Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Gottfried Hann's 1891 Marriage License is today’s Treasure Chest Thursday post. Of course, it's not just great-grandfather Gottfried's marriage license but also my Sweden great-grandmother Anna Larsdotter's license as well. And the reason why [...]
Today I am remembering Frieda Hann Loe, my father's mother. It was a balmy 48 degrees in Chicago on 30 December 1896, when my grandmother was born at 93 Webster Avenue. Her Austrian father, [...]
Anna Larsdotter Hann's Swedish portrait is my Treasure Chest Thursday post. This carte-de-viste photograph of my great-grandmother is one of my prized possessions. I suspect this portrait was taken just before she departed on 7 [...]
Ernest, Louise, Frieda and Anna Hann, Chicago, c. 1912. Today is my first Sentimental Sunday post and I’m writing about Anna Lovisa LARSDOTTER HANN, my great-grandmother. She was born on 17 May 1863 [...]
For today’s Surname Saturday post I’m choosing the Hann family of Austria and Chicago. I posted the other day about my mysterious great-grandfather, Gottfried Ernst Hann, who died two months before my grandmother was [...]
Finding family photo clues is an important skill for any genealogist. Clues usually lie inside family photos every genealogist possesses. Learn about resources for family photo clues using the main image (above). Hann [...]
These Chicago German-Language Newspaper Obituaries helped me break through my Austrian genealogy brick wall. Searching for an Austrian Birthplace Churchyard at the Ladis Catholic Church. Regular readers know how elusive Gottfried Hann, [...]
This post is about finding Austrian ancestors in Ladis. Long-time readers here know (probably too much!) about my multi-year genealogical pilgrimage to visit the European villages of my immigrant great-grandparents. Each of the eight [...]
The Kahns Tea Store 1909 calendar plate is my Treasure Chest Thursday post. My mother’s step-grandfather owned this Chicago coffee and tea store. For years, the calendar plate nestled with dozens of other antique [...]
Ancestry shaking leaf vs. genealogy brick wall. Which is mightier? As it turns out, the Ancestry shaking leaf* is mightier than my ten-year-old Austrian brick wall. Now a leafy branch sprouts in its place [...]
This is a fun meme from Randy at Genea-Musings. 1) How old is your great-grandfather now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to [...]
Chicago Genealogy: Chicago German-Language Newspapers are an invaluable source for German genealogical research in Chicago. Gottfried Hann's obituary I've been working on the list of research resources for finding German ancestors in [...]
My blog entry on planning a genealogical research trip has been by far the most popular post, so I thought it might be a good idea to revisit the topic and talk about how my [...]
Today's Surname Saturday post is about finding my Prussian Schumanns in Canada. I've been tracing my great-great uncle, Friedrich August Wilhelm (Fred) Schumann. I'll admit that when I was planning my Midwestern research trip, I [...]
I'm planning a genealogy research trip in a few weeks to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to work on my mysterious Austrian great-grandfather, Gottfried Hann, and his Swedish wife, Anna Larsdotter. I've never been [...]
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