How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists
Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
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
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
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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