Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
This Judson Baptist Church History, Oak Park, Illinois, published in 1941, is helpful for Chicago genealogy, especially researchers working in the Austin/Oak Park area. My parents were married in this church that year. And [...]
Today I'm contemplating the combination of photo booths and family. Frieda and the Photo Booth I found this photo strip of my grandmother recently. My father's mother, Frieda Hann, was born late in December [...]
Today I am remembering Frieda Hann Loe, my father's mother. It was a balmy 48 degrees in Chicago on 30 December 1896, when my grandmother was born at 93 Webster Avenue. Her Austrian father, [...]
Today, the anatomy of a genealogy mistake I made in my tree when I began researching one of my German lines. It’s human nature to blog about all the brilliant stuff we do to [...]
Interested in mapping newspapers in Chronicling America collection? An interactive data visualization project at Stanford maps locations of historic newspapers in the Chronicling America collection. How cool is that? The International German Genealogy Conference [...]
Today's (long) post is about finding Prussian ancestors in Rawitsch. My trip to Poland to discover German-speaking Prussian ancestors is the sixth of eight ancestral trips to the villages of my great-grandparents. (Read Part [...]
This post is about finding Austrian ancestors in Ladis. Long-time readers here know (probably too much!) about my multi-year genealogical pilgrimage to visit the European villages of my immigrant great-grandparents. Each of the eight [...]
Remembering 1LT George W. Owen Jr., U.S. Army Air Corps, and the crew of Flying Fortress #43-38355 this Memorial Day weekend. 1LT George W. Owen, Jr. (featured image and portrait courtesy Owen family) [...]
Today's post is about finding the birth and baptism of Anna Schumann, my great-grandmother, from Freienwalde, Pomerania, Prussia. The names, birth and baptism dates of her three siblings, the names of her parents, and more, [...]
The Kahns Tea Store 1909 calendar plate is my Treasure Chest Thursday post. My mother’s step-grandfather owned this Chicago coffee and tea store. For years, the calendar plate nestled with dozens of other antique [...]
Today is a literal Treasure Chest Thursday, as I sort through the family papers and photographs my mother bequeathed me. But first I want to thank the readers and Facebook friends who reached out [...]
A fascinating U.S. Immigration Interactive Map 1880-2000, is available online at The New York Times. U.S. Immigration Interactive Map 1880-2000 Both a research tool and a way to understand more about your immigrant ancestors, [...]
Visiting Prussia for the Time-Traveling Genealogy Blog Party is my entry in the latest blog party. Courtesy of Elizabeth O'Neal, here's this party's theme. You and The Doctor (of Doctor Who fame [who of course is [...]
Genealogy Research Services When is a professional genealogist right for you and your family? Do you lack the time necessary to build a family tree? Or have you encountered a stumbling block in your [...]
