Laws of the Indies: Spanish Colonial laws and the records they produced

Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Nov 15, 2024
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
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Introduction
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History
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Laws
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Town Planning
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Women's Rights
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Native Populations
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Land Ownership
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Where are the records?
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

From town planning to native relations, “Las Leyes de Las Indias” (Laws of the Indies) governed Spanish colonies of North America and beyond, and created unique records for research for anyone with ancestral ties to Spanish America.

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About the speaker

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 genealogy and the law. She has a bachelor’s degre
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  1. SG
    Sharron Gebhardt
    6 days ago

    Thank you!

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  2. LE
    Lorraine Escobar
    6 days ago

    Today’s topic was very insightful and necessary for researchers interested in documenting Native Americans. Although I knew most of the resources for California, it never occurred to me that court records may be useful for finding clues for Indian women. It was a very good topic.

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  3. PB
    Patricia Briggs
    6 days ago

    What a great seminar so interesting and informative but also a great history lesson! As always Judy did a great job of presentation. Thank you so much

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  4. JT
    Jean Tempke
    6 days ago

    I don’t have early Spanish territory ancestors, but Judy makes anything so interesting. I love listening to her, and her handouts are always great.

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  5. WY
    Wanda Yanez
    6 days ago

    Learn many new resources about Spanish influences in land, court, women’s rights, land grants, particularly in town planning. I recognize it when I visited Puerto Rico.

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  6. RT
    Reese Tyma
    6 days ago

    Judy was a delight to listen to and her animated expression of speech made the topic very interesting and the time fly by!!!

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  7. CF
    Charlene Fox
    6 days ago

    It is Judy Russell, what more needs to be said. Even with not Spanish heritage, I still learned from the program.

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  8. JC
    Jerry Cernicky
    6 days ago

    Judy Russell is so very good at explaining these unique and unusual record sets, where to find them and why we should invest time in digging them out!

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