets a high bar for us to aspire to, but, I keep trying.\n\nReally good and helpful information that I indent to use immediately!!\n\nshe deserves a 10!\n\nShe included many things that I would never have thought of. Thanks for this very interesting webinar.\n\nSuper!\n\nSuperb webinar as usual from Judy! :)\n\nSuperb!
How Old ... was an amazing source of practical information! Judy is an encyclopedia of information and able to present it in an easily understandable way. Just explaining the levels and differences in the legal structure would be an eye-opener, but adding in specific examples of how to use the information to narrow down possible people is frosting on the cake. Judy is a GEM!\n\nJudy was very clear and concise and clearly knows her stuff and how to make it interesting.\n\nI always appreciate Judy Russell's legal knowledge and her wonderful, so-well-articulated comments on today's topic: What age does he need to be? She really is a master of holding her audience's attention thru voice inflection, her framing of questions and the on-screen examples she highlights. Thank you, Judy.\n\nI always enjoy listening to Judy. I learn so much from her. Thank you! \n\nI am glad we can watch it again. I printed the syllabus and will do a couple timelines before going through this very interesting ( to me ) webinar again. Thank you Judy Russell.\n\nI am now going to start watching the rest pf her webinars. Just great!!\n\nI emailed some friends to encourage them to listen to it during the free week.\n\nI have been in many of these circumstances and did not understand where I could go to get answers about age. Thank you, now I know.\n\nI learned a lot. Thank you.\n\nI love listening to Judy Russell. I always come away with so much information to apply!\n\nI love the links in the syllabus to state statutes!\n\nI was fortunate to learn from Judy in person at a conference a few years ago and am grateful for this webinar today.\n\nI'm amazed at how much was new information considering that I've been in genealogical societies, a frequent user at the Library of VA with their many handouts on the wall, at conventions, in classes, webinars and in reading books. \n\nSomeone else said they were blown away. I wholeheartedly agree. I can't wait to go back to my Dawson's who have been my longest mystery family on who is who and their ages. Thank you so much Judy and Geoff!\n\nInteresting!\n\nIt is a 10. Can one mind meld with Judy???????????????????\n\nIt was a great webinar by a great instructor!!!! \n\nIt's a good day when you learn something new. And Judy is an engaging speaker, which is just the cherry on top.\n\nJudy always does a great job in sharing information that will make a difference in my research. Love her handouts as they are full of helpful resources. Thanks to Geoff too. \n\nJudy always does a great job putting legal issues into easy to understand layman's language. \n\nJudy always has informative, well organized webinars. Another Excellent.\n\nJudy always has interesting, well-researched, and detailed webinars. I always learn so, so much!\n\nJudy always presents her information clearly and allows time for it to sink in. Always a lot of wonderful information presented in an entertaining way.\n\nJudy always presents outstanding programs\n\nJudy always presents well & explains the concepts in an understandable manner.\n\nJudy explains things very clearly\n\nJudy has a great personality for presentations. Very thorough and fun to listen to also.. Will be checking out her other webinars. Thanks\n\nJudy has done a great job as usual.\n\nJudy is a rock star presenter. The information she presents is clear, concise, and extremely relevant. Thanks for bringing her into our homes.\n\nJudy is a gem. More tips for my genealogy toolbox. Thanks \n\nJudy is always a great speaker. I love her examples and then she shows the answers.\n\nJudy is always an excellent presenter. Thanks for scheduling her.\n\nJudy is always excellent!\n\nJudy is ALWAYS fabulous!\n\njudy is always good.\n\nJudy is always inspiring, and explains complicated issues so that everyone can understand. Outstanding!\n\nJudy is always so full of information and presents with wonderful exuberance!\n\nJudy is always spot on!
Absolutely loved her presentation. Amazing. \n\nAlways a learning experience when Judy presents!! Thank you!\n\nAlways enjoy Judy Russell's webinars.\n\nAlways enjoy webinars from Judy Russell.\n\nAlways enjoy webinars from Judy. Very good presenter and always informative. Thanks.\n\nAlways excellent presentation and information by Judy Russell. I try not to miss ANY of her webinars! Thank you!!\n\nAlways great to learn from Judy!\n\nAlways love Judy Russell's webinars!\n\nAlways love Judy's webinars\n\nalways very good\n\nAmazing, with lots of great info, as usual!\n\nAn excellent, easy to follow discussion.\n\nAnother EXCELLENT webinar by Judy Russell\n\nAnother top webinar by the best!\n\nAnother very helpful webinar from Judy Russell. Thanks!\n\nAs always so much great content and clues to make researching easier :)\n\nAs always, Judy has really cool info about things I'd never considered! :-)\n\nAs always, Judy is first rate!\n\nAs always, Judy was great! Very informative!\n\nAs always, Judy's presentation was informative and helpful. The work she did to create the handout is awesome. Lots of great links to further or research abilities.\n\nAs others mentioned on the webinar - this has been the best so far. I've asked myself how old someone should have been a lot recently.\n\nBoth the webinar and the accompanying syllabus are super helpful and informative. Judy is a fantastic presenter. Thanks so much!\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of great information to break down some US brick walls..\n\nComprehensive and fascinating. Judy is always a pleasure to listen to.\n\nexcellent\n\nExcellent and one to watch again\n\nExcellent as always - Judy is the best. Her explanations are so clear.\n\nExcellent information\n\nExcellent information. Appreciate Judy as well. Her voice was engaging and kept the interest going. So good.\n\nExcellent information. Thank you. \n\nExcellent presentation \n\nExcellent presentation shedding light on a research concept and technique I had not yet considered. Thank you Judy!\n\nExcellent presentation, Judy!!!!\n\nExcellent presenter. Webinar was Interesting and helpful. Thanks you\n\nexcellent resources\n\nExcellent speaker with vast knowledge.\n\nExcellent speaker\n\nExcellent thanks.\n\nExcellent webinar! Well done, Judy!\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent, as always! Thank you, Judy!\n\nexcellent, as expected.\n\nExcellent, as usual.\n\nExceptional webinar.\n\nExtremely valuable webinar. I don't think it is very easy to find laws of the time, so Judy gave valuable advice on how to do this. \n\neye opening! \n\nFantastic as always. Keep Judy coming!\n\nFantastic information to help with those tricky ancestors. Thank you.\n\nFantastic presentation as always by Judy.\n\nFantastic! Covered an area of research I did not think of using to resolve some genealogy questions. \n\nFascinating!!\n\nFirst-time listener despite at least a couple of years membership, One benefit of COVID-19 is using the time to attend webinars. Must make time for more! Thanks so much.\n\nFull of great information, clearly presented. Very helpful.\n\nGreaet as usual.\n\nGreat\n\nGreat suggestions on places to look for information that I'm sure many of us hadn't considered. \n\nGreat information, my library has to expand.\n\nGreat information, not sure how to apply it to Canadian laws?\n\nGreat information.... easy to listen to\n\nGreat one\n\nGreat presentation. Judy's explanations are clear and easy to follow.\n\nGreat to listen to Judy Russell. She is excellent speaker and so good at explaining. Great job again with your wonderful webinars. Thanks so much.\n\nGreat topic and great presentation. Always love to hear Judy Russell!\n\nGreat webinar!\n\nGreat webinar! Very helpful!\n\nGREAT webinar!! Information given succinctly and clearly. Lots to think about and very, very helpful. Thanks so much to Judy Russell!\n\nGreat webinar. Judy talks so clear and understandable for all to understand. Gives lots to think about and how we find the right person in our ancestry. Thank you!\n\nGreat webinar. Presented in an informative and exciting way. Learned so much!! Thank you :)\n\nGreat webinar. Thank you.\n\nGreat, informative and easily understandable. Thank you.