Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about death records, including how to find and use these primary sources in the United States, Scandinavia, and Europe.
Let's look today at Bills of Mortality, one of the first ways deaths were formally recorded in England. Bills of Mortality Records Published by the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks in London, the weekly [...]
This 1906 Swedish funeral card served as both an invitation to services and a keepsake of the departed. As seen below, the card folds in half. And then top folds to create a flap. [...]
Ancestors and epidemics preoccupy our thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic. As I stay safe at home, my thoughts increasingly turn to the families of my immigrant great-grandparents. All eight came to Chicago from various [...]
My translation of the death record of Anna Koenig Linde of Freienwalde, Pomerania. Anna is my 4G-grandmother on my maternal grandmother's side. She was born 6 Jun 1762, probably in Freienwalde, which is now [...]
