Dallas Genealogical Society 2014 Fall Seminar

The Dallas Genealogical Society invites you to join us for a one‐day workshop featuring Judy Russell, a Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer with a law degree. She 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.

Judy will be presenting four sessions: 

• From Blackstone to the Statutes at Large – How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists
• Don’t Forget the Ladies” – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law
• Through the Golden Door: Immigration After the Civil War
• The Ethical Genealogist

Judy will be speaking on the following topics.

• From Blackstone to the Statutes at Large – How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists. 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. Learn how knowing the law our ancestors lived by helps us make sense of the records they left and find clues to more and different records
• Don’t Forget the Ladies – A Genealogist’s Guide to Women and the Law. In early America, women were all too often the people who just weren’t there: not in the records, not in the censuses, not on juries, not in the voting booth. The common law relegated women to “protected” – second-class –status and understanding how they were treated under the law provides clues to finding their identities today
• Through the Golden Door: Immigration After the Civil War. America’s doors were open to all before the Civil War, with few restrictions. Afterwards, the laws began tightening, with exclusions, quotas, even required visas. How did the immigration laws affect your ancestors who immigrated after the Civil War? What hoops did they have to jump through to enter America’s “golden door”?
• The Ethical Genealogist. Genealogists deal with sensitive issues all the time: how to handle family secrets, what to say about living people, crediting the work of others. Learn more about the ethical challenges of trying to solve family history mysteries in the 21st century

Schedule and Location

This event will be held at the Dallas Public Library: J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 1515 Young Street Dallas, TX (Directions, Web page)

• Registration: 9:30 a.m.
• Workshop: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Lunch: NOT PROVIDED due to renovations being performed at the library. The lunch break will be 90 minutes and you will be provided with a list of local restaurants. Limited space will be available at the library on a first come – first seated basis for those who may want to bring a lunch.
• Parking: $1.50 (Discounted fee)

Cost

• On or before September 6:
  • $40 (Member)
  • $50 (Non-Member)
• After September 6:
  • $50 (Member)
  • $60 (Non-Member)

For more information about online registration, please visit Dallas Genealogical Society’s website.