December 2014 Meeting: Judy Russell - Dowered and Bound Out

When:  Saturday, December 6, 2014, 10 am to 12 noon
Where:  David Library of the American Revolution
Subject:  Dowered and Bound Out: Records of Widows and Orphans
  Widows and orphans have always had a special place in the law.  But it's not always the place that 21st century researchers might expect.  An orphan in the early days wasn't a child whose parents had died, but rather a child whose father had died.  The law didn't care much about the mother.  She was just the widow, entitled to her dower rights and generally not much more.  Learn more of the way the law treated widows and orphans, and what the records may tell us about them. Click here for a printable flyer.
Speaker:  Judy G. Russell,  CG, CGL
  A Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist 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.
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