Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about using primary sources for genealogy research. Primary sources are created at the time of an event, such as birth, marriage, and death records.
It's the third Tuesday of the month, so it's time to join the #ChronAmParty on Twitter. Libraries participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program select and tweet vintage newspaper stories from Chronicling America using the [...]
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. [...]
Need help reading faded handwriting in your research? When archivists encounter faded documents in archives or libraries, it can be a challenge just to read the print or handwriting. Here are some solutions if [...]
Have you used Civil War veterans G.A.R. resources in your genealogy research? At its peak in 1890, 409,489 Civil War veterans belonged to the G.A.R., or Grand Army of the Republic. If you have an [...]
