About Nancy Loe

After a career as an archivist and librarian, Nancy started SassyJaneGenealogy.com. Subscribe to her free monthly newsletter and find eBooks on US and European genealogy research. She has presented at the National Genealogical Society, RootsTech, and Legacy Family Tree, and to genealogists in the US, Canada, and Australia.
31 Dec 2020

Swedish New Year’s Eve in 1925 Chicago

By |31 Dec 2020|Chicago Genealogy, Holidays, Larsson, Swedish Genealogy|2 Comments

This Swedish New Year's Eve in 1925 Chicago happened 95 years ago tonight when my Swedish and Swedish-American relatives (and neighbors?) gathered together. How I wish I knew all the names of these relatives! But [...]

16 Dec 2020

Using Civil War Photo Sleuth

By |16 Dec 2020|African American Genealogy, Civil War, Family Photos & Records|2 Comments

Using Civil War Photo Sleuth harnesses facial recognition technology and crowdsourcing to identify people in Civil War images. Do you have unidentified Civil War photos? Read on! Creating the Software Virginia Tech computer science [...]

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