New Legal Ancestors’ records now online!
Discover judges, barristers and other court officials in Lawyer lists from 1780 to 1911
Finding that an ancestor belongs to a profession or occupation can be a great way into researching a family tree. Many of them will be recorded in specially produced lists or directories, such as those lawyer lists that are being released online today by TheGenealogist.
For researchers with forebears that belonged to the legal profession, a great set of new historical data has just joined the ever expanding Occupational Record set on TheGenealogist. These book records can give family historians fascinating facts about an ancestor, often revealing to researchers useful details of their lives beyond simply their professional particulars.
[The Royal Courts of Justice, London]
These resources can be used to reveal:
- addresses of ancestors in the legal profession
- confirm or unearth relevant dates
- some biographical entries will even give names of other family members
- schools and universities that forebears attended
- the qualifications that an ancestor had gained
- details of judges and lawyers involved in an ancestor’s cases
With the release of thousands of records online Diamond subscribers of TheGenealogist can now look for members of legal professionals in a number of listings with a legal flavour from 1780 to 1911.
Read TheGenealogist’s article, An Ancestor Bar None:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2023/an-ancestor-bar-none-4119/
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