Legal Research Might Help Your Genealogical Research.
Our May Speaker Series presentation will be Saturday, May 3, 2025, beginning at 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight SavingsTime. Elena Smith will present “Genealogical Research with the Witkin State Law Library”.
The Witkin State Law Library is part of the California State Library and serves as the state's primary legal research library.
Did your ancestor commit a crime or file a lawsuit? Learn how to mine legal resources for genealogical treasures that can provide rich details about your ancestor's life. Elena will discuss which records are available from the comfort of your home and which types of records are available elsewhere. Elena will then explore how you can use those resources to find information about your ancestors via several research examples.
Elena Smith is a reference and outreach librarian for the Witkin State Law Library, a premier collection of legal materials. In addition to over a year and a half of experience as a law librarian, she has over a decade of experience helping patrons with their history and genealogy research in a wide variety of local libraries and archives. Her professional passions include historic California law and public access to legal resources.
Solano County Genealogy Society members will receive a Zoom invite via email a few days before the event. They can also find the most current Zoom invitation Link on the website in the Members Only menu section.
Non-member guests are also welcome to attend this FREE event. If interested, send an email to scgs@scgsca.org no later than 4 p.m. Friday, May 2, and request an invitation.
