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.
The Forgotten of Ellis Island Database documents deaths of immigrants placed in quarantine at Ellis Island. Forgotten of Ellis Island Database Immigrants with curable diseases went to medical facilities on Ellis Island or in [...]
“Battle-field of Gettysburg: Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top” (courtesy Library of Congress LC-DIG-ppmsca-31299) With the sesquicentennial of Gettysburg this week, I found myself thinking about fifty years ago and [...]
Histopolis is one of my favorite sites. Histopolis makes it easy to search by cemetery, identifying not only all the cemeteries in a particular location, but also alternate names. I discovered it recently when [...]
In this Tombstone Tuesday post, 19th-Century Dutch gravestones reunite couple.A couple who had different religions did not want to be separated in death. So these wonderful 19th-century Dutch gravestones were the solution.A Couple Reunited in [...]
