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.
Finding more Prussian ancestors in Rawitsch was on the agenda in the afternoon. Read part 1 of this ancestral visit here. So far, I've found over 200 German-speaking ancestors who lived in Prussia in [...]
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 [...]
Today's post is about a free historical atlas for genealogy research. Can a 1932 U.S. historical atlas provide information on colonial towns, enslaved ancestors, European immigration, or other genealogy research? The answer is yes, [...]
Using Polish archives for Prussian research in person may seem daunting. But it's a snap when you take a professional genealogist as skilled as Ewa Pękalska with you. As you can see in the video [...]
