Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about Chicago genealogy research, including researching specific ethnicities, finding and using Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois vital records, and more.
This Judson Baptist Church History, Oak Park, Illinois, published in 1941, is helpful for Chicago genealogy, especially researchers working in the Austin/Oak Park area. My parents were married in this church that year. And [...]
This Swedish New Year's Eve in 1925 Chicago happened 95 years ago tonight when my Swedish and Swedish-American relatives (and neighbors?) gathered together. How I wish I knew all the names of these relatives! But [...]
Today I went touring 1910 Chicago. This experience was due to the creative combination of history and multimedia at Chicago flagship public radio station WBEZ. The WBEZ show, Curious City, responded to a question [...]
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, [...]
