The Northern Waters Genealogical Society invites you to their next meeting on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 2-3 pm, at the Boulder Junction Community Center, 5392 Park Street. A brief business meeting will follow. This will be a hybrid meeting allowing participants to attend in person or by Zoom.

This month’s program is “No Person Shall Gallop Horses in the Streets: Using Court Records to Tell the Story of Our Ancestors” featuring speaker, Judy G Russell by Zoom. Early court records give color and meaning to the lives and times of our ancestors. County courts often functioned as both judiciary and legislature, and appeals courts published fact-filled opinions. While the records often establish relationships to help build a family tree, they offer so much richness and depth to help tell a family’s story.

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 degree in political science and journalism from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark, and holds Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer credentials from the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

Russell has worked as a newspaper reporter, trade association writer, legal investigator, defense attorney, federal prosecutor, law editor and, until her retirement, was an adjunct member of the faculty at Rutgers Law School. Judy is a Colorado native with roots deep in the American south on her mother’s side and entirely in Germany on her father’s side. Visit her website at www.legalgenealogist.com.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For questions or to register for the Zoom link, please call 715-686-7339.