Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about cemetery records and cemeteries, including primary sources documenting deaths and burials and finding grave-sites.
The Berggren Brothers of Ishpeming, Michigan, who died together in an 1889 mine accident, are featured this Tombstone Tuesday. Lars Erik and Per August Berggren met "their fate in the usual way,” while mining [...]
This Tombstone Tuesday: Alfrieda Kirschstein Schaaf, my great-aunt (or grand-aunt if you want to be technical.) Alfrieda Charlotte Anna Elizabeth Kirschstein Schaaf was my grandmother’s baby sister, born in Chicago on 26 Nov 1894, [...]
Today's Tombstone Tuesday is Mary SCHUMANN GROSS, my great-great aunt. Marie Auguste Wilhelmine (Mary) was born on 21 May 1863 in Freienwalde, Kr. Saatzig, RB Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia. She was baptized in the same parish [...]
For this Tombstone Tuesday: New York City Cemeteries Face Gridlock. The New York Times reports that some New York City cemeteries are running out of room, and with plots becoming scarce, their prices are [...]
