About Nancy Loe

After a career as an archivist and librarian, Nancy started SassyJaneGenealogy.com. Subscribe to her free monthly newsletter and find eBooks on US and European genealogy research. She has presented at the National Genealogical Society, RootsTech, and Legacy Family Tree, and to genealogists in the US, Canada, and Australia.
10 Jun 2017

Visualizing 315 Years of the Atlantic Slave Trade

By |10 Jun 2017|African American Genealogy|0 Comments

Visualizing 315 Years of the Atlantic Slave Trade 315 years. Millions of lives. 20,528 voyages in this infographic, documented from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database. The infographic above was designed by Slate magazine's Andrew Kahn, to [...]

31 May 2017

Searching for Medad Curtis the Shaker

By |31 May 2017|Church Records, Curtis, Surnames, Unusual Records|1 Comment

Searching for Medad Curtis the Shaker took me down new research paths, including finding accounts of his daring rescue of Shaker founder Mother Ann Lee. Some sources said my husband's great-great-great-great grandfather Medad was a [...]

24 May 2017

Cal Poly World War II Honor Roll

By |24 May 2017|World War II|1 Comment

This post about the Cal Poly World War II Honor Roll is part of genealogist Heather Wilkinson Rojo's Honor Roll Project for Memorial Day 2017. For the Honor Roll Project, volunteers are taking photos of [...]

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