{"id":5175,"date":"2017-11-16T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T00:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2017-11-16T19:34:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T00:34:24","slug":"dead-men-tell-no-tales-probate-talks-malissa-ruffner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltimoregenealogysociety.org\/BCGShome\/dead-men-tell-no-tales-probate-talks-malissa-ruffner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Men Tell No Tales, But Probate Talks with Malissa Ruffner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NOVEMBER 26, SUNDAY, 3 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Probate\u2014the distribution of assets after earthly life\u2014is all about kinship.<\/li>\n<li>Malissa will discuss the probate process, the variety of records it generates and how to find them, and share examples of genealogical discovery that speaks volumes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Malissa Ruffner<\/strong><br \/>\nMalissa Ruffner has been seriously researching her own family since attending Bob Barnes\u2019 four introductory sessions at the Maryland Historical Society in 2009. She holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. As an archivist, she worked on projects at Goucher College, Hampton National Historic Site, and the University of Maryland, University Archives. She was certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists\u00ae in September of 2014 and serves as Vice-President of the Maryland Genealogical Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOVEMBER 26, SUNDAY, 3 pm Probate\u2014the distribution of assets after earthly life\u2014is all about kinship. 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