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.
Courtesy Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives Immigrant Ancestors Talk at San Luis Obispo County Genealogy Society today! This is one of my favorite presentations – "Coming to America: Castle Garden, Ellis Island & Immigrant Ancestors" – and it begins at 1:45 [...]
My new Immigrant Ancestors Guide is now available. Discovering Immigrant Ancestors has 25 pages of active links to essential and little-known resources on immigration and naturalization for European ancestors arriving at all ports in the United States.. [...]
Inspectors did not change names at Ellis Island. There. I said it. So have lots of genealogists. But somehow the myth persists decades later that inspectors changed names at Ellis Island. Let's take a [...]
"The Immigrant: Is He an Acquisition or a Detriment?" Judge, 19 Sep 1903 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-3659) There's a new Sassy Jane guide coming in May. Discovering Immigrant [...]
