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.
Today's post is about Google Maps and Uncommunicative Records. I only wish I'd thought of this work-around sooner for place research. I've had a love-hate relationship with turn-of-the-(20th)-century Cook County marriage licenses for years now. [...]
True love and family history in 1907 from the front page of the Chicago Tribune for three two people in my family tree. Frederick William Jellison and Anna Grant fell in love in Chicago in 1907. [...]
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 [...]
For Funeral Card Friday, let's look at a 1907 Chicago funeral card. I've been sleuthing these interesting cards lately. So what better day to talk about this than Funeral Card Friday, using the example [...]
