Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about census records from the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Germany, including finding and interpreting census records.
An 1810 Massachusetts census records discovery came about from a single Instagram post. Long missing from census records, the Essex County census ledger recently arrived at the National Archives in Washington. It was only [...]
The complete 1940 Census dataset was released recently by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This is the first time a complete census dataset has been made available in full to the public. [...]
Ancestors and epidemics preoccupy our thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic. As I stay safe at home, my thoughts increasingly turn to the families of my immigrant great-grandparents. All eight came to Chicago from various [...]
Today's post is about mapping 1890 German ancestry in the U.S. The 1890 census is long lost. But maps and statistics compiled by the Census Bureau using 1890 data survive. The results are contained [...]
