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.
I have some thoughts on reading German parish microfilm – a LOT of German parish microfilm and that's a screenshot of one of many terrible pages I encountered above. This is your brain [...]
Courtesy New York TimesIn the New York Times today, an interesting article by Bess Lovejoy and Allison C. Meier on the graves of forgotten New Yorkers. Believed to be the largest and most active potter's field in the country, [...]
Today’s post is about OpenStreetMap and genealogy. I believe the next big advances in genealogy (and historiography) are coming from the growing ability to add historical data to mapping applications. I’ve written about HistoryPin and WhatWasThere, [...]
Courtesy Johns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection For International Women's Day, I am honoring Annie Moore. Arriving in New York with her two younger brothers on 2 Jan 1892, the teenaged [...]
