Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about the ancestry of the Loe family of Loesmoen, Eiker, Buskerud, Norway and Chicago, Illinois, USA, including primary sources.
This post is about unusual records and my great-grandfather Chicago tailor Hans Loe. Like so many European immigrants to American cities, my great-grandfather worked as a tailor. His brother cut patterns for a living. [...]
Today's observance of the World War I Armistice centenary makes me think of my paternal great-uncle, John Loe. Uncle John served on transport troop ships during World War I. On November 11, 1918, he [...]
For Funeral Card Friday, let's look at a 1907 Chicago funeral card. I've been sleuthing these interesting cards lately. So what better day to talk about this than Funeral Card Friday, using the example [...]
Finding Hans Loe, my Norwegian great-grandfather, is very satisfying, especially in light of my floundering beginning efforts and not knowing enough about Norwegian records. Is there anything more satisfying that figuring out primary source records in [...]
