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Welcome to 1925! — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Wichita Genealogist

The copyright clock keeps ticking For many Americans, this is the first Saturday and second day of 2021. For The Legal Genealogist, it’s the second day of 1925. 927 more words Welcome to 1925! — The Legal Genealogist Cite/link to this … Continue reading →

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Now more than ever — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

A waiting period, please… It absolutely breaks The Legal Genealogist‘s heart. Of all the aspects of this bitter pandemic, the one that hurts the most is the inability to properly grieve those we are losing. We cannot be with them … Continue reading →

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Ancestry sued for yearbooks — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

Case filed in California Where’s the line between making material available for genealogical research, and using private data for commercial gain? A lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday may help define the answer to that question. … Continue reading →

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GEDmatch security breach — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

Without further comment… From the GEDmatch.com Facebook page: Text of the above image: “On the morning of July 19, GEDmatch experienced a security breach orchestrated through a sophisticated attack on one of our servers via an existing user account. We … Continue reading →

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GEDmatch Breach Update – July 20, 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

Updated July 21, 2020 – after I was home, I saw GEDmatch posted on Facebook that it was a security breach and I posted this tomorrow – GEDmatch security breach — The Legal Genealogist (citation included below). Cite/link to this … Continue reading →

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FGS goes virtual — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

Final Federation of Genealogical Societies conference online COVID19 has claimed another in-person victim — this time, the planned 2020 conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, scheduled for 2-5 September 2020, in Kansas City. That’s the bad news, and it’s … Continue reading →

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Hats off to Internet Archive — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Wichita Genealogist

The National Emergency Library A colleague asked the question on Facebook just yesterday: with all the libraries closing, how are we to find things to read? And a big answer came at the same time — just yesterday — from … Continue reading →

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That other DNA — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

Something else the letters stand for Everyone who reads The Legal Genealogist on a regular basis knows what DNA stands for. It’s deoxyribonucleic acid. One of two types of molecules that encode genetic information. 495 more words via That other DNA … Continue reading →

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The choice that really isn’t — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

GEDmatch opt out is an illusion Dealing with privacy issues when it comes to DNA databases created for genealogical purposes is like trying to nail jello to a tree. 1,072 more words via The choice that really isn’t — The Legal … Continue reading →

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GEDmatch reverses course — The Legal Genealogist

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Wichita Genealogist

Law enforcement matching now opt-in only Informed consent is the essential underpinning of ethical DNA testing and results-sharing. All persons who test have the right to make their own individual choices about testing and about the uses to which their … Continue reading →

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