| When: | Saturday, March 6, 2021, 10 am to 12 noon |
| Where: | Virtual meeting via Zoom (members only) |
| Subject: | Estimating Ages |
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How Old Did He Have to Be...? |
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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. NOTE: The handout for this presentation will be available in the Members Only section of this website until March 20. |
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| Speaker: |
Judy Russell
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| Judy Russell is well-known to members of the BCGS. She’s always a favorite speaker. A genealogist with a law degree, she helps us gain great insight into our ancestor’s past by making legal concepts and documents understandable to the non-lawyer. By training she’s a journalist as well as a lawyer. She’s worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defense attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor and, for more than 20 years before her retirement in 2014, she was an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School. She’s also an internet blogger and you can find her online at LegalGenealogist.com. |
