Sassy Jane Genealogy Guides are about organizing family records & photos, simplifying sources, and researching U.S. & European ancestors.

29 Sep 2019

Resources Mentioned BIFHSGO 2019

By |29 Sep 2019|Digital Collections, Organizing Genealogy Research, Sassy Jane Genealogy Guides, Search Strategies|2 Comments

Some links to resources mentioned BIFHSGO 2019 conference: Dashlane Password Manager Scanners for Genealogy Katherine R. Willson's Genealogy on Facebook List Facebook for Canadian Genealogy from Gail Dever's Genealogy à la Carte My genealogy [...]

6 May 2019

Scotland to Australia in the 1850s

By |6 May 2019|Digital Collections, Sassy Jane Genealogy Guides, Scottish Genealogy|2 Comments

Do you have ancestors who emigrated from Scotland to Australia in the 1850s? There's a new free record collection for that! Best of all, these records form a new category at ScotlandsPeople. Let's hope [...]

19 Mar 2018

Searching for McFadzean

By |19 Mar 2018|Sassy Jane Genealogy Guides, Scottish Genealogy, Search Strategies, Surnames|1 Comment

In 2010, I started searching for McFadzean ancestors in Ayrshire, Scotland. More specifically, I'm searching for my husband's great-great-grandmother Janet McFadzean Mackie, in Kilbirnie. Her maiden name was spelled McFadden in U.S. records. Initially, when [...]

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