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.
9 Mar 2016

Translating Hamburg Passenger List Categories

By |9 Mar 2016|German Genealogy, Immigration Records, Prussian Genealogy, Translation|2 Comments

Need help translating Hamburg Passenger List categories? Is your German a little rusty or perhaps even non-existent, like mine? This post helps you decipher the categories of information that were recorded on the Hamburger Passagierlisten, [...]

8 Mar 2016

When Women Lost US Citizenship By Marrying

By |8 Mar 2016|Naturalization Records, Sassy Jane Genealogy Guides|6 Comments

At certain times in the early 20th century, women lost U.S. citizenship when marrying foreign-born men. The U.S. Expatriation Act of 1907 mandated that all women acquired their husband’s nationality upon marriage. As a result, [...]

6 Mar 2016

Free California Digital Archives for Genealogy Part 1

By |6 Mar 2016|Databases, Digital Collections, Genealogy|0 Comments

Free California Digital Archives for Genealogy Part 1 are featured in Sassy Jane Genealogy's States on Sunday series, providing links to free digital resources for each of the fifty states. Part 1 featured the major resources available. Part [...]

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